Do it Yourself: RE: [DIY] Bath Tub Clogged

29 June 2012

RE: [DIY] Bath Tub Clogged

It's actuially on the outside of the tub. When you unscrew the face plate, the part it's screwed into might move away and the gasket might drop. It's designed to stay in place, but I've had a few that dropped out. The gasket itself is thick on one side and thin on the other. The thick side is down to match the angle of the tub. The best way to do it is to unscrew both almost all the way then hold one while you remove the other. If the gasket starts to fall, the screw that's still in will hold it.

To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
From: frankruggiero@me.com
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:35:54 -0400
Subject: Re: [DIY] Bath Tub Clogged

Hi Ron.

When you refer to the gasket, is that something that is connected to the trip lever? So when I pull the trip lever out, will the gasket be connected to it?

Thanks for you help.

Frank

On Jun 28, 2012, at 9:07 PM, Ron Johnson wrote:

The way to run a snake down the tub drain is to remove the overflow cover (it usually has a trip lever for stopping the drain) then running the snake down from there. One thing you have to worry about is that there is a gasket between the tub and overflow pipe that, if it drops, you've got to go buy another one. It's there to keep the water from spilling out if the level ever gets to that point (which sometimes happens when you take a back and relax in it).

Make sure you put plumber's grease on the bucket (that little doo-dad that actually stops the water when you used the trip lever) before you put it back in.

If you don't want to go through that, the copper 2-chemical liquid plumber works fairly well. It not, I would try sulphuric acid but pour water down fairly quickly after - if the pipes are not too good, you could be ripping out sheetrock. If not more.

To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
From: frankruggiero@me.com
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:46:32 -0400
Subject: [DIY] Bath Tub Clogged

Hi Experts.

Does anyone have some advice? I hope this is common.

I have a bath tub that is becoming clogged up. I tried to run a snake down it, but as you can see, the snake does not fit because of this cross section. Take a look.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/e6dinb2h3l80law/Bath%20Tub.jpg

What would you recommend? Is there some safe chemical that wont ruin my pipe system? This bathtub is on the top level of the house. I can not access it from below.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Frank