The Bathroom Sink
The next thing I tried was a long spring that is made for unclogging drains, it says so right on the package. “This spring is made for unclogging drains.” It's some sort of metal spring-like snake that is supposed to travel through the pipe to the clog, break it up, and then force it through the pipe, so the water will drain. I didn’t anticipate that this metal snake would have a mind of its own. As soon as I pulled it from the package it started to coil and move this way and that. I had to fight with the thing just to get one end into the drain. When I finally got one end in the drain the other end decides it wants to fight too, so it moves this way and that way bending and unbending snapping all over the bathroom. I’m standing in my restroom fighting with this long, thin, tightly wound spring, I can’t help but think of it as kind of like a slinky on steroids. I think this monster is at least twenty feet long. I'm trying to force the end into the drain so it can destroy the clog and the water can drain fast but nothing is working. I'm thinking to myself "this clog must be the work of the devil" After an hour of struggling with the metal snake I wrap it back up -- which is a chore in itself -- and sit on the edge of the tub trying to figure out what to do next.
As I'm sitting there I notice the pipes under the sink. I figure that the monster clog has to be in the "U" shaped pipe underneath, so if I can get that off then I'll be able to unclog it and life will be great once again. As you know, this is how it would work for anyone else but not for me. Someone, somewhere really has a sense of humor when it comes to my
life. I go to the garage and find a big heavy wrench and I say a prayer as I prepare to go in and battle the forces of evil that have possessed my bathroom drain. I position myself under the sink and laugh as I begin to unscrew the section of pipe that holds the terrifying monster clog. I'd like to say that I unscrewed the pipe found the clog and then fixed the
drain but that would be way too easy. I hadn't even stopped laughing when all of a sudden I was drenched with the murky water that had been in the sink waiting for me to set it free. So now, I'm lying under the sink covered in disgusting water and I think I hear the clog laughing at me. I look up at the pipes, put on my mad face and start unscrewing pipe after pipe. When I finished I had the pipes off and still had not seen the clog. I then took the metal snake and forced it into the pipes that were still attached to the wall but it wouldn't budge. By this time I had already spent most of the day fighting with this demon clog so I was ready to give up. I was defeated. The clog had won this battle. I figured I would just put everything back and call a plumber. I started to gather the pipes and screw them back into place when I ran into another problem. I couldn't figure out how to put all the pipes back together again. None of the pipes would fit back the way they were.
If you went in my bathroom right now, you would see all the pipes lying in a little pile under the sink and a sign on the sink itself that reads: "Don't use this sink - it's possessed" I have to call a plumber tomorrow so that he can come in and fix it -- either that or a Priest.
I think the priest would be your best bet. Or even better a plumber that has become a certified priest through one of those online thingamabobies. Yea, that is what you need a plumbiest. And you know it he is a good plumbiest if he asks you to tie a rope around his waste incase he gets sucked in or something. Good luck with that man. I wish you the best.
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Dude, I hate dealing with plumbing. It must be my philosophy that water should be free. I've learned more than I wanted to know to save a buck though.
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OOOOO gross! Have contacted a plumber, a priest or ... a vampire? Or have they turned you down?
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Been there done that and my bathroom sink is clogged and my son is a plumber!
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@Sal - maybe I can take one of those online things and become a priest myself - that's just wrong on so many levels.
@Jim - how can something that seems so easy just not turn out right?
@C Cromwell - Thanks for visiting my blog, hope to see you around here more. I have a friend that recommended a friend that is a plumber - he should be here sometime tomorrow.
@Laura - with hold cooking for him until he fixes the sink, then maybe you can send him to my house.
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@Tony: You could do that, but you still wouldn't be a plumber, so there is no shot at becoming a plumbiest. Sorry dude, it is either all or nothing in this line of work. The guy that comes tomorrow, you had better knight him or something otherwise he won't stand a chance.
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Props to you for attemping to tackle this task. Normally the plunger will work first time out but I guess your technique may have been off. Maybe your hands were off center. Now the drain snake is a challenge. I would think you'd have to go through some type of plumbers ritual to learn how to use that blasted tool. I'm sure you want to come forward and admit when you decided to take apart the pipes, you were wearing a tool belt and grunting like Tim Allen in Tool Time.
You would have been better off doing what I normally do. Slow drain...go to the store/pick up Liquid Plumber.
Pour/wait 1hr then run hot water...presto clog has been exorcised ...no possessed sink.
I give you an A for effort, (3 grunts) and an F for not making note of how you took it apart.
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I'll replace an outlet, hang a ceiling fan, install light fixtures, pretty much anything electrical... But I will not, repeat NOT, attempt to fix anything plumbing related.
There is a genetic problem in my family that has left us tragically without skills in pipework.
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@Badass Geek: We all know water and electricity don't get along
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You're right ... neither do fire & ice.
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@ Sal – After thinking about it I don’t think I’d really like to be a plumber, besides I wouldn’t know where to buy the pants that show off the ass crack.
@Tough Guy – liquid plumber? Why didn’t I think of that
@Badass Geek – Dude, you should see me try to work on the car, it’s not a pretty sight.
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I had a backup up sink one time in the kitchen. it turned out it was just potato peelings. all i had to do was unscrew the pipe at the bottom and remove it.
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