Originally Posted by
STF
Why am I having so much trouble with this damn sink!
I could only get one of the collars undone on the trap.
I undid the front collar anti clockwise and it remained on the trap piece so unscrewed down.
The rear collar stays on the pipe above the collar so I am pretty sure I undo it clockwise, sort of the opposite of what i would expect.
Anyway, regardless of that I can't get it to move so I tried to push the snake in through the drain plug in the bottom of the trap. I pushed it about 6 feet and tried to twist it but it just came flying out. I guess the drain hole was a bad idea.
I have been trying to move that rear collar for 3 days and I am about to get my pick axe to the stupid thing.
I will have to go to Home Hardware and check out a new one to confirm at least that I am not accidentally tightening it more. I have worn the knurl's pretty nicely so I think I have made a rod for my own back and might even end up cutting the pipe that goes in the wall and replacing that and the trap, the pipe that goes into the wall is glued together so i would have to cut it.
I am hating this job and the wife is starting to doubt my abilities.
I have two kitchens strangely enough so I am shuttling the washing up from the table plus pots and pans to the downstairs kitchen to wash and then hauling them up again when their dry.
I dare not use the dishwasher because I don't know where the blockage is and it might be below where the dishwasher
drains into the pipe, the dishwasher is in the island so all the pipes go under the floor and i can't see the where it joins.
If you ever have a blocked sink, probably best if you don't call me!