Recent content by austindiying

Oh god...I'm such an idiot. Fireguy, I owe you a virtual beer. This is almost too embarrassing to admit, but I'm not going to leave readers hanging... I forgot to re-install the stopper actuator arm, and so the water was indeed coming from above (not flowing up through the fitting. Of course...

OK. I think I eliminated that possibility with a little logic. If the drain was plugged downstream, then running the faucet at full blast would fill the entire drain up and into the sink fairly quickly. After all, only a little bit of water is escaping through the fitting. And if only a little...

Hm. Definitely not the trap. From the sink to the stub out, it's clear as day. Now...after that, you might be right. I can't see past the turn. And I don't have a scope...but I went ahead and ordered one on Amazon, so I'll soon find out. But here's my question on that. Wouldn't a compression...

I’m at my wit’s end. I’ve taken apart and reassembled P-traps probably dozens of times over the years. None have really given me any trouble. Yesterday I met my match. My master bath sink was draining very slowly. I took the P-trap apart, and cleaned out all the components (OMG the sludge that...