On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 21:16:07 -0400, "Larry" wrote:

Got a wet/dry vac? Someone told me about this, and it's worked more than
once.

You have to make sure you have water in the trap, take a wet rag/wash cloth
& cover the over flow. Turn on vac, suck out the drain. Repeat several
times making sure to fill the trap with water. Covering the overflow with
a _wet_ rag is very important, otherwise the vac will just suck the air.

Not sure I understand. It'll suck the water in the trap up, and then
what? Suck some gook out of the drain pipe embedded in the wall
over 4 feet away(hopefully)?

Don't try any compressed air, I know someone who thought they had a better
idea. It blew the joints apart @ the trap.

I wouldn't necessarily mind except for the trap water. Sounds like
forced air might be more effective than vacuum. Maybe force gook
from little drain pipe into big one (where it's not a problem)?

Thx,
P

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