Slow Shower Drain

[redffultra]

I forgot to add.......after drilling the hole in the plastic pipe and
forcing the bucket up, I just repaired the 1/4" hole with some
plastic weld epoxy.

Dan Schrader
Buckeye Bird

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "redffultra"
wrote:
>
> Does your shower drain mechanism work properly ? My '83 had the
drain
> handle that operated a "bucket" type stop that was in the vertical
> plumbing behind the lower part of the shower. The bucket
was "stuck" in
> the almost closed position which allowed it to drain, but very
slowly.
> I broke the chain while trying to carefully get it to raise. I
could
> not get a snake of any size to do anything, and drain cleaners
would
> not help either. That vertical plumbing with the bucket is in an
area
> that you cannot get to without some serious tear out. What I ended
up
> doing was going under the bus, and drilling about a 1/4" hole in
the
> plastic pipe "U" fitting that would allow me to ge a long narrow
> screwdriver up to the bottom of the "bucket" to force it up into
the
> pipe, where it remains. I then replaced the drain stop with one of
the
> pop-up type that you step on to make it operate.
> Hopefully yours is just clogged with the usual culprits. I agree to
> start out with less caustic substances first, and a small hand
snake
> may make the 90 degree bend.
> But if you have the same kind of drain system as mine and the drain
> handle doesn't seem to work, you make have the dreaded "stuck
bucket".
>
> Dan Schrader
> Buckeye Bird
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Forman"
> <scottforman75@> wrote:
> >
> > Is it safe to use a regular drain cleaner like Drain-O in my
shower
> > drain?
> >
> > Scott Forman
> > 86 PT38
> > Memphis
> >
>