PS85
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Kitchen sink in my sister's house is all stopped up. It's located in Illinois and has a slab foundation, something I haven't seen before. A year ago I cleaned out the stopped up kitchen sink in my house, with a basement. I used a quarter inch 25ft rain auger I bought from Harbor Freight It didn't work when I sent it down from the kitchen sink, but it did work when I went down to the basement, unscrewed the PVC coupling and cleaned out all the soap on the sides. The 25 feet was not long enough to do the job starting from the kitchen sink, but worked fine when I opened the coupling halfway through.
My sister's sink has been stopped up for months, the sink is full of drano, and little pieces of soap are in the sink. I tried the quarter inch 25 ft snake from Walmart to no avail. Again, I suspectthe snake is too short.
The only 50 ft rentals are 1/2 inch snake, which is too big for the 2" diameter (OD) PVC pipe in her and my systems.
Home Depot sells a 5/16" by 50 foot replacement cable which is not much larger than the quarter inch, but it's 50 feet.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/BrassCr...otted-End-Replacement-Cable-BC96106/202759341
It's meant to go on a BC-260 machine. As that costs about $250 it's out of range moneywise.
From what I've read, slab homes have the plumbing in the slab, and to reach it jackhammers and pulling up floorboards are necessary.
Is there any way I can use that reasonably priced 50 ft snake without buying the whole $200+ unit it goes to? I'd rent the BC-260 if I could but rentals are not available.
My sister's sink has been stopped up for months, the sink is full of drano, and little pieces of soap are in the sink. I tried the quarter inch 25 ft snake from Walmart to no avail. Again, I suspectthe snake is too short.
The only 50 ft rentals are 1/2 inch snake, which is too big for the 2" diameter (OD) PVC pipe in her and my systems.
Home Depot sells a 5/16" by 50 foot replacement cable which is not much larger than the quarter inch, but it's 50 feet.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/BrassCr...otted-End-Replacement-Cable-BC96106/202759341
It's meant to go on a BC-260 machine. As that costs about $250 it's out of range moneywise.
From what I've read, slab homes have the plumbing in the slab, and to reach it jackhammers and pulling up floorboards are necessary.
Is there any way I can use that reasonably priced 50 ft snake without buying the whole $200+ unit it goes to? I'd rent the BC-260 if I could but rentals are not available.
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