#which makes the broken sealing ring so frustrating - it was in a place we wouldn't even have needed to unscrew but we didn't know that

[des8pudels8kern]

After three days of my landlord coming over with more and more tools and gadgets, the pipes under the kitchen sink are not clogged anymore. Success!

Unfortunately, in all the unscrewing and re-screwing one of the decades-old sealing rings broke, so now I need a strategically placed bucket to keep the kitchen from flooding.

Sigh.

He’ll come back tomorrow with a replacement. Fingers crossed that’ll be it, then.

#text post #the actual clog was not in one of the pipes under the sink but somewhere way down the line which is why it took so long #deconstructing the accessible pipes didn't give us access to the clog #so he came back with longer and longer thingsmadings i don't know the names of #which makes the broken sealing ring so frustrating - it was in a place we wouldn't even have needed to unscrew but we didn't know that