The cook is actually really good about pouring grease into big tin cans. It's almost a capital offense to throw one out!
I suppose I might rip the boards off covering the drain pipe on the way back, and put a level on to confirm the pipe has a slight angle towards where it exits the trailer. I can't see how the angle would be negative by the sink, and yet positive near the tub. Just doesn't seem likely.
Is it possible the snake augers through a blockage of crud, and closes in on itself, not letting water through? Like augering a tube of grease?
Do you suppose going along the length of pipe tapping would find an area plugged? Sound would change I would think?
Are you sure you have enough cable on your machine to reach all the pipe you could just be to short to reach the clog. If everything else in the house is draining ,you could have just not reached the clog. Also when you get it open we use this stuff at work called THRIFT, it looks like small crystals when you pour it out and then you pour hot water behind it to activate it and its like a acid that eats hair and grease out of lines. Just make sure you dont get any on you and you can only get it at plumbing supply places
Absolutely positive it's made it all the way down. I even stretched out the snake to confirm it can make it that far, and measured the pipe itself. And can hear/feel it all the way down.
sounds like the blockage would be in either of these two 90's and the snake isn't turning the corner. For the plunger to work in the sink you'll have to put a cap on the sink vent stack - it'll be about as much as the couplings and fittings to cut the bad pipe out and a whole lot less messy
Wow, whole lotta not cool going on out your way. If you go the Nuclear option as TurboDiesel suggested, think about cutting in a few extra long sweep Y's / clean outs, and turn the 90's into double 45°'s if possible
But then why does the tub drain down through the 90's? The drain pipe under the tub joins the main drain pipe from the kitchen before the 90's. So I would think if it was the 90's, both would not drain.
Surely. At least. A few years ago I noticed the kitchen sink slowing to a crawl when draining, so I got one these and used a coil of PEX instead of a garden hose. Attached to the hot tap of a former utility sink location in the basement, started at a clean out directly under the kitchen sink (but down in the basement). Years of PO dish washing and who knows what else finally crudded up the pipe. The bladder and PEX combo could not cut a 90° turn tho. But on the straightaways it was great.
Yes, absolutely, seen it many times. The thing is though, when that is the problem often times the backup will still drain very slowly...not always though. Good option for "goop" in the drain! ^ ^ ^
Just read through this, you said you had the trap off below the sink at one point. How about taking it off again and can you get your garden hose into there. Shop vac the water out, then hit it with the pressure of the hose. Do you have an air compressor too that you could blow about 60 lbs through it.
I can remove the trap underneath easily enough and I think a garden hose might fit. I was going to back feed from the roof vent to see if any crud might float out (water down vent makes murky water rise in sink), and then try to water hammer (so to speak) with a tight fitting something down the vent. I'm scared where the water might release though. There's a portable air tank and I might have to try that. With the nice weather rolling in, it will make monkeying around easier.
