Skip to main content ↑ ↓
Topic: Need plumbing help (Read 850 times) previous topic - next topic
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Need plumbing help

Yahoo Message Number: 14539
I have plugged up the drain in the bathroom. The pipes come straight down from the sink to a 90 degree bend into another straight, horizontal piece of pipe about 15" long before another bend into what I hope is a straight pipe to the gray tank..

What tools do I need to remove the pipe under the sink to clean it out?

Carol

Re: Need plumbing help

Reply #1 –
Yahoo Message Number: 14541
Hi Carol

My wife unplugged ours. She put white vinegar and baking soda (1 cup soda followed by 1 cup vinegar) in the drain and left it overnight then poured several teakettles of boiling water down the next day.
Works goooood now!
Andy

The truth about our gas prices.

Why are we low on oil? Simple - we forgot to check it.
Our oil is in Alaska, Oklahoma and Texas.
OUR DIPSTICKS ARE IN WASHINGTON.
{Stolen from some other forum}

DW6000 / Satmex5 / Xpndr 1070 / linksys befw11s4 2002 36' Allure #30787 / 2000 Subaru Forester

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Re: Need plumbing help

Reply #2 –
Yahoo Message Number: 14542
Before yo go too far try popping up the stopper or the drain cover (if in the shower). Usually this is just hair that collects right at the drain.
Dave

Re: Need plumbing help

Reply #3 –
Yahoo Message Number: 14544
Thanks, Andy, tried that and it didn't work for me. 8-( Also tried some commercial stuff that says it it ok for RVs...probably the reason it is ok is because it doesn't work. So, the only thing I can think of is to take the (expletive deleted) thing apart!
I think I'll try the vinegar and soda one more time...maybe I didn't use enough.

Carol

Re: Need plumbing help

Reply #4 –
Yahoo Message Number: 14545
Thanks, Dave...its in the sink - sorry I didn't say that in the original post. I've taken it apart as much as I can and even stuck a straw down there to see if I could loosen the stuff up...no luck.
I am assuming it is hair because I don't recall dropping anything into the sink.

Thanks again

Carol

Re: Need plumbing help

Reply #5 –
Yahoo Message Number: 14552
I have had to remove the stopper a couple of times--full of hair. I recently got a long skinny brush that I can stick down to try and pull out the hair rather than removing the stopper. Don't know yet if it will work or not.

Ree

Current location---San Antonio, TX

2003 Allure 30852

Home is www.eldoradoranch.com near www.sanfelipe.com.mx
 

Re: Need plumbing help

Reply #6 –
Yahoo Message Number: 14554
Ace Hardware carries a drain cleaner...a piece of flexible plastic about 2 feet long and 2 inches wide with sharp teeth cut in both edges. You thread it down the drain, under the stopper if you like, and pull it back loaded with dreadful stuff. I don't remember the name and have not had to use it in the coach, but it worked on a sink at home.

S. Jenkins

2004 Intrigue 11759