Tried to clean blocked drain with the spiral. It didn’t work and suddenly air bubbles appeared and black water started coming out of the drain. What do I do? Is it possible I broke something? It’s an old apartment building

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  1. First of all I would like to understand how it is possible that many many liters of black water came up from the drain? I’m so confused, I emptied many buckets

    Plumber is on the way, I’m just sitting here confused as fuck. Water stopped coming out fortunately do I’m keeping an eye if the shitshow starts again.

  2. Not a plumber, but it seems like it’s time to call one and fast.

  4. Does the apartment company have Huoltoyhtiö? Usually contact details for it is at the downstairs on announcement board or something similar.

    Do not continue with what you were doing, call Huoltoyhtiö now.

  5. Call huoltoyhtiö. They will come for free and fix that

  6. This is a clear case: Vigo the Carpathian is coming back #ghostbusters

  7. Black water is probably wastewater sitting down in the blocked pipes for a long time.

    So your cleaning the blocked drain with spiral worked.

    Why it keeps coming, I cannot know.

  8. Water coming out means the pressure is higher on the other side of whatever you unblocked. Whatever the issue is, it’s above DIY solutions.

  10. call the plummer tell them that your shit is fucked and come really fast and then thank god that it’s not 3am at sunday

  11. Your clean with the spiral might’ve worked bit too well. Looks like wastewater that’s been sitting in pipes for a while.

  12. Be fast! If someone above you using a water, your sink water level will rise over the edge.

    And never tell the what you just did.

  13. ~~Last resort fix before calling plumber.~~

    ~~1. Remove dirty water, add hot water and add sodium hydroxide.~~

    ~~2. Pump the shit out of it once it has been sitting for 2-3 hours, be careful, wear eye protection if necessary.~~

    ~~3. This should work, but if it doesn’t neutralize with vinegar.~~

    ~~Source, I’ve unclogged this stuff countless times.~~

    Nvm call plumber if shitwater is comming backwards through the system, then the blockage is systemwide and not just this sink.

    The method I mention may still work because sodium hydroxide destroys organic matter and will work itself through the piping, cleaning them, nevertheless, if you can manage to figure out who is pouring more water in the system; but unless you know how shit is connected, it may not be worth it.

    Tell me what happens 😀

  15. As i can see u already called plumber, can u let us know how it all went, what was the solution and why it happened, if the plumber is down to explain all this shit

  17. Call the property maintenance. Number should be visible in stairway entrance.

  19. I think I’d move counties and start a new life. Or quickly call a plumber.

  20. I would guess that whatever your drain blockage was, you pushed it further away in the drain, possibly blocking the larger drain that your’s drains to, causing the waste water from apartments above you to flow down to your sink. Hope your upstairs neighbours won’t decide to have a shower, you’d need tons of buckets more.

  21. If water is coming up from the drain thats a bigger issue in the plumbing. Its possible that you pushed the blockage further in the sewer line which caused the water from other junction to be redirected into your sink.

  22. You discovered oil, america is about to come raid your apartment

  23. We need update on this when it gets resolved. Best of luck to you.

  24. “First of all I’d like to understand….”

    Well no, first of all call a plumber, and they’ll help you answer your questions lol

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