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Yikes, I really hope someone can help us!
An upstairs bathroom has had a clogged sink for a while - we're super busy with a new baby, and there are other bathrooms in the house so we've unfortunately kind of ignored it for a couple of weeks. Tonight, however, it reared its ugly head and actually overflowed. There was no water in it earlier today and nobody has turned on the tap. (this would seem to explain the old water stain on the ceiling of the room below and the old owners will have some serious karma to deal with, but that's another story entirely...)
We scooped most of the water out and used a plunger on it and some really nasty looking black gunk popped into the sink through the safety drain - looks like slimy stuff that's been building up. There were brief moments that the suction seemed to be working and we'd get a lovely swirling going on, but it wouldn't drain, and we seemed to have accomplished nothing at all and abandoned it. A little while later, the water level was higher than it had been.
What's going on and what should we do? I'm game to get under the sink with a large wrench and bucket and see if something's in that bendy bit under there, but my fiance's not so keen to jump into it...he's nervous that the refilling indicates a worse problem than just a clog.
Thanks so much for any help!!
An upstairs bathroom has had a clogged sink for a while - we're super busy with a new baby, and there are other bathrooms in the house so we've unfortunately kind of ignored it for a couple of weeks. Tonight, however, it reared its ugly head and actually overflowed. There was no water in it earlier today and nobody has turned on the tap. (this would seem to explain the old water stain on the ceiling of the room below and the old owners will have some serious karma to deal with, but that's another story entirely...)
We scooped most of the water out and used a plunger on it and some really nasty looking black gunk popped into the sink through the safety drain - looks like slimy stuff that's been building up. There were brief moments that the suction seemed to be working and we'd get a lovely swirling going on, but it wouldn't drain, and we seemed to have accomplished nothing at all and abandoned it. A little while later, the water level was higher than it had been.
What's going on and what should we do? I'm game to get under the sink with a large wrench and bucket and see if something's in that bendy bit under there, but my fiance's not so keen to jump into it...he's nervous that the refilling indicates a worse problem than just a clog.
Thanks so much for any help!!