snakey
we had 19 people over friday night. about 7 of those were kids. there is some birth control for you.
in the fray, the kitchen sink stopped draining and proved to be the only casulaty. after THREE very heavy servings of LYE (NaOH) the sink was not draining any faster 24 hours later. We weighed our options and and opted for a mechanical solution instead of chemical.
Lowes and Home Depot are across the street from eachother, and lowes came through with a 20$ drain snake that allowed hand cranking, drill cranking, and was 25 ft long. it seemed a bit spendy since we could get just the wire part for 12$, but hey, it's a tool and hopefully it'll be usefull next time.
after cramming that baby in about 10 ft, it hit a snag. the drill powered through it in about 4 seconds and we reamed it back and forth for a while for good measure.
Alodia and I wiped the snake off as it came out of the stinky hole and by the time we got to the business end we where both like 'ewww!'. There were bits of semi-disolved hair and lint and who knows what else stuck in the end. the most disturbing thing is that the smell reminded me EXACTLY of norman (the cat) after he hacks on a hairball for a while. now that is some stinky breath.
in the fray, the kitchen sink stopped draining and proved to be the only casulaty. after THREE very heavy servings of LYE (NaOH) the sink was not draining any faster 24 hours later. We weighed our options and and opted for a mechanical solution instead of chemical.
Lowes and Home Depot are across the street from eachother, and lowes came through with a 20$ drain snake that allowed hand cranking, drill cranking, and was 25 ft long. it seemed a bit spendy since we could get just the wire part for 12$, but hey, it's a tool and hopefully it'll be usefull next time.
after cramming that baby in about 10 ft, it hit a snag. the drill powered through it in about 4 seconds and we reamed it back and forth for a while for good measure.
Alodia and I wiped the snake off as it came out of the stinky hole and by the time we got to the business end we where both like 'ewww!'. There were bits of semi-disolved hair and lint and who knows what else stuck in the end. the most disturbing thing is that the smell reminded me EXACTLY of norman (the cat) after he hacks on a hairball for a while. now that is some stinky breath.
posted by forkev at 1/29/2006 07:59:00 AM
4 Comments:
glad you got the drain unclogged, stinky though it was.
does norman play with his crinkly frog? we got femto a ladybug like that a while ago and she didn't like it.
man.. thats nasty! 25 feet long? that go me wondering what happens if the plug is more than 25 feet away, do they make extensions for this bad boy?
they had ones for 50 feet. you may be able to buy attachments. although if it's over 25-50 feet in my pipes, I don't think I want to be digging it out...
normal plays with the krinkle frog (christmas present from mom) sometimes. it's got catnip in it, and he rubs it on his head and chin. maybe he's doing cat meditations, i'm not sure.
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