Monday Madness: Tee vs. The Clogged Tub
Good Morning….
Damn, it’s Monday - and I am so peeved I can not even think straight! It all began yesterday afternoon when my beloved baby blue porcelain tub decided to back itself up! So naturally, I didn’t think much of it - thanks to household products that are lined up along store shelf fronts we are able to take on those pesky tasks that temporarily hinder us. At least that is what I thought…..now this post is a bit off topic - and thanks to my bathroom issues I didn’t do any posts yesterday. Yes, It was really that bad!
So yesterday’s tasks consisted of running around my neighborhood in pursuit to solve my clogged drain issues! First stop - my local drug store…..where the store shelves always manage to annoy me. Either there is not enough inventory on the shelves…or some of their prices are way off. Either way, it is all about the convenience of it all…..so the first purchase had to be the WORSE! I say this to the highest degree of sincerity……DON’T BUY CLR Products!!!I decided to take an environmentally safe approach to clearing out my clogged drain [at least for the moment]. For almost $11 dollars, I found myself using a 4.5 oz size aerosol can of CLR Power Plumber. Not only did it fail the task of clearing out my clogged tub, but it made matter worse by dredging up dirty and gunk - which led to me bailing out tons of water by hand, along side plunging the life out of my tube. So I ran back to my local drug store, to return my used can of CLR Power Plumber in return for a bottle of Liquid Plumr [foaming pipe snake] - which ended up also FAILING the test.
So my last resort was to run to my nearest Home Depot store. Where I walked around in a maze of mass confusion. Only to ask an employee where to find products for clogged drains….and then I stumbled upon a $7 bottle of Hair & Grease. Now this drain opener is so dangerous…it was contained in a separate plastic bag. When coming home - I ran to my bathroom praying that this would finally work…..AND IT DID!!! After an hour my drain finally did the damn thing!
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April 8th, 2008 at 11:48 am
lolz that is too funny. thanks i think imma need to go to home depot..because mine is kind of slow..dont we all put on our boots to tackle the task.
April 9th, 2008 at 2:15 am
LOL!!! No lie I had the same exact thing happen and after using the stuff that brings up the gook and grime, u say to urself “why in da fluke i didnt just call the super before i got to the point of a tub full of ILK that has me too embarassed to call him?”. I had to get some of that super duper stuff. It came with a FOR PROFESSIONAL USE ONLY warning as well as its on plastic bag. It cleared me, my newborn son, my cat, and my hubs out da house, but it worked! We looked pretty funny sittin downstairs in the lobby with Hashbrown in his Pet Carrier and worried looks on our faces hopin the tub was gonna still be there….LOL!
April 9th, 2008 at 4:38 am
I know man…I could have kicked myself in the butt! But one trip to Home Depot saved my life & my wallet. OMG I was so worried about my pipes being intact because that product was 100% pure acid [Hair & Grease].