Can plumber snakes can be used without electricity or gas?
November 7th, 2009 | 
Author: Can plumber snakes can be used without electric nor gas?
Because I just want to learn to fix the double kitchen sink.
yes… there are manual ones
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yes… there are manual ones
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My landlord had one that was wind up and she turned the lever to snake the drain. If the clog isn’t too bad, they have the snake "cans" where you put them over the drain and then push down and it "snakes" with air pressure, but unfortunately, when I did that it blew up in my face. I ended up taking the plumbing apart and cleaning out the pipes but what a mess that was.
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There are a lot of manual snakes in the store… if you have a gas or electric one it must be very long… It might be hard to twist and turn it into the drain.
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Yes, just go to your local hardware store they should have manually operable snakes in various lengths.
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Unfortunately had to use one my-self.
There is a hand held snake with a handle on the rear housing of the unit. You turn the drum by turning the handle, but you have to feed the snake down any drain by hand. You can get them with various lengths of the snake that’s inside the rotating drum. I have a 35′ snake with mine, but if you can find one with a swivel on the end of the snake, it’s allot easier to make it past the P-trap. Especially in a bathtub drain.
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There are some that can.
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Yes there are. Are you wanting to clear a certain problem ? Or do you just want to keep one on hand when and if you do get a plug ?
Sink drains just use plunger.
Stools they have a stool snake, hand held and operated.
Main drain is what the other answers are talking about.
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Licenced plumber for 29 years.