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lay new pipe  

And when you're done, go fix the drain. Well at least it will relieve the tension.  

Snake always does it for us.  One thing about plumbing is it usually all connects together to one sewage drain, so you can have one problem (like hair and skin grease) move down and clog a different section.

Compressed air was the silliest "advice" I've ever heard.

+1 on a good company scoping the drain.

since it isn't your place, kinda hard to push the landlord to do it, but the find the exact problem 99.99% of the time.

I had mine scoped when i had a leak in my stack, turns out there are some potential tree root issues, but nothing crazy for the time being... but knowing is more than half the battle. probably next year i will have to dig up the front yard and replace the pipe.

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Going to call the land lord tomorrow, they manage just over 500 houses in our Military community, so I am sure they have a "snake"

Just have to hold out 2 more months...then a brand new house


The floor drain does work well, kitchen drain works well too, but backs up in the basement at the "slop sink" (right below it).



Thanks for the advice everyone, this really sucks

Are you in what they call "PMQ" if so don't touch anything and let your landlord deal with it.  There is a slew of people paid to maintain these so let them do it.  They have the gear etc.

take care