On Tuesday, August 13, 2013 8:45:38 PM UTC-7, Higgs Boson wrote:
On Tuesday, August 13, 2013 12:24:34 PM UTC-7, wrote:

On Monday, August 12, 2013 2:38:20 PM UTC-7, Higgs Boson wrote:



On Monday, August 12, 2013 12:25:25 PM UTC-7, wrote:







On Monday, August 12, 2013 2:40:57 PM UTC-4, Higgs Boson wrote:















The pipe from the kitchen runs transversely/diagonally/ under the house to where it must join the pipe to the sewer -- where I assume the bathroom sink also meets. Could the bathroom sink job have somehow blocked up the pipe from the kitchen?























You need to know how things are arranged before you can start jumping to conclusions.























If the bathroom sink is on the transverse pipe from the kitchen to the sewer, it could easily block the pipe from the kitchen.























If each sink has its own dedicated pipe to the sewer, then no.















Gue$$I've have to call the plumber -- not the snake man -- to map the pipe$.















One more q: Is it that much cheaper to pull & clean the pipes than it would be to simply put in new pipes? Also, is cleaning (by what means?) effective enough to give me the 10-20 years that marc projected?















TIA















HB







personally, I would simply pull apart the pipes [yourself]



under the sink that's giving you problems,



and see what they look like inside.







If you see obvious blockage there, clean it out,



and that may be all you have to do - for xx years







marc



I wish! It's NOT the pipes under the sink. I had them replaced months ago.



It's a blockage probably in the pipes going under the house to meet the line to sewer. That's why I asked **whether it's much more to just replace the pipes rather than to pull and clean them.** Anybody?



When the kitchen sink clog first hit (a few days after bathroom sink major work) I let water drain out of kitchen sink slowwwwly over night. Disgusdting, but proves, I guess, that blockage is "only" 99-44/100!!!



Then I unscrewed the outside nut, and let sink water drain into a series of rain gutters to the driveway. Of course this can't go on. I just have to get up my nerve to call plumber.



HB

nevermind then; i only speed read online posts


it sounds reasonable to try snaking your pipes, first

isn't there a company [in LA] that has a flat fee for snaking?

marc