pbierre
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The drain is backing up. When the dishwasher pumps out, the garbage disposal fills past the top with waste water.
As it drains down slowly, you hear the "glug, glug" sound associated with poor venting.
I built this island myself, and know how the drain is vented using a loop. This morning I opened the vent pipe cleanout to see if this provided additional venting. It did. The "glug, glug" went away and the drain flowed freely. When I repaced the vent pipe cleanout cap, I was expecting to be back to "glug, glug", but it seemed fixed. But now a few hours later, it's clear nothing was fixed.
Was opening the vent pipe a good test? Would a clogged drain only make that "glug" sound?
How do you clean out a vent pipe? Can you use pressurized air? Vacuum? Do you have to snake it? We're talking a 1-story house.
As it drains down slowly, you hear the "glug, glug" sound associated with poor venting.
I built this island myself, and know how the drain is vented using a loop. This morning I opened the vent pipe cleanout to see if this provided additional venting. It did. The "glug, glug" went away and the drain flowed freely. When I repaced the vent pipe cleanout cap, I was expecting to be back to "glug, glug", but it seemed fixed. But now a few hours later, it's clear nothing was fixed.
Was opening the vent pipe a good test? Would a clogged drain only make that "glug" sound?
How do you clean out a vent pipe? Can you use pressurized air? Vacuum? Do you have to snake it? We're talking a 1-story house.
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