Question about using a snake for plumbing experts.

[W1GUH]

I've got a clog in the drain somewhere below where the sink drain and tub drains meet. Water from the sink backs up into the tub. Had this same situation in another apartment & when I tried to use a snake it went all the way down (or maybe up?) & I didn't find any clog. A couple of years later a pro plumber snaked that drain nice and clean -- I musta been doing something wrong.

I'm tempted to try it again here myself, but with reservations. Are snakes safe for amateur (plumbers), or am I well advised to have the landlord do this?

[WN9HJW]

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[W1GUH]

Thanks. Some google-fu may have provided an answer. Said to go in through the overflow drain. I was going in through the tub drain.

[KG4CGC]

<snip> How it got in there is anyone's guess.

KIDS!
Tell your kids, DRAINS ARE NOT TOYS!
Apologies if she has no kids.

Here's one. Wait until you have to fix a clog of someone else's pubic hair and you can identify the OWNERS by the color and texture.

[KB3LAZ]

KIDS!
Tell your kids, DRAINS ARE NOT TOYS!
Apologies if she has no kids.

Here's one. Wait until you have to fix a clog of someone else's pubic hair and you can identify the OWNERS by the color and texture.

My brother had to get a toy car out of the toilet because his three year old decided to stuff it down there. That was a pain in the ass. Had to remove the toilet as the car was stuck in the ¿neck? Also, he once decided to flush a bar of soap. Less a pain but still not treat.

[W1GUH]

One thought as I was trying that time was what if it ws going up someone else's toilet and someone was sitting on it?

[KG4CGC]

One thought as I was trying that time was what if it ws going up someone else's toilet and someone was sitting on it?

Depends. Others would be having back ups?

[W1GUH]

KIDS!
Tell your kids, DRAINS ARE NOT TOYS!
Apologies if she has no kids.

Here's one. Wait until you have to fix a clog of someone else's pubic hair and you can identify the OWNERS by the color and texture.

And just as I was leaving for brunch. Thanks, Charles, you made my day! Nah, I'll stop by the hardware store on my way.

[W1GUH]

Depends. Others would be having back ups?

Depends may be what's down there!

Not mine, tho'. I may be be an OF and getting more "O" all the time, but I'm not there yet.

[N8YX]

Get yourself one of these:

http://www.remodelr.com/Prod/General...FeEDQAodlya0iw

I bought a complete kit on eBay a couple years back. Best $200 I ever spent...has paid for itself a dozen times over.