Slow Shower Drain

[GARY MINKER]

I have had great luck with the 2 part foaming drain cleaners though in one case I did have to resort to an acid left to sit for 30 seconds and flushed with baking soda rinse to neutralize it Gary 85 pt40 --- On Tue, 12/2/08, redffultra wrote: From: redffultra Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Slow Shower Drain To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 9:13 PM 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%40yahoogroups.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 >