Sunday, January 18, 2004
We have achieved drainage
Not really sure what did it. We'd already tried the blow dryer, pouring hot water down the drain, salt, and a heat lamp, at various times during the day, with no success. Then Mr. VR tried the blow dryer in the basement while I filled the kitchen sink with hot water, and suddenly, after some ominous cracking and a big WHOOOOOSH, the sink drained and we had drainage. My guess is that the vacuum we set up by running water down the sink that's between the sink drain and the main drain helped pull the hot water from the sink through the pipe, which was warming up due to the blow dryer, and that all three of these things together did the trick.
Not really sure what did it. We'd already tried the blow dryer, pouring hot water down the drain, salt, and a heat lamp, at various times during the day, with no success. Then Mr. VR tried the blow dryer in the basement while I filled the kitchen sink with hot water, and suddenly, after some ominous cracking and a big WHOOOOOSH, the sink drained and we had drainage. My guess is that the vacuum we set up by running water down the sink that's between the sink drain and the main drain helped pull the hot water from the sink through the pipe, which was warming up due to the blow dryer, and that all three of these things together did the trick.
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