yes, we havea slab. Jen
----- Original Message ----- From: Lee A. Stone To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 5:21 AM Subject: Re: [SPAM]Re: [BlindHandyMan] snake not working am I correct that this is a house on a slab or floating slab? Lee On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 12:06:09PM -0400, Tom Hodges wrote: > You can also try to clean the line out with water pressure. Most plumbing > supply stores sell a rubber bladder that you hook your garden hose to and > stick it the end of the pipe or drain and when you turn the water on, the > bladder inflates and seals around the pipe. And then water comes out of the > bottom of the bladder and the pressure usually cleans out the line. > Depending on where you live, the water pressure will be anywhere from 40 to > 90 psi, which is quite adequate to blow out most clogs. > > > > The bladders come in different sizes depending on the size of the pipe you > have. I have bladders ranging from about 1 ½ inches all the way up to 4 > inches, and they probably even make them up to 6 inches. > > > > Tom > > > > _____ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of RJ > Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 3:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SPAM]Re: [BlindHandyMan] snake not working > > > > One other thing I forgot to mention, set the snake to bounce against the > area it doesn't seem to want to work through and let it work without adding > more snake. Some times this works. The trick is not to give this area to > much extra snake. Maybe 6 inches to a foot. > RJ > ----- Origin > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > -- Wherever you go...There you are. -- Buckaroo Banzai Come and chat with me at #quietzone on irc.newnet.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
