I had a remodeling done and the handyman just left several problems open which I am doing now (basically you get what you pay for).
My latest problem is Bathroom sink. He left the drain disconnected.
I connected it but I see that water is flowing back. My guess is the drain line is blocked. It should be just a few feet because the main drain is open (no other source is backing). Had the exact same thing for the shower (dust, rust etc caused the block) and I paid a guy to clean it.
I am wondering if I can do the cleaning myself. I can buy one of those 25 feet drain auger that connect to drill.
Did anyone do that ?
What are the risk ? The plumbing is Cast iron.
Usually the clog with cast iron is just inside the wall in the tee.
I've had that same problem at every drain. A 25' auger snake works well for me.
Sometimes the stack is not directly behind the sink and the drain goes into the wall..... into a right angle and then to the tee in the stack. The right angle and tee are both suspect.
Thanks PJMax .... I would ask one more question slightly unrelated but you are the man
The wall drain has a rubber (or PVC) clamped. The old P Trap was 1 1/2 " , and was cut. to connect.
Basically, the rubber connector is 1 1/2" but the actual drain is 1 1/4" . So the 1 1/2" P Trap gets just inside that rubber connector (about an inch or so) and then wrapped by the steel clamp.
I thought of replacing that and use a new connector (1 1/2" to 1 1/4") so that I can connect a 1 1/4" P trap with longer pipe inside the drain, but unable to take off the rubber connector. Any tool that I should use to take it off ?
I have pushed the 1 1/4" P trap inside but it is not snug fit and leaking.
That second rubber adapter is what you should be using. It doesn't look like the current coupling is actually doing anything except clamping around the galvanized pipe. It's leaking because it's just sort of shoved in. (Shoved in is fine, but you'll need the rubber coupling as well.
As far as I can see, the PVC is just shoved into the pipe. Maybe he used some kind of glue or something? The rubber clamp should be able to be loosened (two hose clamps on the right side) and wiggled off.
Right. As of now, it is just shoved in because I would not take the connected off even after loosening the clamps (actually removed the clamps) . Here is a picture of the old P trap (showing where it is cut and goes inside the rubber connector) . Will try to take off the connector with plier
I did the cleaning today .. lot of dust and debries inside . Made a discovery --- the pipe is PVC , not caste iron like what I Was thinking !
Still trying to take the rubber connector out (probably will need to cut it) but now I think I can simply glue to the drain (using primer and plumbers glue)
I recently purchased a manufactured home set on a block foundation in northern Wisconsin. In preparing for winter I check on the heat tape for the water supply line from the well that's in the crawl space. the heat tape looked very old so I decided to replace for some peace of mind. I found there were 2 separate heat tapes, one from where it enters the house to the vertical section that goes underground, the second starts about a foot above ground then goes about 3 feet into the ground just wrapped in thin closed cell foam. In the underground section about 2 feet down the cable was melted and corroded; still plugged in too talk about fire hazard. I replaced the long section from where it enters the house to the ground line but my question is what is the proper way to do the underground section? Is there supposed to be a pit that goes some amount underground then i can wrap it like normal or do I use a special heat tape that can be buried? I assume i have to heat some amount to get below the frost line since the crawl space is not heated.
Here is a diagram what my set up looks like. Its roughly 22' of pipe above ground. It appears its so long because at some point they moved the entry point into the manufactured home.
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My two-story house sits on a concrete slab thus I have no basement. Refer to the image below of what I'm attempting to do. Basically I want to install a washing machine in my utility room but I have no drain for the gray water.
Since the house is on a slab I'll be installing a pump to shoot the water up about 8ft then exit to my garage where I can tap into a half-bath vent that I exposed as shown in the pic. Note that the half-bath is located directly across from the utility room but being on a slab presents major problems in getting there. The dashed lines shows piping that I'll install inside the utility room while the solid red lines is piping that I'll install in the garage.
[color=#222222][b]Can I tap into that vent pipe that I exposed in the garage (this vent pipe has an existing sanitary tee that's connected to a lavatory right behind the wall shown)?[/b] I appreciate any recommendations and or any alternate ideas for this project.[/color]
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09-22-21, 05:38 PM
