Bathtub Is Clogged
Feed a drain snake down the overflow hole.
Bathtub is clogged. After pouring the boiling water down the bathtub drain pour cup of baking soda and 1 cup of white vinegar into the drain. Fortunately you may not need to call a plumber to fix your problem. If your bathtub drain is going down too slowly you don t need to call a plumber and you don t need any corrosive chemicals. Everything you need to free a clogged commode is probably already in your bathroom.
In this video this old house plumbing and heating expert richard trethewey shows how to fix a slow draining tub. About 80 percent of. A clogged bathtub may be a little higher on the difficulty scale than a clogged kitchen drain or toilet but most homeowners should be able to fix this problem using basic repair tools and commercially available chemical drain openers. There are several tricks you can use to unclog your bathtub on your own using products you can find at home or the store.
Boil a pot of water and carefully pour the water down the clogged bathtub drain. I just wrapped up unclogging a bathtub at my tenant s house and it went way smoother than i anticipated. A clogged bathtub is frustrating especially when you want to hop in the shower or take a bath. Before attempting any clogged bathtub repair however you may.
Fix a clogged tub drain quickly and easily by removing the stopper and fishing out the hair and gunk that causes the problem 80 percent of the time. We show you how to open most common types of drains. Unclog your blocked toilet with this simple ingenious trick no plunger required. You can easily unclog your bathtub drain with a standard cup style plunger but you have to seal the overflow drain first tubs essentially have two drains.
Unscrew the overflow plate from the end of the tub. One of the things i appreciate most about being handy is saving money on simple plumbing problems. Use pliers if necessary to pull the plate linkage rods and stopper out from behind the tub. There s the familiar one at the bottom of the tub that you close to fill up the tub with water.