Plumbling for Dummies

[Lady Hobbs]

After messing up my trash disposal twice with small stones (actually about 6 times but I fixed it myself 4 times) and having to have my landlord come and give me dirty looks and repair it, today I have the tub lines clogged with sand and it won't drain. He is sooooo gonna love me now.

I had sand and gravel mixed and wanted the sand gone so to the tub I go with my strainer and was rinsing it with my phyton. Smart! He is going to be so ticked off at me. I will just have to plead insanity!

[Billythefish]

Haha your crazy hobbs

[cocoa_pleco]

give the bathtub a try with one second plumber first, if that doesnt work, looks like youre screwed

[Lady Hobbs]

What's second plumber? I forced water down, plunged the thing for an hour, removed the over-flow and dumped water down that way........nuttin' honey.

[Kuli_Loach]

Get a drain snake and run through it. Always works for me.

[Lady Hobbs]

Can't. Can't even get a coat hanger down there. It has to be taken apart at the goose neck with is behind a locked door in the hallway.....and the head honcho has the key. (I live in an apartment, remember)

[ladyoutlaw50]

Sorry to read of your drain issue!! Hope you get it worked out!!

[cocoa_pleco]

What's second plumber? I forced water down, plunged the thing for an hour, removed the over-flow and dumped water down that way........nuttin' honey.

one second plumber uses pressure and some chemical or something to unclog sinks and tubs, works on tough clogs too

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[toddnbecka]

I've also heard of using an empty 2 liter soda bottle to shoot a pressurized blast of air through clogs. The "one second plunber" looks like it does the same thing, likely just a pressurized can of something-or-other with a wider opening than usual.

[Anomaly]

If you really don't want to call your landlord, you might run to the hardware store and pick up a plumber's auger. The cheap one's don't cost that much. If the clog isn't anymore than 20 feet down the drain, you should be able to pick one up for about $10 - 15. Anyway, the end of that has a much larger surface area than a coat hanger. You can also spin it around quite fast to help power through that sand. I think that would be your best bet at getting that sand out of there.