How to unstop(?) bathtub drains?
Anybody knows?

TIA

 

Stop whacking off in the shower.

 

 

Cheapo Drano-wannabe stuff I picked up at the grocery store. Doesn't work.
... That doesn't really solve your problem, but I'm imitating AD here for fame & fortune.

 

is it stopped up completely or just slow? try some drano max first. if that doesn't work, open the tub's clean out and snake it.

 

Drano (the real stuff) or boiling pot of water usually works.

 

It's probably full of hair. Take the cover off the drain and shove a fork in there and see what you find.

 

Just stick your finger down the drain and scoop out all the jizz and hair.

 

Be a man and clean the trap... Don't forget to get all the hair and splooge out of the drain too..

edit: damn it AD... beat me too it

 

 

Not surprised if it were pubes. There are so many pubes in my bathroom that I can make pictures with the ones on the floor while I'm on the toilet.

 

Man, I need to post more of more personal problems here...

 

Step 1) Pour half of a large bottle of liquid plumber down drain.

Step 2) Drink remaining half of bottle.

 

I read thats where DaVinci got his inspiration for the Mona Lisa. She originally had a pencil thin pube mustache but people thought it was a little over the top for Leo and talked him out of it.

 

Completely stopped as of last night. There's about an inch of dirty water.

How do you "open the tub's clean out and snake it."?

 

There are a couple of things you can try.

First see if you can take the drain assembly off of the bottom of the tub to clean it out.

If that doesn't work go to the silver plate under the bathtub faucet. It should have two screws and it may have a lever on it so you can make the stopper go up and down. Unscrew this assembly and pull it out. You can then clean the portiton of the assembly that that goes into the water drainpipe. You may need to adjust this assembly to allow more water to drain out of the tub. Often times this assembly is not adjusted correctly so the water can't drain as fast as it should. Once you get the assembly out you can figure out how it works and what to do by looking at it.

Good luck!

 

this is the clean out:




some may have just a plate without the stopper lever.


remove that part and insert a snake (or auger) down in there. it should remove all the hair, splooge and gunk.

 

It's kinda like this



But no easy way to "wipe" away the picture.

 

I can't wait to see how this thread ends up

 

I freakin'' shed too much.. Sometimes I wonder how the hell I'm still not bald.

 

the pictures I draw are mostly of penises.

 

Now you tell me!

 

With any luck it will end up with me verbally chasing souling around here while the Benny Hill music plays in the background.

 

Trimming the hedges eh ? :chainsaw:

 

Do you stand over them when your done to admire your work, or get the pushbroom and mess them up again ?

 

 

^ wtf?

 

 

hahahhahahahhahahahahhaha

 

 

so wrong but likely true.

 

 

http://www.plumbingworld.com/images/snake01.gif

or

http://imagex.homedepot.com/f/248/13...12943631_3.jpg


There's actually a plastic strip that is smaller than both of these, has little hooks on either side. I don't know the exact name of it, but it's like $3 at Lowes/Home Depot and will do a better job than any drain cleaner. It's called a mini-auger...i tried to Google it, but no luck. I use it & it's worth it's weight in gold(my GF has long hair & it comes in handy). Since I've had it, I've never needed draino...

 

No shit ?? Learn something new every day... I've been removing the trap in the basement and cleaning out my tub from downstairs...

Gotta check this out next time it clogs...

 

draino worked! I can finally take a long shower.

 

Let the buildup begin again

 

 

Geezus I'm glad I'm a chick and I don't have to deal with this kind of shit. :shudder:

My dad once filled a plastic grocery bag with all the hair he pulled out of the shower drain in my bathroom. Well, it wasn't full, but it was close. Yuck.

 

 

Moving to new Home & Garden forum...