reybo
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This is a 1952 ranch house with full walk-out basement. There are two upper floor baths side by side, and one downstairs bath.
My wife mentioned that the sink in one upstairs bathroom drained slowly after a short time of use. It was actually worse. It changed to slow after 20 seconds, and then to a bare seepage. The toilet next to it and the tub across the room have no drainage issues, nor does the other bath.
I pulled the trap and ran a 1/2" wire snake in. After 48" it hit the blockage. The wire head ate into the block but made no discernible progress through it. When the snake came back out, the head was filled with mud. Real mud, like garden dirt.
I went back for a 2nd load and came back with less mud. The third trip captured even less. With the trap replaced, the flow is no better then when I began.
That blockage is 48" below the sink, which puts it about the level of the ceiling of the basement. None of the plumbing in the basement - a full bathroom and a kitchenette with running water - has a problem.
How did this happen? What's the cure?
My wife mentioned that the sink in one upstairs bathroom drained slowly after a short time of use. It was actually worse. It changed to slow after 20 seconds, and then to a bare seepage. The toilet next to it and the tub across the room have no drainage issues, nor does the other bath.
I pulled the trap and ran a 1/2" wire snake in. After 48" it hit the blockage. The wire head ate into the block but made no discernible progress through it. When the snake came back out, the head was filled with mud. Real mud, like garden dirt.
I went back for a 2nd load and came back with less mud. The third trip captured even less. With the trap replaced, the flow is no better then when I began.
That blockage is 48" below the sink, which puts it about the level of the ceiling of the basement. None of the plumbing in the basement - a full bathroom and a kitchenette with running water - has a problem.
How did this happen? What's the cure?