A 25' snake shouldn't cost you more than about $10 at
Home Depot or Lowes. I often remove the snake from the
plastic housing and crank that it comes with and attach it
to my electric drill to improvise a power snake. I recently
took care of a very sluggish bathroom sink for my mother.
Somebody had snaked it for about 10' and didn't get much
relief. I ran the 25' snake through and got the water flowing
very well again.

Don't forget, when all else fails you can call in the plumber.
There are times when we homeowners have to call in the
big guns.

Good luck,
Gideon

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Al Kondo wrote in message ...
I have a stuck bathroom drain in my second floor bathtub. The house
is probably 50 years old so it has old plumbing. The drain flows but
very slowly. At times, when the volume of water is fairly high, I end
up standing in a puddle when showering. Here is what I have tried so
far:

1. boiling hot water down the drain several times
2. Drano and its equivalents several times
3. Snaked the pipe through the overflow for a distance of about 10
feet. Pulled up some hair but the drain was still not performing.
4. Used the contraption which is placed into the drain pipe and
attached to a garden hose. It fills up with water after sealing off
the pipe and shoots a flow of water into the remaining pipe. No luck.


I am reluctant to expose the pipe to pull it apart as I will have to
take off the sheetrock from the first floor to do it. I would
appreciate some suggestions.

Al Kondo