I fear not living up to my potential.

And a small part of me also fear dying without having ever really lived.

If the clog is solid enough, water or air pressure very rarely works, even with boiling water. Now if the clog allows water to drain slowly, especially if you've punched some holes in it, then some really hot, if not boiling water, with water pressure from a hose, will usually be enough to unclog the majority of it. Best if the hose water is really hot as well like from a sink tap if it has a garden hose adapter. The heat will cause the pipes to expand a bit and the water pressure will cause swirling around the clog gaps/holes and will loosen it up even more and cause it to come apart. It's best to block any other pipe openings on that run of pipe so the pressure isn't relieved elsewhere (like at another sink) while trying to clear the clog.

My present place is only a decade old and the plumbing job that was done is sad. I've done a bunch of work to it this year. Luckily the basement isn't finished so it was easy to get to. They couldn't even get the level of fall correct. Most runs had way to much fall where they began and had negative fall before they reached the collector run. They only had about a third of the hangers they should've, so the pipes all have bows in them all the way down the runs. Once I cleared my kitchen run that's when I checked and realized how poor the fall was. Adding more hangers and correcting the fall as much as possible looks to have solved the kitchen run problem, as well as another much worse potential problem I believe I would've eventually had from one of my toilets due to negative fall and lack of support. Sometimes you just gotta do it yourself if you want it done right.

Having to do things twice.

Being covered in molasses and a bear finding me.

Running out of the resources needed for myself, my loved ones, and even others to live.
-Lack of clean water
-Lack of food and nutrients
-Lack of adequate shelter, running water, electricity, etc
And right now, plenty of people in the world don't have enough.
My fear of dictatorships and nuclear war go hand in hand with my biggest fear.

Got it out or rather through today. It clogged back up completely when stuff started coming loose in the pipe, it surged for a second and then all got stuck in the next corner. No use plunging when it's that far down, the pressure wave goes into the dishwasher, no effect with suction either.

So auger back in, which actually got stuck for a little bit. I could feel the weight of the plug on it and it took quit a bit of strength (and hoping not to pull the pipes apart) to get the auger loose again. Then push the plug further through followed by that satisfying gurgle that it broke up and went on its merry way. A lot more twisting and up and down, boiling water etc to clean it out further and now it drains super fast again.

But you can hear by the way the water leaves the pipe that there must be a belly or maybe multiple in there :/

Plumbing in this house is a mess. The toilets upstairs have their permanent plungers, regularly clog like multiple times per week. Easy to plunge but that shouldn't be routine. I guess not surprising since the first time the sewer exit clogged and flooded the basement they found tile grout all in the pipe... We got water alarms in the furnace room now (water heater also leaked after a few years) next to the floor drain. And we had a plumber reroute the water mains so all water goes through the water softener. For some reason they left the kitchen and toilets on city water. Hard water here, broke the kitchen tap and toilet cut off valves. 

Still better than renting a house anyway, but new house (build 2002, we got it 2007) doesn't mean well build. Then again, our first house was an oldie with a leaking roof (actually found snow in the attic), leaking chimney for which the back wall had to be replaced and the stove in the basement kept triggering the CO alarm... Electrical was a hazard, galvanized water lines that were corroded on the inside. But the drains worked!

Our first house


We have a bit of a history with water issues lol

Forgot to ask about how many 90's, especially after the clog. Always fear more bends when dealing with plumbing.

Bows in the pipe are just asking for clogs. It's the perfect spot for them to start, then build up. I went to the trouble of using some of the new support strapping I got to bend some of the pipes downward, to take the higher bows out to flatten the pipe overall. Looks ridiculous but everything flows extremely well now, except for maybe the master bath and it's nonsense.

Soft water goes a long way beyond washing. The old farm house and cast iron piping used to get clogged often enough, even with cleanings, until we got a much upgraded superior water softener system. Also cleaned the pipes at that time, and never had a clog afterwards. Plus the new water felt like washing with silk. 

No, new definitely doesn't mean well done. Neither does custom anymore. Problem with well built, is it needs to be done 100% correct or it can end up a far bigger problem than half assed these days. With so much emphasis on closing the house in and sealing it up tight, any screw ups and you're asking for giant pains down the road. If I didn't know any better, I'd assume a bunch of green apprentices did all the plumbing work in this house. The master bath plumbing looks like they just had a ton of extra pipe and bends and ran it anywhere to make it look like they were worth the money. Could've been done with half the pipe, would've been far more simple and straight forward, and still up to code. I'm dreading it clogging and having to cut it apart and redo it.

Good to hear you got it taken care of, allowing you to avoid some other fears by facing your fears.

It sounds like such a cliche, but it's true nevertheless. The biggest fear is fear itself. 

I had a period where I got afraid of drowning, couldn't do the free stroke anymore in our pool for example, had to keep my head above water at all times. And at night trouble sleeping. It came from my grandfather dying with my father saying he was slowly drowning in his own lungs before he gave out. My mind kept imagining that giving me that fear.

To get 'over it' I kept telling myself, your brain adjusts to any circumstances. Panic is just temporary, eventually it becomes the new 'normal' (or you pass out..) and you'll get through it. (Or not have to deal with it anymore if not...) No sense in fearing things you can't control, deal with it when it comes along. 

I can free stroke again and swim under water without imagining drowning etc. Nowadays my 'background' fear for myself is no longer being able to do the stuff I do to unwind, running, mountain biking etc. But that's a healthy fear, avoid unnecessary risk taking. Healing takes longer now I'm past my half century mark, so time to stop accumulating scars lol.

And I guess that also come from my grandfather's death. He died not long after he couldn't do his hobbies anymore (working on his boat). Sitting at home pretty much killed him, gave up the will to go on. (He was 89 already, broke his neck 8 years or so before that from which he recovered and went on working on my sister's farm with external head fixation device on his head while standing on a ladder with a drill)



As for 90's. I snaked the 'extra' pipe under the kitchen sink. At least they had the great idea to leave a clear vertical pipe with cap under the sink, the one that the sink and dishwasher connect to. That goes straight down, then one 90, then a long straight, another 90, forward about a third of the earlier length then a couple, 3 hard turns to get the snake through in about 3-5 ft succession before it goes freely again (and reaches the 50ft). The 25ft snake only made it into the long straight, hence ineffective. 

So I assume the problem develops in the long 'straight', then clogs at the first 90, then when getting that loose there's that later series of bends to navigate :/

Anyway got a snake long enough now to get into the collection pipe (I assume by the smell of the last bit, not kitchen smell) And every time you fix it yourself / conquer your fear, next time will be easier!

Whoah. Hoe did you manage to get that transparent on the dark mode background? Is it a coincidence that they are the same colour?