Tomorrow I attack the sink in the bathroom!
I hate the sink in my bathroom! I mean, I really hate it!
The last place we rented was a very old little apartment, part of a duplex. Plumbing was simpler back then! Although I had constant problems with the drain in the shower, it was manageable! No one had the "bright idea" of installing a drain stop with a pull rod in the plumbing itself. People used plugs!
However, in this apartment, the people installed the annoying drain stop gizmo that has the pull up rod above the hot and cold water knobs. So now, instead of having a full 1 1/4" pipe draining directly into the P trap and off to the sewer, you have this damn rod taking up space as well as the drain stop mechanism!
The damn sink has been slow since we moved in. When I pointed this out to the landlord a few months in he came in, jiggled the stopper, and said it sometimes gets air bubbles. Bullshit! I suspect no one cleaned out the damn P traps before Kurt and I moved in.
Kurt washed his hands about an hour ago and there is still standing water in the basin. I added more water hoping the pressure would coax it through. I have jiggled the rod, I have checked under the sink to make sure the rod is still connected to the trap in the pipe (I managed to break a rod mechanism once! I was pissed and I was pushing and pulling the stopper above the faucet and it wasn’t until my father opened the cupboard and pointed out the damn rod thing was broken it occurred to me I had misdirected rage!). It seems to me that what ever the hell is clogging the sink is above the rod connection in the tailpiece before the P trap but at least 2 inches below the drain in the basin.
So, tomorrow I am going to get my bucket out and remove the damn P trap. Even if the damn basin drains I am going to remove the damn sink stopper and its rod and clean it until it shines. Then I am going to reinstall everything and run water through the clean drain for half an hour.
Then around 4:30pm tomorrow, just because I am pissed, I am going to pull the stopper in the bathroom sink and fill it up with water. I am going to fill the tub with water! I am going to plug up the kitchen sink and fill it with water! When Kurt comes home I am going to go to the bathroom and we are going to count backwards from ten and I will flush the toilet, push the stopper back down in the bathroom sink as well as the stopper in the tub while he simultaneously unplugs the kitchen sink and we will see how the main drainage line to this apartment is doing!
.......i hate plumbing......
The last place we rented was a very old little apartment, part of a duplex. Plumbing was simpler back then! Although I had constant problems with the drain in the shower, it was manageable! No one had the "bright idea" of installing a drain stop with a pull rod in the plumbing itself. People used plugs!
However, in this apartment, the people installed the annoying drain stop gizmo that has the pull up rod above the hot and cold water knobs. So now, instead of having a full 1 1/4" pipe draining directly into the P trap and off to the sewer, you have this damn rod taking up space as well as the drain stop mechanism!
The damn sink has been slow since we moved in. When I pointed this out to the landlord a few months in he came in, jiggled the stopper, and said it sometimes gets air bubbles. Bullshit! I suspect no one cleaned out the damn P traps before Kurt and I moved in.
Kurt washed his hands about an hour ago and there is still standing water in the basin. I added more water hoping the pressure would coax it through. I have jiggled the rod, I have checked under the sink to make sure the rod is still connected to the trap in the pipe (I managed to break a rod mechanism once! I was pissed and I was pushing and pulling the stopper above the faucet and it wasn’t until my father opened the cupboard and pointed out the damn rod thing was broken it occurred to me I had misdirected rage!). It seems to me that what ever the hell is clogging the sink is above the rod connection in the tailpiece before the P trap but at least 2 inches below the drain in the basin.
So, tomorrow I am going to get my bucket out and remove the damn P trap. Even if the damn basin drains I am going to remove the damn sink stopper and its rod and clean it until it shines. Then I am going to reinstall everything and run water through the clean drain for half an hour.
Then around 4:30pm tomorrow, just because I am pissed, I am going to pull the stopper in the bathroom sink and fill it up with water. I am going to fill the tub with water! I am going to plug up the kitchen sink and fill it with water! When Kurt comes home I am going to go to the bathroom and we are going to count backwards from ten and I will flush the toilet, push the stopper back down in the bathroom sink as well as the stopper in the tub while he simultaneously unplugs the kitchen sink and we will see how the main drainage line to this apartment is doing!
.......i hate plumbing......