What I did was use one of those little itty-bitty snakes they sell at drugstores & places like that. It's like a flexible long narrow (like less than pencil thin) piece of plastic with some grabby type gizmo at the end of it. It will snag all the soot and junk and get beyond those places. It's a messy job, but it did the job.
From: Ron Johnson <l0c0l0b0@hotmail.com>
To: doit_yourself@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 9:07 PM
Subject: RE: [DIY] Bath Tub Clogged
To: doit_yourself@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 9:07 PM
Subject: RE: [DIY] Bath Tub Clogged
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.
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
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
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
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