andrew you bring up a good pont about the power of some of the professional drain / pipe cleaners. the other thing to remember is never ever mix brands or types of cleaner. that also happened to us in a previous apartment building. I had used Drano crystals and several hours later some liquid plumber. wow what a mess to cean up from the back blow. Lee
On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 06:30:30PM -0500, Andrew J. LaPointe wrote: > Hi, I remember a landlord of mine in the past had a gallon jug of this > extremely strong liquid drain cleaner. You get it at the plumbing supply > store and now available at Lows or Home Depot. You pour some down the drain > and wait about 5 minutes and then the clog pushes up like a geyser. The > pressure of the chemical reaction is quite impressive. I wouldn't use it > pvc piping only in metal pipes that are not too too old. Andy > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Lee A. Stone > Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 4:35 PM > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] drain cleaners > > > > thanks much. must be serious if the jug comes inside a plastic bag. > do you remember where you bought this?? I nee do feel up my pipes more > downstairs . I know there is a main line clean out and I know there is > a cleanout under the lines that come from the kitchen sink because > we are going to change that . to install a door at the bottom of the > outside bilco doors. L > > On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 03:15:53PM > -0600, William Stephan wrote: > > Lee: I have some that's specifically intended for hair that works well in > > say a bath tub. I also have some that's got a fairly concentration of > > sulphuric acid in it. I can't for the life of me get my scanner to read > the > > name of the stuff, just the many warnings, but it comes in a large white > jug > > in a plastic bag. It really does work well, but you want to use it only > > when you can open the windows for a while cause the interaction between > the > > acid and what's blocking your drain will stink like the worst rotten egg > > smell you can imagine. > > > > I'll try and get you the name of what I haveand Email you. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] > > On Behalf Of Lee A. Stone > > Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 10:23 > > To: Blind Handyman > > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] drain cleaners > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > is there a more powerfull drain cleaner that we can buy over the > > counter besides Mr.Plumber. I am referring I think to hair in one > > drain and not sure what they put down the kitchen sink. thanks. Lee > > > > -- > > Wanna buy a duck? > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > -- > You worry too much about your job. Stop it. You are not paid enough to > worry. > . > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_p > age&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list > just send a blank message to: > blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links > > > -- You worry too much about your job. Stop it. You are not paid enough to worry. .
