So I spent the week on the road visiting branch offices. Last night I was sitting in my hotel room 2 blocks from a Lowes and I suddenly got the urge to go. Not a maybe? But a YES YOU SHOULD GO. let me explain...
You see, the wife swears we have a broken drain on the kitchen sink. She clogs it all the damn time by feeding the disposal too much at a time. Like a quart of pulled pork all at once. That one she came down into my office looking kinda like the mustard man meme, with the mini plunger in her hand instead of a mustard jar. "come upstairs with a smile on your face and a joyful heart. Please. "
Both sides of the sink had nasty pale grey soup and it was splashed EVERYWHERE. Even when I tried plunging by holding the drain plug in the other side, I still got splashed with nasty chunky, smokey scented water. There goes my joyful heart.
After tearing it down, I couldnt get it to clog again. Its always her. But noooo. Its the drain.
Now I considered it could be the handy flex pipe I had to install when we remodeled 10 years ago and moved the sink 2". That put it just barely out of line to use the p trap to line it up. but Ive never found any indication that is part of the problem. I decided the last time to try to figure out how to eliminate that accordion pipe and plumb it properly.
She clogged it right before I left. So I got it all put back together and started the hamster running in my head for a solution. At one point this week I realized I could probably add a 45* or two to shift it. Maybe just one and insert the horizontal pipe 45 to the union? Why not?
Then last night after I showered, I had a STRONG urge to go. I was slightly bored with nothing to do, so why not? I threw my pants on and headed out to follow the siren's song and buy a couple 45s and the slip adapters.
I got home tonight, and while she is at church at a meeting, I decided to eyeball fit those parts to see how it would work. I reach back and two 45s make it stick out too far. Hmmm. Let me pull out this basket that is sitting under the trap. *SLOSH* EWWWWWW! Apparently the trap wasnt assembled well enough and it had been leaking nasty water all week.
And it was just short of starting to leak out. Just short of the vent holes on the side of the basket. If I hadnt gotten that wild hair and run out this weekend instead It would have made a HUGE mess between now and then possibly requiring me to do work on the cabinetry.
Instead it just ruined my lithium power scrubber that was in the bottom of the basket.
You see, the wife swears we have a broken drain on the kitchen sink. She clogs it all the damn time by feeding the disposal too much at a time. Like a quart of pulled pork all at once. That one she came down into my office looking kinda like the mustard man meme, with the mini plunger in her hand instead of a mustard jar. "come upstairs with a smile on your face and a joyful heart. Please. "
Both sides of the sink had nasty pale grey soup and it was splashed EVERYWHERE. Even when I tried plunging by holding the drain plug in the other side, I still got splashed with nasty chunky, smokey scented water. There goes my joyful heart.
After tearing it down, I couldnt get it to clog again. Its always her. But noooo. Its the drain.
Now I considered it could be the handy flex pipe I had to install when we remodeled 10 years ago and moved the sink 2". That put it just barely out of line to use the p trap to line it up. but Ive never found any indication that is part of the problem. I decided the last time to try to figure out how to eliminate that accordion pipe and plumb it properly.
She clogged it right before I left. So I got it all put back together and started the hamster running in my head for a solution. At one point this week I realized I could probably add a 45* or two to shift it. Maybe just one and insert the horizontal pipe 45 to the union? Why not?
Then last night after I showered, I had a STRONG urge to go. I was slightly bored with nothing to do, so why not? I threw my pants on and headed out to follow the siren's song and buy a couple 45s and the slip adapters.
I got home tonight, and while she is at church at a meeting, I decided to eyeball fit those parts to see how it would work. I reach back and two 45s make it stick out too far. Hmmm. Let me pull out this basket that is sitting under the trap. *SLOSH* EWWWWWW! Apparently the trap wasnt assembled well enough and it had been leaking nasty water all week.
And it was just short of starting to leak out. Just short of the vent holes on the side of the basket. If I hadnt gotten that wild hair and run out this weekend instead It would have made a HUGE mess between now and then possibly requiring me to do work on the cabinetry.
Instead it just ruined my lithium power scrubber that was in the bottom of the basket.
I cant even find any residue when I remove the pipe for other reasons. 
