How To Use A Hand Crank Drain Auger

The other length will be threaded and cleared of obstruction with the drain auger cable.

How to use a hand crank drain auger. Once it is tight push down gently while rotating the handle downwards. Set your store to see local availability. You might meet resistance when pushing the cable through the p trap the u shaped section of pipe under the sink or at any other bend in the pipe if so tighten the setscrew and crank the auger slowly while pushing on the cable. Extend a length of two to three feet of cable from the drum spool.

Ridgid k 1 combination drain auger for 1 1 4 in. Drain lines model 46683 54 08 54 08. How hard is it to snake a drain. Turn the auger handle.

Get free shipping on qualified hand crank drain snakes or buy online pick up in store today in the plumbing department. A drain auger is a long flexible piece of steel cable with a bulb spring or pear shaped head attached on the end. Ask the maintenance man how to use a drain snake. Unscrew the wing nut at the base of where the auger end extends from the tool and begin advancing the cable down your access point towards the clog.

Work slowly and keep twisting the handle on the snake as it works its way along the pipe. Slowly turn the crank handle of the auger. This twists the corkscrew end of the cable into the clog. It s attached to a handle or coiled up inside a canister.

You manually insert the auger end of the snake into the drain and then begin uncoiling by rotating the handle. Ask the maintenance man how to use a drain snake. Plumber s snakes work by entering the drain directly to physically contact and then clear away the obstruction causing the clog. If you are snaking out a tub feed the auger through the overflow drain not the drain in the floor of the tub.

Feed this by hand into the overflow drain or exposed trap entry. Put the auger end of the snake into the drain and feed the cable in while turning it.