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Retract Auger and Test Drain

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What happens here

Once the auger has penetrated the clog, carefully pull the auger cable back out of the overflow pipe. Avoid spinning the auger in reverse during retraction, as this can dislodge trapped material. Inspect the auger head for any hair, grease, or debris that was pulled out. This indicates successful clog removal. After removing the auger, run water down the main drain to check if the water drains freely.

Goal: Pull the auger back, inspect it for debris, and test the main drain with water.

Tools and materials

  • Ridgid Easy Spin Hand-Crank Auger Ridgid

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Okay, and now we will just pull this out some plumbers are gonna tell you especially when you're going down old Waste and overflows that a hand crank snake is probably your best way to roll just because You don't want to be forcing something down with power that potentially can destroy a drain that's in there because you don't know Until you start getting a leak from below and This way you're just soft. You're giving it a gentle touch and now we're gonna go ahead and we'll just pull this back out Like I said, I don't like spinning a snake in reverse Okay, that would just potentially get rid of the clog that's on the head There's nothing on there, which I'm very surprised Okay, a lot of times you're gonna know point something big out of there. I mean there was Something on there. There's a little bit of hair But nothing crazy and that's draining pretty good the other thing is is that

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