What's your current headache?

Robert said:
Can you get crystal lye where you are? If it can be chemically cleared, this will do it.

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and you can make soap or explosives with the leftovers
 
Robert said:
Can you get crystal lye where you are? If it can be chemically cleared, this will do it.

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I've never seen this in Quebec. I fear it's a "greaseberg" that's clogging the drain, since the kitchen sink also drains in that main pipe, and we're not as careful as we should be when it comes to draining gray stuff.
 
Lye will sizzle and smoke as it's dissolving the gunk.

I believe Drano Crystals are basically the same thing.
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Robert said:
Lye will sizzle and smoke as it's dissolving the gunk.

I believe Drano Crystals are basically the same thing.
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Well, as a last resort, I'll try the strongest sodium hydroxide-based goop I can find locally. You know, the mob-grade, body dissolving stuff. If that don't work, I'll have to put up with a local plumber's crack, I guess.
 
JTEX said:
I've never seen this in Quebec. I fear it's a "greaseberg" that's clogging the drain, since the kitchen sink also drains in that main pipe, and we're not as careful as we should be when it comes to draining gray stuff.
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Neither have I. At home, it's always the long hair that cause the clogs. I have to fish gross stuff every now and then.

I also have my bathroom drain that always seemed "less than optimal" but never found the clog...
 
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I live on the 3rd floor of a condo complex so it gets more complicated in that it might not be my problem but somebody downstream. I gotta look into some serious drain cleaner.
 
Fecking clogs. This one is the worst I've had to deal with in my almost 53 years. I mean, the shower water didn't go down at all in like a couple of hours. It's like I frigging welded the drain shut. And this is after hours of wrestling with it in every way.
 
JTEX said:
I tried a metal snake. Put like 20 feet of it down the drain, until it won't go anymore. Twisted the crap out of it. Nothing. Came out clean. I think it needs a stick of dynamite at this point.
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Depending on the age/type of construction, you may have a clean out point in the basement/crawlspace near where the plumbing exits or external to the building. Being in Canada, I would suspect it's internal.
See page 38(lower right) and 128. Could also have an interceptor, also sometimes called a grease trap.
Cleanouts will often look like a capped off tee. Sometimes people are nice/smart and put a ball valve on/near them for minimizing the poop shower.

Anyway, the idea is start at the low point and work up. But if you have a grease trap, start there. often a metal box mounted flush with the floor with internal partitions here in the states. Usually more for commercial/restaurants but I could see how codes could decide everyone deserves one...
 
Any PVC that capped or something that looks like a mini manhole outside is also suspect.
Wear clothes you don't like and protect you orifices.
 
The weekend did not start out well. Was resigned to having to live with only Rx sunglasses for the next two weeks:

Lost my glasses case, and having been outside at kids' soccer games didn't even think about it till we were home. Looked up the closest opto in my insurance (previous one, which I liked, wasn't anymore), and got an exam within an hour of looking. Got the exam (needed new Rx for over a year), and went to look at what was cheap and available. Turns out my astigmatism has gotten so bad I'm one of those who can't even when it comes to "same day" and was told it would be 2 weeks.

But, crisis averted, and they were eventually found. I spent a good chunk of Saturday unironically wearing sunglasses everywhere I went, so it gave me some newfound appreciation for the conveniences. It's impossible for me to operate (or do my 9-5) without them. It was quite metaphorically and literally headache inducing.

Also skipped doing one of the two-pair-deal as sunglasses and went for regulars, with the backup that's going into my fire safe :P
 
Of course with the cycling discussion happening in the workbench thread, it was a perfect time for the sole on one of the pair of cycling shoes I've been using for the last god knows how many years (10? 12?) to rip clean off the shoe. I'm one of these people that does obsessive market research before buying anything of any value so I spent the weekend looking into replacements, only to find that no bike shops local to me have anything that I would be interested in in stock, and if they do, not in my Sasquatch size.
 
Silver Blues said:
Of course with the cycling discussion happening in the workbench thread, it was a perfect time for the sole on one of the pair of cycling shoes I've been using for the last god knows how many years (10? 12?) to rip clean off the shoe. I'm one of these people that does obsessive market research before buying anything of any value so I spent the weekend looking into replacements, only to find that no bike shops local to me have anything that I would be interested in in stock, and if they do, not in my Sasquatch size.
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What kind of shoes were they?
 
Pauleo1214 said:
What kind of shoes were they?
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Some old-school Exustar cross-country mountain shoes, with a ratchet buckle and nylon sole; not the nicest or fanciest but I'm pretty sure they were the cheapest ones you could get at the time and I definitely got my money's worth out of them, so I suppose I'm not too mad. I still have the old hardtail but I'm riding a lot more endurance-all-road and gravel-esque stuff these days, so I'm looking to tailor my kit accordingly.

EDIT actually I still have the box they came in... they were the E-SM321:
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Silver Blues said:
Some old-school Exustar cross-country mountain shoes, with a ratchet buckle and nylon sole; not the nicest or fanciest but I'm pretty sure they were the cheapest ones you could get at the time and I definitely got my money's worth out of them, so I suppose I'm not too mad. I still have the old hardtail but I'm riding a lot more endurance-all-road and gravel-esque stuff these days, so I'm looking to tailor my kit accordingly.

EDIT actually I still have the box they came in... they were the E-SM321:
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I was about to suggest trying your luck to find new old stock Exustars or used in your size. The best bet would be to buy the same brand in your size though.
 
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