Hopefully I Won't Come Home to Water all Over the Kitchen!
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
United States
November 15, 2017 5:35am CST
My kitchen sink has been clogged for about 4 days now. I hadn't been able to get to the store to buy drain cleaner, hence the reason for it not getting cleared before now.
Although it was clogged, the water still went down, albeit slowly. I bought a kitchen snake and a bottle of drain cleaner yesterday. Hubby used the snake and broke it. Yay. He then poured the drain cleaner down the drain. It did clear up, but when I tested it by turning on the faucet, it backed up again.
I thought it would clear up during the night, but woke to find that there was water in the sink. This is from the faucet dripping. I bailed the water into a pan and emptied it into the toilet. Then returned to the sink with the pan and put it under the faucet. Yes, I did try to shut off the water, but the knobs are stuck and I haven't the strength to turn them. So I am now worried that the pan will overflow and I'll have a mess to deal with when I get home.
Does this crap ever end? I know there are worse things that can happen, but geez Louise, these little hiccups are causing my head to spin.
So, I will have to head back to the store today to pick up another bottle of drain cleaner. This one will be a bit more caustic and hopefully do the trick.
Hope your day is hiccup free. Wish mine were.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
15 Nov 17
One of my friends had that problem with her tub. It wasn't pretty.
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@m_audrey6788 (58485)
• Germany
15 Nov 17
Did you tried asking for a repairman for that sink? I hope you get your sink fixed soon before you get yourself so tired of draining it 
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
15 Nov 17
My husband does the repairs to our home.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
16 Nov 17
@m_audrey6788 he worked on it last night after dinner. Still not fixed though.
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@BarBaraPrz (45432)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
15 Nov 17
WD40 on the stuck shutoff tap.
Is there no escape plug thingie on the trap to clear out what might be there?
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
15 Nov 17
The plumbing was done by my mother-in-law's exidiot. He cobbed up the plumbing. We will have to completely redo the pipes if we need to manually remove the clog,
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
16 Nov 17
@BarBaraPrz I made a typo, fixed it. It should have read mother-in-law. My mom did collect idiots in her day as well though. LOL.
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@BarBaraPrz (45432)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
15 Nov 17
@ElusiveButterfly Your mom is in the habit of collecting idiots? I have a friend like that.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
17 Nov 17
@shaggin he bought the pipe he will need to fix the sink. But, he will have to go under the trailer to get to the area that is clogged.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
16 Nov 17
The water comes from an artesian well that the park owner supplies. He did shut off the water so it wouldn't continue to drip.
The clog is still there and it looks like he will have to crawl under the trailer to fix it.
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@shaggin (71655)
• United States
16 Nov 17
@ElusiveButterfly Oh man so getting another snake won’t help?
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
15 Nov 17
I have tried it before with little success.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
17 Nov 17
@LadyDuck I have never seen this item. Will have to look for one.
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@LadyDuck (457249)
• Switzerland
16 Nov 17
@ElusiveButterfly I have never been successful using a "snake", but I have a sink declogger that works very well. I have found a picture of one that is almost identical to mine. When nothing works this works.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
16 Nov 17
My hubby worked the problem after dinner last night. He was still at it when I went to bed. Not done yet though. He will probably need to purchase more pipe and crawl under the trailer tonight to fix the problem.
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@DianneN (246334)
• United States
17 Nov 17
@ElusiveButterfly Oh, my! I hope it's repaired by now. He seems very handy!
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
17 Nov 17
@DianneN he is handy, but tired at the end of his work day. Hopefully he will be able to get it done by Saturday. I have a baby shower to prepare food for.
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
15 Nov 17
I am hopeful that it will be okay. I plunged the sink and the water went down.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
16 Nov 17
I hope you didn't come home to a flooded kitchen.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
16 Nov 17
The pan I placed under the dripping faucet was nearly full when I got home. I emptied it and it started to fill again.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
17 Nov 17
The clog is further down the pipe and my husband will have to crawl under the trailer to get to it. He is not happy about having to do this. Can't say as I blame him either. It is cold and dank under the trailer.
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@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
17 Nov 17
@ElusiveButterfly oh no, all the best to him. I hope it is sorted soon.
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@JudyEv (325255)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Nov 17
A home remedy is to put carb soda down the drain pipe then pour vinegar down it. You need to put the plug in quickly and hold it down really hard or the stuff will all fizz out the top but it is a method that often works. I'm sure drain cleaner is just as good.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
15 Nov 17
I'll have to try that. I'll of course use my gloves to protect my hands.
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