I've never had any luck with them, I always end up taking the pipes
apart and using a snake. You might also try a plunger - seal the other
side of the sink (with a wet towel held in place by someone else) and
plunge the daylights out of the other.

I called a plumber once after having dumped gobs of drano down a
bathtub drain. He came out and plunged the thing and had it fixed in a
few minutes. Showed me how to take the batchtub/shower switch thing
off and plug that hole up to improve the effectiveness of the plunging.
$50 lesson.

What odd quirk of fate caused to generate the
following ::
I've never had any luck with them, I always end up taking the pipes
apart and using a snake. You might also try a plunger - seal the other
side of the sink (with a wet towel held in place by someone else) and
plunge the daylights out of the other.

I called a plumber once after having dumped gobs of drano down a
bathtub drain. He came out and plunged the thing and had it fixed in a
few minutes. Showed me how to take the batchtub/shower switch thing
off and plug that hole up to improve the effectiveness of the plunging.
$50 lesson.

I've never had luck with plunging. I could never get a good seal.

bonnie

On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 10:09:02 -0400, rosebud
wrote:

What odd quirk of fate caused to generate the
following ::
I've never had any luck with them, I always end up taking the pipes
apart and using a snake. You might also try a plunger - seal the other
side of the sink (with a wet towel held in place by someone else) and
plunge the daylights out of the other.

I called a plumber once after having dumped gobs of drano down a
bathtub drain. He came out and plunged the thing and had it fixed in a
few minutes. Showed me how to take the batchtub/shower switch thing
off and plug that hole up to improve the effectiveness of the plunging.
$50 lesson.

I've never had luck with plunging. I could never get a good seal.

bonnie


Try a wet/dry shopvac.