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Posted by Oren on July 1, 2006, 12:09 pm
>I'm having a stinky kitchen drain problem. It's a double bowl kitchen
>sink with a food disposer on one side. The black ABS drain pipes are
>gunked up with rot/slime. I've already tried flushing with bleach. but
>that doesn't do the job.
>
>I'm hoping not to have to disassemble the drains to clean the pipes,
>and am thinking of using some sort of foaming cleaner. I was intrigued
>by a foaming toilet cleaner advertised on TV by that Billy Mays guy,
>specifically because it is also a disinfectant (I think).
>
>Any opinions about this approach? Anyone care to share a cure that has
>worked?
>
>Thanks,
>Abe
If the ABS from the disposal is not pitched / slanted towards the
drain you could have water backing towards the disposal and sitting
in the pipe - hence rot/slime.
I would investigate and clean the pipes. Biggest part of the job is
getting everything out from under the sink, so one can work.
Oren
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