My kitchen sink drain clog was actually a broken pipe under the slab

I spent a whole weekend snaking and plunging before I finally called a plumber with a camera. They found a cracked ABS line under the foundation, which meant a full day of concrete cutting and repair. Anyone else had a simple clog turn into a major slab leak repair here in Albuquerque?

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thea1432mo ago

Did you ever get a weird smell before it clogged? I mean, I had a slow drain for months that smelled kinda earthy, and it turned out the crack was letting dirt in.

dylan_rodriguez2mo ago

My neighbor's sewer line had a small root intrusion that gave off a faint maple syrup smell for weeks.

brian_coleman9d ago

That maple syrup smell was probably your house trying to gaslight you into thinking there was a breakfast emergency. I once got excited about a sweet smell near my sink and it turned out to be rotting honey in a forgotten jar, not a sewer problem.