Lancer525
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Okay, If I forget any pertinent detail, I apologize. Please let me know.
I have a house built in 1952. It has a 4"PVC cleanout leading to the main city sewer line, just outside the bathroom wall. It's a 1-bath home.
Here's the problem: The kitchen sink (farthest away from the cleanout) drains really slowly. As in 15-20 minutes for half a sink's worth of water. No dishwasher hookup or disposal or anything strange. The bathroom sink also drains slowly, but not as slowly, more like 3 to 5 minutes for a sink full of water. The shower/tub drains just as slowly as the kitchen sink, and the tub is closest to the cleanout. Here's the weird part. The commode (in between the bath sink and the tub in terms of distance from the cleanout) flushes perfectly fine. No problems there at all.
I pretty much thought it was a clog somewhere in the leading line to the city sewer main, so today I rented a rotary wire-spring/cable electric snake from Orange Big Box, with the intention of cleaning out the line. Opened the plug on the end of the cleanout, and there was no water in it. So I had spouse run water in the tub. Drained slowly, but I could see flow in the pipe leading out to the city main. Same with the sink. I had her flush the commode, and there was a big rush of water, and then back to the light flow from the tub and kitchen sink. That tells me the clog isn't in the main, that it's inside the house somewhere.
I am pretty much stumped about where the !#$@#%&?! clog is, given that the commode flushes normally, but all other sinks/tub drain slowly, in varying degrees. We've poured several containers of various "drain cleaners" in all the sinks/tub, and all with minimal effect. I have absolutely no idea what could be causing this, and have less than no idea what to do about trying to make repair.
Any ideas?
I have a house built in 1952. It has a 4"PVC cleanout leading to the main city sewer line, just outside the bathroom wall. It's a 1-bath home.
Here's the problem: The kitchen sink (farthest away from the cleanout) drains really slowly. As in 15-20 minutes for half a sink's worth of water. No dishwasher hookup or disposal or anything strange. The bathroom sink also drains slowly, but not as slowly, more like 3 to 5 minutes for a sink full of water. The shower/tub drains just as slowly as the kitchen sink, and the tub is closest to the cleanout. Here's the weird part. The commode (in between the bath sink and the tub in terms of distance from the cleanout) flushes perfectly fine. No problems there at all.
I pretty much thought it was a clog somewhere in the leading line to the city sewer main, so today I rented a rotary wire-spring/cable electric snake from Orange Big Box, with the intention of cleaning out the line. Opened the plug on the end of the cleanout, and there was no water in it. So I had spouse run water in the tub. Drained slowly, but I could see flow in the pipe leading out to the city main. Same with the sink. I had her flush the commode, and there was a big rush of water, and then back to the light flow from the tub and kitchen sink. That tells me the clog isn't in the main, that it's inside the house somewhere.
I am pretty much stumped about where the !#$@#%&?! clog is, given that the commode flushes normally, but all other sinks/tub drain slowly, in varying degrees. We've poured several containers of various "drain cleaners" in all the sinks/tub, and all with minimal effect. I have absolutely no idea what could be causing this, and have less than no idea what to do about trying to make repair.
Any ideas?