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Originally Posted by cromag
Last night I was down in the basement using the gym and I noticed a puddle of water on the floor near the washing machine. Maybe 10 years ago the laundry drain clogged and, after I unclogged it, I tied a rag around the drain pipe. Sure enough, the rag was soaked -- so, at least it wasn't a problem with the washing machine. Just a clogged drain overflowing.
I got my big adjustable wrench and removed the clean-out plug with great difficulty (the plumbers' putty had hardened around the threads), and got my old drain snake. I reamed it out pretty well (I thought) but when I ran a test with the empty washing machine, water splashed out of the drain pipe and onto the floor. Hopefully, I just need to open it back up and snake it through a few more times.
Just like my Dad before me, I hate plumbing jobs.
And suddenly my Wednesday is all booked up.
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There's two jobs in the home I don't mess with, electrics and plumbing.
I remember years ago we had a leaking kitchen tap and my Dad was going to change it (a mixer tap) I kept saying I think this is one of those jobs for the professionals, but no we could do it, you can see where this is going. Turned off the stopcock, started to remove the tap, water started pouring out. Evidently the stop cock wasn't working right, couldn't get the tap back on, it ended up my dad rushing to the hardware store while I kept my thumb over the pipe, he managed to get a blanking plug which we could fit. And yep we ended up getting the professional in to fit a new tap and sort out the stopcock
