Re: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here!

2008-01-19 Thread spiro
sounds like that is the sink the washer uses. Also sounds like the clog is farther out than where the sink and the floor drain join the exit piping. On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, Victor Gouveia wrote: Hi Claudia, You said that you were emptying out the contents of the bucket into the basin or

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2008-01-19 Thread Dale Leavens
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 1:13 AM Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! Yes Dale, The sink empties into the laundry room floor drain. And, yes, the plumber put the snake through the laundry room fllor drain! And, we've tried

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2008-01-19 Thread cheetah
: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! If he could run a power auger or snake for 8 feet and then it stopped there is a real problem. Especially if he was able to clear roots along the main drain line. Has this become an issue over time or was it a sudden stop. By the sounds of things if roots

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2008-01-19 Thread RJ
might consider putting on a anti-siphon valve. RJ - Original Message - From: Claudia To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 01:03 Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! What is an anticiphon connection, and how could

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2008-01-19 Thread Dale Leavens
PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: RJ To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! What I

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2008-01-18 Thread Bob Kennedy
- From: Claudia To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 1:46 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! Hello, I am a new poster, and I have the following problem and sure could use any ideas, on the subject! Thanks. However, we have a major problem

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here!

2008-01-18 Thread RJ
, 2008 13:46 Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! Hello, I am a new poster, and I have the following problem and sure could use any ideas, on the subject! Thanks. However, we have a major problem on our hands! We've been having difficulty, when washing clothes lately. When we

Re: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here!

2008-01-18 Thread Claudia
- Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 6:18 PM Subject: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! If he could run a power auger or snake for 8 feet and then it stopped there is a real problem. Especially if he

Re: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here!

2008-01-18 Thread Claudia
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 3:34 PM Subject: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! I hate to be a barer of bad news, but your friend sounds as he is telling you the way it is. You might want to run a manual snake through the pipe and see if you can dislodge the optical by banging

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2008-01-18 Thread Victor Gouveia
Hi Claudia, You said that you were emptying out the contents of the bucket into the basin or sink. Is that basin or sink close enough that you can run the hose directly into it, and if it is, is it large enough to hold the water that will be generated by a large load? If it isn't large

Re: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here!

2008-01-18 Thread Claudia
the floor kept coming back up, through the laundry room drain. Claudia - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 5:26 PM Subject: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! Hi Claudia, Are you saying that when

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2008-01-18 Thread Dale Leavens
Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Claudia To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 1:46 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! Hello, I am a new poster, and I have the following problem and sure

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2008-01-18 Thread spiro
] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 10:46 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! Hello, I am a new poster, and I have the following problem and sure could use any ideas, on the subject! Thanks. However, we have a major problem on our hands! We've been

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2008-01-18 Thread Ray Boyce
of experience, so do a little research before forking over any money. - Original Message - From: Claudia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 5:46 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! Hello, I am a new poster, and I have

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here!

2008-01-18 Thread Larry Stansifer
that one of them will be of far more help. Good luck Larry -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Claudia Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 11:46 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! Hello, I

[BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here!

2008-01-18 Thread Claudia
Hello, I am a new poster, and I have the following problem and sure could use any ideas, on the subject! Thanks. However, we have a major problem on our hands! We've been having difficulty, when washing clothes lately. When we wash, there is a drain underneath the basins, where the hose from

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here!

2008-01-18 Thread Brice Mijares
Do you know if he ran a snake down it with a spinning blade that would cut through roots? - Original Message - From: Claudia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 10:46 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! Hello, I am a new

Re: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here!

2008-01-18 Thread Claudia
Yes, He sure did. - Original Message - From: Brice Mijares To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 1:25 PM Subject: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! Do you know if he ran a snake down it with a spinning blade that would cut through

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2008-01-18 Thread Brice Mijares
Do you have any big trees around this area? Also, how far down below ground level is this drain? You mentioned a basement, that's got to be at least 8 feet below ground level unless your foundation is really elevated. I'm wondering if this area where the snake couldn't go any further is an

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2008-01-18 Thread RJ
: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! Okay, I'll admit that I have no ideas about plumbing. We've owned this house, for 5 years now, and we did have to have our drain rooted out, a couple of years ago! The problem with the drain in the laundry room didn't start all of a sudden. It'd been going

Re: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here!

2008-01-18 Thread Ron Yearns
- From: Claudia To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 8:19 PM Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! Hi, How would you even go about running a new floor drain, and where would it empty out into, the main drain of the house? Truly

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2008-01-18 Thread Bob Kennedy
hours 300 miles to do plumbing and don't care for the packing up and unpacking when I get back. - Original Message - From: Claudia To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 9:13 PM Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! Okay

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2008-01-18 Thread Dale Leavens
mopped up off the floor kept coming back up, through the laundry room drain. Claudia - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 5:26 PM Subject: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! Hi Claudia

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2008-01-18 Thread Claudia
- From: Claudia To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 8:19 PM Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! Hi, How would you even go about running a new floor drain, and where would it empty out into, the main drain of the house? Truly

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2008-01-18 Thread Claudia
What is an anticiphon connection, and how could or would that creat any problems? Claudia - Original Message - From: RJ To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 10:01 PM Subject: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here

Re: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here!

2008-01-18 Thread Claudia
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 9:39 PM Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! Hi Claudia, You said that you were emptying out the contents of the bucket into the basin or sink. Is that basin or sink close enough that you can

Re: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here!

2008-01-18 Thread Claudia
: Victor Gouveia To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 9:39 PM Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! Hi Claudia, You said that you were emptying out the contents of the bucket into the basin or sink. Is that basin or sink close

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2008-01-18 Thread Claudia
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 10:05 PM Subject: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! Is the wash room in the basement? Is there a waste stack in the basement? If so, run the washer pipe to the stack a get what is known as a saddle and drill a hole

Re: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here!

2008-01-18 Thread Claudia
there and won't drain out. Claudia - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 11:02 PM Subject: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [BlindHandyMan] Very Upset Here! So Claudia, the washer drains into the sink and the laundry room drain