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No overflow - no problem?
Sam Takoy wrote:
Hi, I have a copper sink in the bathroom and because it doesn't have an overflow, the water drains very slowly. . . . , The lack of an overflow doesn't cause sinks to drain more slowly. Your slow draining problem is due to something else -- possibly a partial clog somewhere in the drain line, or maybe because the sink is not close to a vent pipe. |
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No overflow - no problem?
RogerT wrote:
Sam Takoy wrote: Hi, I have a copper sink in the bathroom and because it doesn't have an overflow, the water drains very slowly. . . . , The lack of an overflow doesn't cause sinks to drain more slowly. Your slow draining problem is due to something else -- possibly a partial clog somewhere in the drain line, or maybe because the sink is not close to a vent pipe. Right. The (partial) clog is somewhere down the drain. Water in the sink hits the clog and backs up, like a dam, then proceeds at only the pace the miniature spillway permits. A dose of concentrated sodium hydroxide (lye) will bust up what the miniature beavers have built. The question of a proper vent can be answered by asking another question: Did the sink ever drain properly? |
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