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Real snake inside water supply pipes
Hello;
To make a long story short...my 11 year old son thought it would be a good idea to to put a gardener snake inside the main water supply pipe in my house to play a prank...yah real f***in funny...now the snake is caught up somewhere inside one of the 1/2" copper pipes because I am not getting any water pressure. Further more, no one in my house in there right mind would want to use the shower, let alone use the water knowing that snake is probably dead and rotting inside a pipe somewhere. BTW, how he did it...He turned the main water valve off and removed a 3/4" bleed plug (?) and put the snake through the pipe. He thought the snake would come out a faucet when someone was using the water in the morning. The next morning he told me what he did because he got nervous when I said I was going to call the plumber to see what was wrong. Any ideas what I can do? I do not want to call a plumber because this is embarrassing and I have no money to burn. Thanks for your time; Phillip |
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Turn off the main.Open the 3/4 plug and try to back flush it out. You
probably have to borrow a neighbors hose to do this since your supply will be turned off, unless you have another source before the shutoff valve. Connect the hose to a washing machine faucet, cold water faucet, or similiar to backflush it out. |
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Yea right, a snaketroll
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Sure it happens all the time, no water, replace all the pipes before the
snake has babies.. |
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busy fellow, remove plug, open water line.
sad for the snake. so what are you going to do to the kid? his prank was cruelty to animals, even though it was just a snake i would be concerned.... |
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If the backflush doesn't work, this does not auger well- you will have
to snake it out! |
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oups.com... Hello; To make a long story short...my 11 year old son thought it would be a good idea to to put a gardener snake inside the main water supply pipe in my house to play a prank...yah real f***in funny...now the snake is caught up somewhere inside one of the 1/2" copper pipes because I am not getting any water pressure. Further more, no one in my house in there right mind would want to use the shower, let alone use the water knowing that snake is probably dead and rotting inside a pipe somewhere. BTW, how he did it...He turned the main water valve off and removed a 3/4" bleed plug (?) and put the snake through the pipe. He thought the snake would come out a faucet when someone was using the water in the morning. The next morning he told me what he did because he got nervous when I said I was going to call the plumber to see what was wrong. Any ideas what I can do? I do not want to call a plumber because this is embarrassing and I have no money to burn. Thanks for your time; Phillip Tell the brat he's grounded. Give him a half dozen Charles Dickens books and lock him in his room with a bucket. Remove anything from his room that's powered by AC or batteries, except one lamp. Come back in a month. |
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wrote in message oups.com... Hello; To make a long story short...my 11 year old son thought it would be a good idea to to put a gardener snake inside the main water supply pipe in my house to play a prank...yah real f***in funny...now the snake is caught up somewhere inside one of the 1/2" copper pipes because I am not getting any water pressure. Further more, no one in my house in there right mind would want to use the shower, let alone use the water knowing that snake is probably dead and rotting inside a pipe somewhere. BTW, how he did it...He turned the main water valve off and removed a 3/4" bleed plug (?) and put the snake through the pipe. He thought the snake would come out a faucet when someone was using the water in the morning. The next morning he told me what he did because he got nervous when I said I was going to call the plumber to see what was wrong. Interesting. On the one hand he is extremely resourceful; I know neither of my sons could have done anything like that at 11. On the other hand he is extremely stupid; how did he think the snake was going to come out through the aerator? I suggest you move to a house that is not infected with trolls. |
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I guess the apple didnt fall far from the tree....
imagine trying to get a slithering snake into a small pipe? |
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On 4 May 2006 07:12:53 -0700, "
wrote: I guess the apple didnt fall far from the tree.... Is this a Garden of Eden joke? imagine trying to get a slithering snake into a small pipe? Indeed. The snake must have helped, no? |
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I tried the compressor and garden hose backflush ideas but didn't work.
So I had no choice but to call a plumber and they got a kick out of it also...appearently the snake was wedge in the very first 90 elbow and was bloated and yes, he (my son) told me the snake was alive when he put it in the pipes...poor *******. |
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