Clogged drain - Should I tell gerance or call plumber myself?

Accomodation, House and Garden
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As title says, my drain got clogged. Tried drain snake and chemicals, neither of them worked. Also tried buying plunger, couldn't find one yet.

Should I call the gerance or should I call a plumber myself?

Last time I had issue with a leaking toilet bowl, the gerance sent someone over who fixed it, charges weren't passed onto me. Though that was right after I moved it, so it wasn't my fault. This however kinda is my fault.

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How so? Have you put something down the drain? Also, which particular drain is it?

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I would expect shaving to be the cause.

It's the bathroom sink's drain.

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Have a look at the U bend under the sink. It might be easy to unscrew and remove a section to see if you can clear that bit...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kShZ2CCHA80

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This is the first thing I'd do...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up3tVCXv4SM

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Could it be that this is all you Need to do?

https://youtu.be/gnSoJXIkAXU

https://youtu.be/hySkwXMn0pA

If the parts are plastic, and old, you might wrap the pipe in a cloth, first, before you grip it with your wrench or shifting spanner.

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Nope, mine's metal one. Tried unscrewing but the nuts won't budge.

It also looks like the one in the picture. I suspect the blockage is in the horizontal part, hence why it's hard to remove.

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Use more force, they do unscrew.

Tom

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Remove the half round part that is the lowest part on the picture. Normally you should be able to unscrew this one with just your hand and no tools.

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Tried that, 0 luck.

There are scratch marks on it, I presume from someone using a tool to over-tighten it.

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A plunger should shift it.

That said, you get a lot of lime build up that narrows the pipes at the top of the trap.

Try WD40 for a couple of days on the joints.

A belt wrench, like for an oil filter, may get that lower bowl off.

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Blockage is also in the vertical. I have a similar one and clean it regularly. Spray some rust remover etc on the stubborn parts.

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You need two dish washing rubber gloves to unscrew it (one you wear and the other one to grip), this trick is also useful to unscrew any glass pot, I use them every day.

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This will probably do it:

https://produkte.migros.ch/lux-sanit...aender-classic

It's a bit of a struggle to get the wrench to stay on the small flats of those nuts.

Also look closely at the construction to make sure you're turning the nut the right way to release it. (iirc the nut is usually captive to the pipe coming out of the wall, so you want to turn the nut clockwise while facing the wall)

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Be careful out there.. Our guest toilet was not emptying very well, the water level was staying high. I suspected the kids had used too much paper or something like that and I set about it with a rubber plunger.

After a few moments plunging and a big gurgle, the level dropped.. Great.

Ooooh nooo it wasn't great at all.. I looked around and the shower cubicle next door now had a few centimeters of shyte in it..

The blockage was obviously further down and plunged it all back up

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I would say anti clockwise?

Do you have to bring such shit on the EF forum

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Glass pots usually are tight because of negative pressure ("vacuum") on the inside. The soloution here is to warm the air inside a bit, e.g. with hot water on the lid. Warming the lid only, as opposed to the contents, is usually enough because you actually target the enclosed air; 10-20 seconds should do.

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If the nut stays on the pipe coming out of the wall then you'd be wrong.

It'll come off regardless of which way you turn it, the difference is that in one case you can reassemble it without buying new bits... in the other you'll need a length of steel pipe to extend the handle of the wrench, not to mention some new bits.

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Try the drain unblocker stuff again but leave it for a few hours and then wash it down with a kettle full of boiling water. I had a stubbornly blocked shower drain which didn't unblock after a first go, but a second time cleared with the addition of boiling water.