In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Quote:BRENDA ... they didn't access your bathroom to unclog it, did they? If they DIDN'T, then they might have snaked it out from the cleanout located somewhere outside your apartment.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:
BRENDA: Have no idea. I found it draining after I got home today from my walk. All I thought at the time is finally with relief.
If that's the case, the problem might still be in the "u" shaped piece of pipe right under the sink ... possibly soap or hair or both. If you haven't already, you might want to try liquid Drano or Liquid Plumber.
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They couldn't have because the manager said she would set up a time for the plumbers to come in and do that.
I have snaked it about 5 or 6 times and used Liquid Plumber or Draino on it a couple of times. Didn't get much to come out but it did start draining for me then it started plugging again.
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IIRC Signy had that problem at home. It was corroded waste pipes that were really narrow due to corrosion plus it made them very, very rough inside, and they caught everything that wasn't water (soap scum, grease, hair, lint etc).
IDK if you're allowed to do this there, but you might want to try replacing the p-trap with a cheap flexible (accordioned) plastic version to see if that helps. The other thing I wonder about is who you're sharing the waste-stack and vent with on the other side of the wall. In one apartment I was in, when the neighbors - who either had installed some kind of dishwasher or small washing machine - did their whatevers, and it drained - bubbles and dirty water kept coming up out of our kitchen sink drain. Your stack-mates might be putting in grease, linty water (say, from a portable washing machine), or other stuff. If cleaning out/ replacing the p-trap doesn't do it, it may be further down than you can clean, due to either bad pipes or careless neighbors, or both.
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
IIRC Signy had that problem at home. It was corroded waste pipes that were really narrow due to corrosion plus it made them very, very rough inside, and they caught everything that wasn't water (soap scum, grease, hair, lint etc).
IDK if you're allowed to do this there, but you might want to try replacing the p-trap with a cheap flexible (accordioned) plastic version to see if that helps. The other thing I wonder about is who you're sharing the waste-stack and vent with on the other side of the wall. In one apartment I was in, when the neighbors - who either had installed some kind of dishwasher or small washing machine - did their whatevers, and it drained - bubbles and dirty water kept coming up out of our kitchen sink drain. Your stack-mates might be putting in grease, linty water (say, from a portable washing machine), or other stuff. If cleaning out/ replacing the p-trap doesn't do it, it may be further down than you can clean, due to either bad pipes or careless neighbors, or both.
Don't think I am really allowed to do any major repair work in here. So, I am stuck I think until someone else complains about backed up pipes.
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More rain heading my way.
And for right now shopping in the middle of the week seems to be the best to get groceries. A fair amount of ground meat in the grocery store today. Less on the tomato products but I got a small can of tomato paste which is what I wanted anyways and a sandwich for lunch.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Well, the plumbers got the sink to drain but I can't use it as I tried to run a little water and it just wanted to fill up again. So the sink maybe empty but not usable.
Do you know what they tried?
They probably just need to rod it out.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Have no idea. I found it draining after I got home today from my walk. All I thought at the time is finally with relief.
You might piss off the manager if you use Draino. I had several apartments where that was a strict no-no. Draino and other cleaning products can cause serious damage depending on how the drain system is made. And it only takes one single part that is made of a material that can be damaged, obviously.
So... what I'm saying is... if you do it. Don't ever tell the management or anybody who comes in the future to work on them that you did it.
6" to a foot isn't going to do you much, but if you wriggled it around in there good it should have at least unclogged enough in the J trap to get a decent flow going.
I have a shower that I need to rod out every year or two. A foot long plastic snake doesn't do anything with that. I have a drill attachment with a snake on it that extends to 25 feet and I have to use between 15 to 20 feet to get it unclogged when I do it.
Assert yourself here. You're in a nice place. Let them know that your sink doesn't drain and keep telling them until they fix it. If they don't respond, go ahead and try some Draino. Even COVID panic isn't going to keep a landlord/manager from making an emergency fix to a major leaky pipe if it does mess something up, and there's no way they could prove you did it if it does.
There's no reason for you to have to live with that. You're new place isn't run by that horrible old woman.
Good luck.
EDIT: Ah... I see you've tried the Draino. Keep that one to yourself.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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JACK: No worries and my manager suggested draino for the bathtub to keep it from clogging up.
As I said it does drain but slowly. I am hoping that it will clear the rest of the way itself. When I snaked it after a couple of times I couldn't feel anything in the way. So I guess time will tell.
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Anyways said that I ran into my ex-landlady a couple of days ago and she told me there was some mail for me. I went over to the house today to pick it up and was told by her that she had returned it to the post office. This she did because I didn't drop what I was doing the day I saw her and rush over to pick it up.
Wasted trip but was nice to stop and talk to the people who run the hamburger place in the strip mall. They are a nice couple from S. Korea originally but have been in Canada for over 10years. The wife fussed over me something fierce which was nice. I was surprised to see them open but this place is their only source of income I do believe and they have 2 small children at home. So, I got my lunch there to bring home.
Flipside is that I saw three shelves of toilet paper in the local Walmart.
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Hey Brenda - how does your mail system work? Here in the US, if you file a card with your local post office with your new and old address, they'll forward any first-class mail on for I think 6 months. Does your PO not do that?
Aside from having to deal with your ex-landlady's bitchiness, it sounds like you had a good time getting back with some people you knew!
Here, my old restaurant place that I've been going to for decades is totally shut down. They're not even doing take-out. Otherwise, I would have been getting meals from there to keep them in business. I hope they reopen! OTOH the owner is getting on in years. Maybe he'll just sell it and retire and relax for a change.
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
Hey Brenda - how does your mail system work? Here in the US, if you file a card with your local post office with your new and old address, they'll forward any first-class mail on for I think 6 months. Does your PO not do that?
Aside from having to deal with your ex-landlady's bitchiness, it sounds like you had a good time getting back with some people you knew!
Here, my old restaurant place that I've been going to for decades is totally shut down. They're not even doing take-out. Otherwise, I would have been getting meals from there to keep them in business. I hope they reopen! OTOH the owner is getting on in years. Maybe he'll just sell it and retire and relax for a change.
Yes, Canada Post does do that but it costs a few dollars. I know that I can email this place and give them my change of address which is cheaper than Canada Post. This place I think I got the mail from I don't hear from them often so just easier to email the change.
It was nice. They are real nice couple with 2 adorable children. I'm fairly certain once this is over and the next time I see the lady I will get a big hug.
I had worried about them as this place is I think their only source of income and it was a welcome surprise to see them open.I hear ya. One restaurant I walked by today had a sign up that they will do pick up orders now as the restaurant is completely closed. There phone number is there with the menu on the door. So you just call in what you want and when it is ready go and get it. I expect them to reopen when this over.
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
Wow. You must really dislike the question, which you obviously can't answer! Otherwise, why would you resort to threats of trolling just because you can't answer a simple question?
And btw - spreading around a question that might make people think even more badly about you than they already do, AND being even more of an asshole at the same time ... isn't the best tactic in the world. It's not going to make people think worse of ME, that's for sure!
For the record, the question is:
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But you have nothing to say about the USA, and obsessively track everything to do with Russia because ...
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