How can i unclogg a slow draining bathtub??
Question:ive been havin a problem with my bath tub it takes all night to drain. i tried to snake it (6ft) and i tried the drain-o and all those liquids nothin helps ...any tips??
Answers:
Go to Lowes, and purchase a "Zip-it", for about $3. Use this to remove the hair that is in the drain. Good luck!
The best way without using an expensive or corrosive chemical, is to just use baking soda and vinegar with warm water.. Pour the baking soda down the drain first then the vinegar followed by warm water.
If it clogged that bad suddenly it could be the vent on the roof is plugged. I found a dead squirrel in a kitchen sink vent once.
If you have access to the underside of the tub open the cleanout and snake it. If there is no clean out you will have to take some pipes apart to get the snake in there.
will just type to link to This Old House site -- in the drain cleaning section -- brb -- http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/knowhow/...
I think you should try using a metal hanger to clear out part of the drain, and use a good quality plumber to do the rest.
It worked for me ;-)
First try to clean up the drain from hair, after, if you don't want to use chemical, use baking soda and vinegar, but most importantly plug the hole in the sink, and cover and press the upper hole with a small piece of rug or sponge, do the same thing with the upper hole of your bath tub and pump the drain hole, this way you are creating a kind of vacuum in the pipes, and eventually the water will go down without any problem.
The usual cause of a slow tub drain is hair and soap residue collected in the drain assembly. Liquid drain cleaners usually take care of this problem, at least for a while. If they don't work, other home remedies probably will not work either.
Where did you snake from? I can't imagine how you could get a snake through a drain assembly, and if you did it should open up.
If you snaked from somewhere after the drain assembly, I would start with it. Try a plunger first. Run 3 - 4" of water in the tub, block the overflow assembly with a wet cloth and plunge vigorously. Pull the plunger up off the drain after you have plunged a bit, you should pull out some nasty bits of gunk. Repeat the plunging a few times. If the drain opens and starts to run better, try to keep the bits from going back down the drain. I would follow up at this point with a liquid drain cleaner to get some more of the stuff out.
If that doesn't work, remove the cover on the overflow. If you have a trip lever stopper with a lever on the overflow, carefully pull it upward and out to remove the stopper. If you find that the stopper chain is not attached or the stopper is off the chain, you have found your problem. You may be able to fish it out with a stiff wire, or you may have to take the drain assembly apart from the other side of the wall. If the stopper comes out OK, or if you have a toe trip stopper or just a plug, try your snake through the overflow tube.
If you don't find the problem up to this point, you will need to snake a bit deeper as the blockage is farther down the waste assembly. Depending upon how your waste stack is configured, it may be easier to snake from the attic through the vent stack.
quit bringing home ladies with long hair.don't bathe the dog in the tub, try a mixture of 2cups vinegar and 1/4 cup baking soda
Another possibility is that the drain is poorly constructed.
Has it ever drained correctly?
If it has, the various previous suggestions look good.
However, if not, there are various things which could be wrong -- though they ought not to be if the plumbing was installed competently.
For example, the fall on the drain might be too little -- perhaps it travels several metres at floor level before it reaches the down pipe -- worse still, it may even have a high spot, causing an airlock. Or the pipe may be blocked with construction debris, or have very sharp corners in it, or be incorrectly assembled.
Some of these will not be evident when the bath is first installed, and the drain may start out just a bit sluggish -- clean water in a clean pipe will find its way out. However, such faults provide dead spots where hair and grease can settle, and that finishes it off.
Solution... Sorry, nothing for it but to reconstruct the drain correctly -- or perhaps even move the bath altogether.
remove the drain trap its probably filled with hair.
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