Comments | johnnydarke: blu's lessons by example: #5

johnnydarke

blu's lessons by example: #5 - Acid casualty

Jul 12, 2007 15:37

Our bathroom sink has been totally blocked, and after the hausmates had tried and failed to clear the blockage with a variety of methods and products, i set about the challenge ( Read more... )

lessons by example

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crazymeandave July 12 2007, 15:27:40 UTC

i take it you've tried taking the u-bend out and emptying the crap out of it?

johnnydarke July 12 2007, 15:40:35 UTC

i must confess i rather hoped i'd be able to dissolve the blockage without ever having to resort to a face-to-face confrontation.

Of course, emptying the u-bend has now become a considerably more dangerous endeavour, as has the prospect of removing the acid.

I may have to try neutralising it with a kilo of baking soda, which will probably involve standing in the doorway and hefting the bag of bicarb at the sink, before slamming the door shut and and bracing it with my body-weight.

crazymeandave July 12 2007, 15:45:11 UTC

woops.

you could always recruit some unsuspecting crack head to syphon it out of the sink using a hose pipe, bucket and some good old fashioned mouth to hose suction on the promise of giving them the cash for a few rocks when the job's done.

andyknifton July 12 2007, 15:28:35 UTC

LOL

ellebabe July 12 2007, 15:36:47 UTC

Reason #365 Johnny will never be a Blue Peter presenter...

What happened to using plungers?

johnnydarke July 12 2007, 15:45:31 UTC

that would be covered under "the hausmates had tried and failed to clear the blockage with a variety of methods and products".

Also, my toothbrush appears to have fallen in and partially dissolved..."Acid Erosion: A growing problem in modern dental care."

johnnydarke July 12 2007, 16:16:57 UTC

oh, and a full list of reasons that i should, but never will be, a blue peter presenter can be found Here...

emlett July 12 2007, 19:50:17 UTC

simply fabulous.
that's cheered me right up

gurlesque July 12 2007, 17:14:21 UTC

I sincerely hope you are making this shit up.

johnnydarke July 12 2007, 18:12:21 UTC

nope.

no need to freak, though; the fumes, which were sparse to begin with, have dissipated.

i've neutralised it with bicarb to the point where it only burns your skin slightly after a few seconds, and after dinner seth and i are going to empty it out, remove the u-bend, and try to manually remove whatever the hell kind of invulnerable blockage it is that can withstand sulphuric acid. We can probably sell it.

i mean really; apart from hair, dirt, limescale and toothpaste (all of which should have rapidly been eaten away by acid) what else could've gotten down there?

logothetes July 12 2007, 19:47:43 UTC

Some questions are best left unexplored and unanswered.