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Warning: don't ignore a slow kitchen drain in an older ABQ house
Our kitchen sink started draining slow a couple weeks ago. Figured it was just grease and tried a basic cleaner. It got way worse, so I finally took the P-trap apart yesterday. Found a solid clog of sand and what looked like tiny roots, probably from our old clay pipes. What I thought was a 20-minute job turned into a 4-hour mess of snaking and flushing. Anyone else in the UNM area have this happen with the soil here?
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terry_lewis2123d agoTop Commenter
Same thing happened to me last month.
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juliaross23d ago
The soil here is super sandy and those old clay pipes crack so easily. You might want to get a camera inspection before it backs up completely.
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oscar66620d ago
Ugh that's the worst lol. @terry_lewis21 is right, it's like a weird local rite of passage. Feels like half the houses here are just held together by hope and old pipes.
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