Posted: 11/14/2011 2:39:41 PM EDT
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We had an issue over the weekend with a toilet stoppage that backed up into a shower. We called the landlady and she recommended a plumber. I call the guy and get no return call. Finally get him this morning and explain the issue, the downstairs toilet backs up into the downstairs shower, the upstairs toilets do the same, and the washing machine drain line is also backed up.
Guy comes out and when we get home everything appears to be fixed until we go to wash clothes. He didn't fix the washer line. I called him and he said the main line out to the road was completely clogged and backed up but he didn't recall anything about the washer being fucked. He got everything fixed except the washer and his suggestion was to try a snake. I did and no dice... Now I have to call the landlady and get his ass back out here. My little girl is having her tonsils out in the morning and I don't have time to deal with this crap... Any plumbers got any advice? |
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why would you reward him, by calling him back, for a failed service? Why the fuck would you call him in the first place ??? That's what you pay the landlord to take care of  She has done us a few good turns... I don't mind making the service call. Once... |
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The 1" wide snake will not go through a toilet, you may be able to get away with the 3/8" spring & crank style to clear the house, but to get the main you'll prob have to pull off a cleanout and use the heavy snake. You likely will not want any part of this...the crap will flow out the pipe, so have a large rubber garbage can handy!
Get the landlord to take care of it. |
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Get one of those gizmos that goes on the end of a garden hose and pulsates. Seems hoaky, but they work. Any big box hardware store has them. You should have it snaked at some point in the future. Tell your wife to stop flushing sanitary napkins and/or diapers down the drain. If you haven't eaten it first, do not put it in the toilet! |
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I once saw a plumber get up on the roof and use a vent pipe to run his drum auger, so it wouldn't make a mess.
He also filled the kitchen sink with water to add some hydraulic pressure onto the clog. Then he got the drum auger dug into the clog real good and yanked is ass off back and forth with all of his might. When that clog broke loose, you could hear the water in the sink go whooosh! That's some Tier 1 shit right there. |
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Quoted: Get one of those gizmos that goes on the end of a garden hose and pulsates. Seems hoaky, but they work. Any big box hardware store has them. You should have it snaked at some point in the future. Tell your wife to stop flushing sanitary napkins and/or diapers down the drain. If you haven't eaten it first, do not put it in the toilet! A plumber's "Blow Bag" is what that gizmo is and they work very well, Should unclog your washing machine drain line but not too sure on the main. Good luck OP. |