re: New speed queen overflows 1.5" drain

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Try bending the end of your drill snake at a 20 degree angle so it scrapes the inside of the pipe instead of punching a 1/4” hole in any clogs when the snake is straight at the end

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I am not saying that won't help in certain situations but when the snake spins it beats and scrapes the walls down the length of it. When you crank up the drill (or motor) the snake starts to look like a waveform.




Technically the tip is just for breaking through the clog or spinning into it and hooking into the mass to pull it out. The actual snake behind the tip is what really does the work of scraping the sides of the pipe. This is why when you have broken through and pulled out any nasty globs of hair and gungus you want to spin the drill fast and move the the snake in and out about a foot or so to scrape the walls clean down the length.