Puzzled22
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Hello, I not sure how to exactly describe the problem. My kitchen sink is very slow draining now for about 1.5 years. When I turn on the water it immediately fills up. The pipes and trap are clear according to plumber and from what I saw. He said it may be further down and he could not do anything with snaking with the snake that he had.
At times when I let the water run it fills up and when I stop running water it drains very very slow. Other times when I let the water run it will accumulate but then I see like a little "whirpool" in the drain and after a while the water will start to drain and go straight down as I am running the water. When I shut off the water and then turn on again, immediately it will start accumulating again when just seconds earlier it was going straight down. After the water goes down at any time I use the sink there are sounds like banging. It's not gurgling.
I have tried everything. Last resort was plumber this past weekend and he could not fix it, there was no change at all after snaking and nothing was on the snake either. The plumber did not give any suggestions on what this could be, but is this an air issue? A clog maybe further down? The plumber could not locate the pipes from the sink in the basement, they were not in ceiling he figures they are behind the wall. So he could not look at those.
Could something be getting temporarily unstuck from the force of water and letting water run, then once I stop running water it goes back to stuck and blocks? I cannot make any sense of this at all. Any advise and suggestions will be appreciated.
Thank you
At times when I let the water run it fills up and when I stop running water it drains very very slow. Other times when I let the water run it will accumulate but then I see like a little "whirpool" in the drain and after a while the water will start to drain and go straight down as I am running the water. When I shut off the water and then turn on again, immediately it will start accumulating again when just seconds earlier it was going straight down. After the water goes down at any time I use the sink there are sounds like banging. It's not gurgling.
I have tried everything. Last resort was plumber this past weekend and he could not fix it, there was no change at all after snaking and nothing was on the snake either. The plumber did not give any suggestions on what this could be, but is this an air issue? A clog maybe further down? The plumber could not locate the pipes from the sink in the basement, they were not in ceiling he figures they are behind the wall. So he could not look at those.
Could something be getting temporarily unstuck from the force of water and letting water run, then once I stop running water it goes back to stuck and blocks? I cannot make any sense of this at all. Any advise and suggestions will be appreciated.
Thank you