FooFighter
Active Member
Had my first AG brewday this weekend... brew went pretty well, but a cup or so of spent grains ended up in my sink and without thinking I rinsed down the drain.
Immediate clog. Standing water, not a drop moving. Great.
Apparently my house was plumbed by a bricklayer, because the trap for the kitchen sink is below the kitchen in the basement for some reason and is not removeable!
Also noticed that the drain line in the basement runs for about 6ft perfectly level before entering the main stack. I bet that line is half-full of sludge.
So once I got the boil started, I tried plunging the sink with no luck.
At this point I learned that the tailpipes for the sinks were corroded and leak like a sieve when full. Found two mixing bowls to catch the leaks for now.
I discharged my immersion chiller into the empty mash tun and slugged the water outside in a few batches to dump in the driveway.
Dumped my remaining starsan in the shower and cleaned all the equipment there too.
Ending up buying a drain snake, two new tailpieces/strainers and a big ol' jug of drain opener.
Had to snake about 20' of drain around all kinds of elbows and managed to get it cleared.
All good now, but holy cow grains sure turn into cement in the drains!
TL;DR
Clogged my sink in the middle of brew day, made a mess and then fixed it.
Immediate clog. Standing water, not a drop moving. Great.
Apparently my house was plumbed by a bricklayer, because the trap for the kitchen sink is below the kitchen in the basement for some reason and is not removeable!
Also noticed that the drain line in the basement runs for about 6ft perfectly level before entering the main stack. I bet that line is half-full of sludge.
So once I got the boil started, I tried plunging the sink with no luck.
At this point I learned that the tailpipes for the sinks were corroded and leak like a sieve when full. Found two mixing bowls to catch the leaks for now.
I discharged my immersion chiller into the empty mash tun and slugged the water outside in a few batches to dump in the driveway.
Dumped my remaining starsan in the shower and cleaned all the equipment there too.
Ending up buying a drain snake, two new tailpieces/strainers and a big ol' jug of drain opener.
Had to snake about 20' of drain around all kinds of elbows and managed to get it cleared.
All good now, but holy cow grains sure turn into cement in the drains!
TL;DR
Clogged my sink in the middle of brew day, made a mess and then fixed it.