livelong623
Oct 12, 2009, 11:30 AM
Hello,
My wife and I just bought our first home this past week. The only issue we have had come up with the house is cloggin in the double kitchen sink. This never came up in our home owner inspection. I can run the water in both sides of the sink for 5 minutes and it not clog up. We don't have a dishwasher so we plug one side and fill it up. When we unplug it, it won't drain properly. It will go through to the other sink and then eventually very slowly drain out. We have taken apart the piping underneath and checked it all and no clogs or anything. Kitchen was re-done so all new sink and plumbing. The piping runs to the wall instead of down through the bottom. We have snaked it and used drano to see if it could have been grease and other stuff to have settled since the house hasn't been lived in for about a year. My mom's boyfriend said that it could not be vented properly. I have looked at diagrams and venting on here and know that there is not vent for this sink. Any ideas on why it clogs when we plug one side to do dishes but will not if we are just letting the water run in either side?
-Don
My wife and I just bought our first home this past week. The only issue we have had come up with the house is cloggin in the double kitchen sink. This never came up in our home owner inspection. I can run the water in both sides of the sink for 5 minutes and it not clog up. We don't have a dishwasher so we plug one side and fill it up. When we unplug it, it won't drain properly. It will go through to the other sink and then eventually very slowly drain out. We have taken apart the piping underneath and checked it all and no clogs or anything. Kitchen was re-done so all new sink and plumbing. The piping runs to the wall instead of down through the bottom. We have snaked it and used drano to see if it could have been grease and other stuff to have settled since the house hasn't been lived in for about a year. My mom's boyfriend said that it could not be vented properly. I have looked at diagrams and venting on here and know that there is not vent for this sink. Any ideas on why it clogs when we plug one side to do dishes but will not if we are just letting the water run in either side?
-Don