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🦋 The bathroom sink

You know that little metal disc in the drain of the bathroom sink, that you lower by means of a lever next to the water faucet to block the drain? Until today I did not know how that disc worked. For the last couple of days the bathroom sink has not been draining properly -- I wanted to open up the drain so I could clear out whatever was blocking it, but that disc was in my way -- tried pushing and twisting at it, figuring there was some kind of threading or catch, to no avail.

Well -- a good idea in this sort of situation is to look behind the visible assembly and see how the functionality is implemented. Turns out that lever by the water faucet is linked to the back of the drain pipe; if you unscrew the nut where it is attached, you can pull the lever out; then it is easy to remove the disc. This nut is much easier to deal with than most plumbing joints as it is not welded in place or anything.

So, I got that out and pulled a gigantic mass of hair out of the drain pipe. (Hair that has been stuck in the drain of the bathroom sink turns out to be one of the most unappealing substances around.) And the sink is working again! Took some figuring out, but not at all difficult of a repair in the end.

posted morning of Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
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my wife decided to replace the faucets in our bathroom a couple of months ago. so i got to experience all the wondrous substances that accumulate inside the drains...

"unappealing" is quite the understatement. i gag a little bit just thinking of it.

posted morning of March 26th, 2009 by cleek

replace the faucets

See, this is where we get into the kind of plumbing that I am scared of. It seems to me like if I do any work that involves disconnecting and reconnecting pipes, the inevitable result is going to be leaky pipes.

posted morning of March 26th, 2009 by Jeremy

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