Nwoodard34
New Member
So I was installing a flush pipe from my spin down filter into the basement floor drain this weekend and cut off a piece of PVC for the job. Due to my carelessness, the little piece I cut off rolled down into the drain.
This would be annoying but not terribly embarrassing. It happens right?
Well, if I am not the most careless person in the world, I don't know who is, because as I was finishing it up today I cut off another small piece and...you guessed it...kerplunk it went right down into the drain right behind its friend.
Yes I am ashamed. Feel free to publicly flog me for being a dumb dumb.
That said, I obviously need to figure out how to get these out as it is now mostly clogged (verrrrryyyy slow draining). The floor drain pipe is 2.5" PVC and the pieces I dropped in were 3/4" PVC each less than 1.5" long. It is about 10' from the main stack for the house, which is 3" PVC. We are on a septic if that matters.
Is the best play to use a snake and try to unjam them from the trap and let water carry them to the main? Get an auger and try to pull them back or bust them up (while somehow not destroying the PVC pipe itself)?
Please help once you are done laughing and feeling sorry for me. Thanks!
This would be annoying but not terribly embarrassing. It happens right?
Well, if I am not the most careless person in the world, I don't know who is, because as I was finishing it up today I cut off another small piece and...you guessed it...kerplunk it went right down into the drain right behind its friend.
Yes I am ashamed. Feel free to publicly flog me for being a dumb dumb.
That said, I obviously need to figure out how to get these out as it is now mostly clogged (verrrrryyyy slow draining). The floor drain pipe is 2.5" PVC and the pieces I dropped in were 3/4" PVC each less than 1.5" long. It is about 10' from the main stack for the house, which is 3" PVC. We are on a septic if that matters.
Is the best play to use a snake and try to unjam them from the trap and let water carry them to the main? Get an auger and try to pull them back or bust them up (while somehow not destroying the PVC pipe itself)?
Please help once you are done laughing and feeling sorry for me. Thanks!