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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 03:00 PM Original message |
Any plumbers in the house? (or just good DIYers?) |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Time to place the dreaded call. |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 05:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. I know better than to even try to call tonight.... |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 07:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. When you least expect it - expect it. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. That's MY plumber!!!!! |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. Everybody wants a plumber on Christmas Eve. |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I am barely going to be home for a couple days anyway, so |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Are you trying to just pull the snake out, or are you doing it |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I have tried it both ways. |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Ain't that the truth. Hard work. And you really do have to put |
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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. Post this in the DIY and Home Improvement Group |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I thought about that, but that group doesn't get a lot of traffic, and I was hoping for some quick |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. go on further and then tug back on it |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. UPDATE: Got the snake out, but the pipe's still clogged. |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Take a gallon of Bleach...pour down drain...wait 1 hour. Crap dissolved |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Don't mix bleach in your pipes with standard cleaners |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Yeah, I read about that a long time ago. Before I knew that, |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. Sewer or septic? |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Thanks.. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. If the tub is draining slowly, I'd keep up the liquid plumber treatments |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. since neither the toilet and tub don't drain.... |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yeah, that is what I figured.... though I don't now how I would find out. |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 07:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. You probably have an 1 1/2 or 2 inch line from the tub. |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Thanks. That s what I was going to try after the re-charge. |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. My wife is in bed ill so I'll most likely be here all evening. Good Luck! |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 08:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. No luck... and now the snake is stuck in the toilet.... |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I second that. And to get really serious with the snake, start |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Taking out the toilet is way beyond my self-assessed capabilities.... |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
26. Try this site if you are still playing with it ... |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 11:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Thanks! I will bookmark for future reference. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
29. Try megadoses of Vitamin D |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Why didn't I think of that??? |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. This happened to me a few years ago. |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 01:07 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Re: 7) LOL |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Good for you! Human ingenuity and creativity works every time! |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
32. Did they both stop draining at the same time? |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 01:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. They stopped very suddenly, and nothing else is stopped. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
35. A plumber's helper - the plunger |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
36. Remeber not to shine the flashlight around to much..... |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
39. I finally have a fully functioning bathroom again! |
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some guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 12:34 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Congratulations! |
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