{"id":9160,"date":"2008-01-03T21:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-04T02:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2008\/01\/03\/clogged-bathroom-drain-pipe\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:36:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:36:24","slug":"clogged-bathroom-drain-pipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2008\/01\/03\/clogged-bathroom-drain-pipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Clogged Bathroom Drain Pipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was going to post a photo with this, but being unable to pick the best one (and being worried about squicking a few people) I figured I’d just link to them all:<\/p>\n

HERE (photo gallery retired)<\/em><\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n

Before and after spelunking for tonsillolith<\/a> (and not finding any) I washed my hands and was reminded of how slowly the drain in my bathroom is draining. Finding it a bit clogged didn’t surprise me (it was slow and all), but the way in which it was clogged did.<\/p>\n

For some reason, the pipe was at least 1\/3 full of mold for its entire length<\/a>, with the end near the the trap looking like grey, slimy female genitalia<\/a>. Even more interesting to me is how the mold has strata<\/a>, with what appears to be an original layer of thin black mildew, then a rich grey\/white layer, and then a smooth, tough top beige layer.<\/p>\n

Once removed from the pipe, the resulting pile of mold<\/a> felt like soft unagi<\/a>, and reminds me of canned fish<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I guess that’s what a bit over seven years of hand washings, teeth brushings, sink cleanings, and whatever else do to a pipe. I didn’t see any buildup in the pipe in the wall, although I imagine this is because the part before the wall was a slight uphill section before the wall, so there was likely standing water in the trap and this section of pipe for a while, allowing it to deposit all sorts of stuff over time.<\/p>\n

Also, it did not have a smell. I intentionally, and repeatedly, smelled the mold. I couldn’t detect anything.<\/p>\n

Anyway, to see the rest of the photos, they are here: Mold Clogging Bathroom Drain Pipe (photo gallery retired)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was going to post a photo with this, but being unable to pick the best one (and being worried about squicking a few people) I figured I’d just link to them all: HERE (photo gallery retired) Before and after spelunking for tonsillolith (and not finding any) I washed my hands and was reminded of\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-the-house","category-moved-from-livejournal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9160"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12469,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9160\/revisions\/12469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}