I need a plumber

[mellowtigger]

Even before I bought this house several years ago, the upstairs sink has been prone to clogs. Not just sometimes-clogs, but more of a permanent always-clog that slowly lets water drain through.

Now that I should be handwashing a lot more frequently, I notice this problem far more often than I did in the past.

Today, I removed everything from the cabinet underneath the sink.  I removed the trap, caught the water, then tried my drain auger. No luck.  After about 6 inches, it just hit something solid and refused to work any farther.  Okay, whatever is the blockage, it's something big.  So then I dug around until I found my inspection scope.  Also no luck.  The image was so fuzzy that I couldn't tell what I was looking at.  It just seemed to reach a wall.  There was no other form or shape to it.

The only thing I can think of is a T-junction that has both snakes literally dead-ending into a flat wall instead of slowly curving to follow a bend downwards.  Regardless, I can't do anything more with my limited skills and fancy-but-useless tools.

So I need a plumber.  I wonder if anyone is still visiting homes these days for non-emergency work?

Comments

[zipperbear]

Ha! Yesterday we had some water backing up into the utility sink in the garage, at the low point of our house. I tried some enzyme drain cleaner overnight, but no luck. Today I snaked the clean-out outside the front of the house, but my manual drain auger wasn't long enough to reach the clog. I had filled the utility sink, and I could see the trickle of water at the bottom of the sewer clean-out flowing toward the street. So I cleared out the space under the kitchen sink (more accessible than the utility sink), removed the trap, and snaked the drain. It took a bit of cranking and jiggling a few times, but eventually I felt mild resistance, and then heard the water flowing. Retracting the snake wasn't too messy, with just a few wads of hair (of course) to clean off.

"Augur" is a tempting typo, but those are soothsayers, related to "inauguration":
https://www.etymonline.com/word/inauguration

The boring tool lost the N, just like adders, aprons, and oranges:
https://www.etymonline.com/word/auger

Coincidentally, my auger is orange:
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22clog+chaser%22

[mellowtigger]

Doh! Spelling mistake will be correctly shortly. :)

[foeclan]

Have you tried a foaming drain cleaner?

[mellowtigger]

I'm not sure about foaming, but I've tried liquid stuff a few times when it was particularly resistant to draining. They've helped only slightly. I'll look for "foaming" the next time I'm at the store.