My kitchen sink is backed up again!
History: house built in the 70's, has a garbage disposal, had to snake it with a hand snake 2 times in the last 6 months but it's clogged again. When I unclogged it in the past the clog was fairly distant from the sink. We stopped using the garbage disposal since the last time and it still clogged up.
I've been in my crawl space many times and the drain lines do not have a significant elevation drop so slow flow drainage (I anticipate) has allowed thick biomass to narrow the lines. Does snaking even remove this or does it just punch a hole in the dam?
1) is my non-pro hand crank snake only perforating a small hole in the clog allowing it to reclog?
2) Would a better snake do a better job or is there a magic plumber touch I don't have?
3) Do I need to get in the crawl space and start taking things apart (please say no)?
History: house built in the 70's, has a garbage disposal, had to snake it with a hand snake 2 times in the last 6 months but it's clogged again. When I unclogged it in the past the clog was fairly distant from the sink. We stopped using the garbage disposal since the last time and it still clogged up.
I've been in my crawl space many times and the drain lines do not have a significant elevation drop so slow flow drainage (I anticipate) has allowed thick biomass to narrow the lines. Does snaking even remove this or does it just punch a hole in the dam?
1) is my non-pro hand crank snake only perforating a small hole in the clog allowing it to reclog?
2) Would a better snake do a better job or is there a magic plumber touch I don't have?
3) Do I need to get in the crawl space and start taking things apart (please say no)?