Still not going fast.

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Even so, I did get the hallway cleared, at least enough to get the massive shop vac, full of fluid, out.  Then I got to vacuuming the water out.  I had hoped the blockage would come up with the fluids, but it just didn't do so.  However, I was able, then to see well down into the pipe and curve.

Ah, that is why the pipe wrench didn't work.  It broke off and down into the drain pipe.  It didn't go down, at all.  I'll fish it out in a bit.  And, my fear that the drain was too small to remove conventially might be wrong.  I will need a different tool for this process, one with teeth, which twists down into the drain fitting, then sockets out the fitting.

With the area open, and having figured those things out, I tried, again, to get the snake down into the opening.  No such luck.  It won't go down the overflow or down the drain hole.  It just can't get around.  So?  It looks like I will see about opening up some piping down there.  In order to get the snake up that way.  It will be difficult.  I'm not sure it is possible.  There is only one way to find out.

It will be messy.  It is unlikely.  I may not even be able to get in there.  Even if the pipes are available, I can't be sure I can get to them without cutting.  Though I do have the sawzall.  The problem with cutting, is fixing when I finish.  Though if it is iron, I am not sure I could honestly cut through, even with a sawzall.  I may have to call in a plumber.

It looks like the drain pipes zig-zag quite a lot.  So I am not sure, if I open up lower on the feed (further into the house) that I would be able to get the snake to feed up the line.  Ugh.  I will find out before long.  At least I am making some progress.  And, I do have some possibilities open to me.

I am hoping to have some help Monday.  No promises.  Why help?  I... run out of energy.  And, two brains are better than one.  We'll see.  I'll let him know what I have done and what I have found, tomorrow.  Give him time to think.  Oh, and see if he might know of a patch for a bigger waste pipe, if that is what is needed to be cut.  He has... access... and knowledge... plus information sources beyond my ability to suss.

I'll sit for a bit.  Then go downstairs and see what I can sort through.  Perhaps opening up a past repair on the drain line a bit deeper in the house.  Though the water may flow back to that, but I have buckets, and will be careful with the drainage.  It's difficult to make any sense of it, down there.  Some of it is buried, some of it is out.  But which is which?  I think the toilet is visible, but the tub and sink drains aren't?  Bleh.

I'll see if I can figure those things out in a bit.  Then, maybe, after that, clean up and make something to eat.  An cheese omelet or two, some sausage or bacon, and... something else.  But, first, coffee.  I need more coffee.  Starting to fade, but I have things to do.  Two coffees is unusual, but not terrible.  And, really, the twelve ounce bag has lasted since near the beginning of the month.  So, I... don't mind that way either.

This pack was french roast.  The next pack is espresso.  A bit stronger.  I'm looking forward to that.  But, yea, only say four to five cups a week, usually.  And few sweetened.  This one, with the fat, will get three drops of my favored.  It helps, when I am trying to use it to keep my awake and going.  Odd that.  Maybe I drink sweetened coffee faster?