With a blockage it will remain harder to push more auger down. Recognizing a blockage compared to a bend is fairly easy with a bend a few turns should send the auger end past the bend and it will “jump” around the bend. When I hit the first real blockage I repeated the procedure and after a few turns and a little more cable I pulled the auger back up. When it hit the first 90 degree bend, I tightened the thumbscrew on the canister, and with a little pressure and turning the handle the cable turned the bend (practice makes this easier). In order to insert the auger I disconnected the U-bend under the sink (use a bucket to catch the contents) and ran the auger slowly down the pipe into the wall. Our kitchen sink connects to a pipe in a wall at a right angle bend, and another pipe under the house after which it runs about 15 feet before connecting to a second drain. Neither the previously reviewed Zip-it Drain Cleaner (too short) nor the Drain King (explained later) would have been able to fix the blockage, and we ended up buying an affordable 25-foot cable auger after two doses of chemicals failed to clear the blockage. Recently our kitchen sink became completely blocked. Sign up here to get Tools for Possibilities a week early in your inbox. The tools might be outdated or obsolete, but the possibilities they inspire are new. Once a week we’ll send out a page from Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities. Drain Hygiene Tools for Possibilities: issue no.
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