Power Snake Stuck In Drain

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Power snake stuck in drain. This is probably what is going to happen. You can rig some kind of device to pull back really hard. No matter the type of pipe you ve gotten your snake stuck in you can try to use a pipe wrench to pull it out.

The only option now was to excavate and remove the sewer snake. You may need to pull quite hard to free your snake from the pipe. If your snake gets stuck in a pipe your priority should be getting it out without damaging your plumbing.

Things you ll need basin medium sized plumbing wrench large pots or kettles drain cleaning gel. Good luck to you. Instead you should take the drain trap apart beneath the sink then insert the drain snake into the horizontal branch drain.

If you try to force the snake cable through the drain too fast it sometimes will kink or bend back on itself. Now the snake won t go in or out. This is how i did it.

Or you could find out where the drain runs to cut the wall cut the pipe and pull the cable from there. I used a power snake with 1 2 in cable went in 10 15 feet and it wouldn t go an further. Most clogs happen at the p trap or other bends in the pipes.

It will probably damage the snake cable or break it. Don you have a few choices. It turns out that the sewer snake got stuck in a section of sewer pipe that was separated and was not getting more severe backups due to the snake creating a secondary obstruction.