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Overachieving, is how I intend to sell it
Sep. 3rd, 2013 01:46 pmYeah, I have problems with the plumbing in most of the house, it's a very old house and the plumbing has been partially redone as needed over the years. The downstairs bathroom requires close attendance with a plunger for most toilet flushes, and the sink had been running very slow.
I knew the sink slowdown was plain old hair in the drain. It didn't respond much to drain cleaner, so I knew the clog was higher up. So I finally remembered to look for one of those narrow, flexible drain clearers when I was at the store. Sure enough, it got a big hunk of hair out, and things were way better.
Until I decided that it was time to try to get the drain stopper to work again. The hair clog was high enough that it was probably caught on the stopper cylinder, so I hoped that clearing it might loosen the stopper again. So I tried pulling up on the lever that closes the drain. Nothing, still. Hmm. Maybe if I push a little on the stopper itself- oh. That's not good.
Yeah. Stopper is dropped and is no longer attached to the mechanism that raises and lowers it. And let me tell you, it's down in there solid. The sink is deep and the drain is too close to the back wall of the bowl to fit a plunger over it. I can't seem to come up with anything thin enough to get down between the stopper and the housing to pry with- tried an old paring knife and just broke the tip off.
It's not a completely tight seal, the water that slops over the edge of the plastic basin I now have in the sink does drain out slowly. But it is aggravating, having to make sure I don't run too much water when I wash my hands, brush my teeth, etc. And dumping the basin into the toilet just makes me more irritated from the toilet having its own problems. I just wish I could figure out how to fix it, you know?
I knew the sink slowdown was plain old hair in the drain. It didn't respond much to drain cleaner, so I knew the clog was higher up. So I finally remembered to look for one of those narrow, flexible drain clearers when I was at the store. Sure enough, it got a big hunk of hair out, and things were way better.
Until I decided that it was time to try to get the drain stopper to work again. The hair clog was high enough that it was probably caught on the stopper cylinder, so I hoped that clearing it might loosen the stopper again. So I tried pulling up on the lever that closes the drain. Nothing, still. Hmm. Maybe if I push a little on the stopper itself- oh. That's not good.
Yeah. Stopper is dropped and is no longer attached to the mechanism that raises and lowers it. And let me tell you, it's down in there solid. The sink is deep and the drain is too close to the back wall of the bowl to fit a plunger over it. I can't seem to come up with anything thin enough to get down between the stopper and the housing to pry with- tried an old paring knife and just broke the tip off.
It's not a completely tight seal, the water that slops over the edge of the plastic basin I now have in the sink does drain out slowly. But it is aggravating, having to make sure I don't run too much water when I wash my hands, brush my teeth, etc. And dumping the basin into the toilet just makes me more irritated from the toilet having its own problems. I just wish I could figure out how to fix it, you know?
