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PeteCress (PA)
Bathroom sink drains slowly enough that bowl starts to fill up after about 20 seconds of water running fully.
Removed the U-trap, found nothing blocking it, tried running water with a bucket under drain/removed trap and the flow was back to normal: i.e. it seems like the drain stop mechanism is not to blame.
Ran a drain snake down at least 10 feet several times, found no resistance or goop on the snake's head.
Unencumbered by any plumbing knowledge, my current theory is that there's a plug of goop down there and the snake has bored through it - but what's enough room for the snake to pass is still insufficient room for a normal drainage flow.
Does anybody have any thoughts on what's next?
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NP16 (OR)
a professional rooter guy would probably be willing to do this work.
If you have old cast iron or galvanized drains it might be time to consider re-plumbing with ABS or PVC.
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PeteCress (PA)
Would you call 50 years "Old"?
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packy (MA)
if it takes a full 20 seconds for the water to back up, i would say the clog is farther away than 10 feet.
you need a longer snake wire.
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PeteCress (PA)
Thanks for the 20 feet observation.
I was just guessing on the snake depth.
Now I'll do it again and measure.
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