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Hey guys!

Hopefully someone can help me with this. My kitchen drain started backin up last week...I tried drain-o but it didnt help.

Last night I tried cleaning out the trap; it wasnt completely clogged, but there was some stuff there and it at least drains slowly now. Was hopin that would get it but it didnt. Anyone here have any ideas? Thanks in advance for your help

Use a snake. Rent one.

Question.
Do you a garbage desposal?

forget drain-poo...the stuff's just plain crap....get a product called resolve. it's heavy duty drain cleaner available at most hardware type stores, if that dont do the trick, try snaking it out! last resort is the most expensive, call a plumber!

Yea I do, do they get full?

Any idea how much a snake costs to rent?

As far as the snake, you can buy one at walmart for probably 10 bucks.

But with the desposal, the snake won't do alot of good.
I had a similiar problem last year.
Question 2. Is your desposal currently still working with the drain being plugged?

Yea it works. It seems like it drains a little better (still slowly) if I have the disposal running.

Nope no potatos...just a single though. Thats why the pressing need lol, I cant keep washing dishes in the bathtub

Look nevermind all that crap.... Air blast it I've seen it done if the air blasting doessn't work ten its outside of the house like a trees roots have cloged the drain.... go to a hardware store and tell them you need something to airblast your drains or something we paid roto rooter an obscene amout of money to do that ..

The problem probably lies in your desposal. Do you also have a dish washer hooked up? If so, you will see that after you run a cycle the dishwasher will have undrained water sitting in the bottom. Your best bet is to try the airblasting idea, if not I'd call a plumber. Take the advice with a grain of salt as I am not a plumber. In my incedent last year, I had to actually replace the desposal. Not only did mine clogg, but I also burnt out my motor.

Alright thanks alot. I'm pretty sure its in the disposal. Especially once I saw that the trap was for all purposes clean. Maybe I'll see if my dad can bring his air compressor up. Just wanted some opinions...thanks alot

No problem, hope you can get it unclogged cheap.

Me too. Me too. At the worst my dad might be able to come up one night this week, he lives about an hour and a half away so I hate to make him do it. I know he will for a steak and a 12 pack of bud light...just the point I guess. I like to do things myself.

LOL..I'm not that bad, but I try pretty much everything I can on my own before asking for help.

I understand!

I found out one thing around here a long time ago......................asking for help is not a bad thing.

Nice people willing to give good advice.................a nice advantage of this place!

We all need help at times.........good people around here!

i had a clogged drain in my bathtub once and the plumber recommended hooking up a wet-dry vac to the drain and plugging all of the other openings. the wet-dry vac sucked out whatever was clogging the drain, and we saved a bunch of money. nice plumber!

These snakes, are they the real live slithery snakes?

Get a can of Power Plumber.
This is what it looks like Click here

Don't waste your money on all the other junk.

Nice...thanks for all the ideas guys...I think im gonna try the shopvac thing...and go from there

Ever use "Liquid Fire"? That stuff is fantastic! You just have to stand back because the eruption is akin to a volcano, and then you have to flush your pipes with fresh water for a half hour, and it doesn't hurt to toss a half gallon of vinegar down the pipes after a good dose of Liquid Fire.

If it drains a little better when the disposal is running, then it's an issue with your disposal.

You can unplug it, then turn the flange under the sink to remove it and have a look inside. It very well may be clogged and/or gunked up.