Say Claudia, I assume there is a grill over the floor drain. Can you remove that, put plugs into the sinks and fill them to keep air from bubbling up through them then pour and fill the drain and seat a plunger firmly over the floor drain and see if you can dislodge the blockage enough to get the drain flowing again.
Maybe a sock or rag or something went down the sink and got stuck at a junction which was confounding the snake as well as holding the rag. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: Claudia To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 7:15 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] A Temporary Work-around! Hi All, Thanks to all of you who gave suggestions, as to my plumbing dilemma, over the weekend! We ended up putting a standpipe in, for the meantime, and we can now wash clothes, although we have to wash on the smallest load setting. The two utility sinks fill about halfway, and they take forever to drain, at least 3 to 4 hours. So, it's taking us forever to catch up on laundry! It's bitter cold here, so bringing anybody in right now probably isn't realistic because, what if the job is bigger than we already think it is; it can get pretty cold in that basement! I just don't know how long this temporary fix will last, so I hope we can get something done soon! Claudia Join either of my groups; the first is for visually-impaired women, while the other is for people wishing to discuss homemaking issues. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
