Hi. What worked for me was that plastic narrow flexible cord with like a sticky coarse Velcro type thing at the end. It squizzles down the drain and grabs the stuck items and brings them up. If I find the name i will post it, but it's not terribly expensive.
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DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, subprong <subprong@...> wrote:
>
> Sink will not drain. As this has been an on and off ongoing problem I
> think it's a root problem that eventually gets clogged with food waste
> particles. All of the drain products and natural products have been
> tried. The snake has been tried in the past and eventually the clog just
> comes back. I have not tried the root foam stuff yet. Has anyone tried
> that?
>
> Those things have always been tried from under the sink. Now, I'm thinking
> about unscrewing the plug that is underneath the house and very near the
> sink. This would make snaking a straight shot. I have reservations
> because this is an old metal sewage line and I'm not even sure how easily
> it would come undone. But my main question may be silly. The sink drain
> basically goes through the interior sink cabinet wall, into the outside
> under the house, curves underneath itself and then runs into a straight
> line half buried in the ground.....the plug is on a short run of pipe that
> runs the opposite way of that straight line. If by some miracle the plug
> comes out, will any waste travel back towards the plug hole?
>
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