View Full Version : Unclogging bathroom sink drain
 
 Turtley
Jul 10, 2008, 10:01 AM
Okay I have taken the drain apart to the wall. Everything seems clear up to the point where it makes a right angle.  Can't find my snake but used an old tape measure to push through a bit.  Since this clog is so far down the line from the sink could I try a good drain opener or am I going to have to find or go buy a snake?  Any suggestions for a good drain opener?  It seems to be a pretty solid clog.  Thanks!
 speedball1
Jul 10, 2008, 11:57 AM
Okay I have taken the drain apart to the wall. Everything seems clear up to the point where it makes a right angle.  Can't find my snake but used an old tape measure to push through a bit.  Since this clog is so far down the line from the sink could I try a good drain opener or am I going to have to find or go buy a snake?  Any suggestions for a good drain opener?  It seems to be a pretty solid clog.  Thanks!
You should really have a snake in your tool kit. Take the trap apart and send your snake up into the wall,(see image)  you will hit a bend just inside the wall but once you work around it you only should have to put out 5 or 6 feet more.  Flush with a sink full of hot water.  Good luck,  tom
 Turtley
Jul 10, 2008, 12:01 PM
I actually have 2 drain snakes and a toilet snake.  At some point my now 10 year old son decided he needed to borrow the drain snakes  for some project he was working on... thats the last I have seen of them. Thanks, I'll try yo snake it out.
 Turtley
Jul 10, 2008, 05:10 PM
Wow that was a dirty, messy job!  Bought a new snake that I will put under lock and key!  Only had to go a couple of feet to hit the vent stack.  The drain runs better than it has in 10 years.  LOL!!  Thanks!