On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:24:08 -0500, Pete wrote:

I'm baffled. Kitchen sink backed up yesterday, so I removed the kitchen
disposal to snake the pipe. I also disconnected the pipe in the basement
(where I have a rubber boot connector to plastic pipe that's fortunately
runs over my wash basin). So I've got a run of only about 6 or 7 feet of
pipe that I snaked. Snaking went easy, with the cable end coming out the
end of the pipe with very little gunk. So, I pour water down the pipe
under the sink and it just trickles out in the basement! I've snaked it
3 more times, and still the water flow out the end of the pipe in the
basement is about a quart every 10 minutes. Any ideas?

I've never been in this situation, but my ugess is you need to attach
something bigger to the snake, like a sponge, or something that will
fill the pipe and not just push a hole through which gets filled up
again as the snake passes through.

I don't know anything about pequa.

Oh, yeah, ventilation. Somehow snake the pipe to the roof. Or from
the roof??

They used to sell a garden hose attachment that swelled up as a ball
and was supposed to fit tightly in a pige. I don't know if you need
that or not.



I don't know what happens if you attach a sponge and then the sponge
comes off!!! In the middle of some pipe. LIke I say, I've never
done this.