http://www.drainclearance.org Blocked Drain Clearance Articles Sat, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have a home built in the Chicago area and the soil, after the initial 4-5, is all clay. In addition, my home is on a corner lot. We then dug the foundation and put a porous soil back in against the can-i-put-clay-soil-back-under-topsoil-to-reduce-water-pressure-against-my-foundationOur house is from 1978 with Galvanized Pipes / maybe some might be iron pipe under the house but I'm not sure, its all insulated and hardly any clearance. I don't think any of the previous owners everinstalled-new-water-heater-now-i-have-lowno-water-pressure-in-sinksWhen I do laundry, when the washer drains my bathroom sink spits and bathtub drain gurgles and there is a horrible rotten egg smell. I cut back on laundry soap and fab softener and the stinch is stilwasher-smells-and-drains-spit-and-gurgle-with-laundry-loads-the-same-rotten-egg-smellWhen I put it back I found out the tub drain pipe is 1 off....It Is Not moveable cuz it hit's the walls...I cannot figure it out...The drain in the tub is aprox. 3 in to the pipe....So I mean there isi-have-an-old-cast-iron-tub-that-i-took-out-to-repair-some-other-plumbingWe moved into a house a few weeks ago and we have noticed a mold smell coming from our double-sink. (it goes away when we plug the sink) The house was built in 1996. Is there a treatment available tmold-smell-coming-from-kitchen-drain-any-ideasI get it- middle school students have raging hormones, their parents suddenly become less accessible when it comes to their child's education, and they become inconsistent with their maturity levels. why-do-i-get-that-look-when-i-say-i-want-to-teach-middle-schoolCan you put a small motorcycle in the luggage area under a Greyhound bus? I'm going cross-country and have no choice, because nobody can pick me up when I get there and the bike is new, and may have pcan-you-put-a-motorcycle-on-a-greyhound-busOK got some new info.I had a staph infection in my knee and had some fluid in it,According to my mom they just poked some holes while under general anesthesia and drained it. 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