What should have taken one hour to replace a GFI outlet in my basement bathroom took some time yesterday and most of today.  After removing the ceiling tile in the adjoining room, I determined that I had a bad wire in the wall.  Some where in a 4 ft section was the issue.   I remodeled the basement bath in 2008.  I forgot that the 12-2 did not route straight down from the opening in the adjoining room to the outlet, so an easy routing it was not.  I had to cutout the outlet box and remove the ceiling tile in the bathroom to allow access above the ceiling to reroute a new line.  It is all buttoned up now.  Tomorrow I will dive into the hall bath plumbing problem.  Both sinks are backing up.  No access from the basement or the roof.   Danl

PS.  I think she finds me both handsome and handy.

 

22 minutes ago, Danl said:

I think she finds me both handsome and handy.

 

Both sinks are backing up. 

 

I don't know what parts you have lying around but we have a similar problem from time to time. I turned a cork shaped stopper that fits into one of the sink drain holes. Drilled a hole lengthwise through the stopper that was the same size as the nozzle on a Harbor freight air gun. 

 

Push the nozzle into the drilled hole, Connect the air hose from a portable air tank.  Fill the sink with water. Put the "cork" in the drain hole. Squeeze the trigger. . If your sinks have overflow holes, you'll need a helper to hold a wet rag over the overflow holes so the pressure doesn't force the water out through them.

 

 

Edited January 6, 20224 yr by lew

Lew, thanks for the suggestion.  Perhaps I have another option.  

Danl

The forced air method is easier to do if you remove the "P Trap" and go directly into the drain pipe.

May also need to cap the vent stack so pressure pushes the plug down the drain.

1 hour ago, Larry Buskirk said:

The forced air method is easier to do if you remove the "P Trap" and go directly into the drain pipe.

May also need to cap the vent stack so pressure pushes the plug down the drain.

I'm "lucky" in that my home is old enough that there is only one vent and it is at the end of the connections.