Bathtub drain
 

Hi, first time poster here - hope I get this right :)

I tried using a snake on the bathtub drain and, as with the sink, I
started using the other end of the snake (tail end?); one without the
screw-a-ma-giggy.

Well, it worked on the sink real well for starts but on the bathtub it
sounded like it poked through somewhere because it sounded like it was
thrashing around inside the bathtub cavity itself!

Does anyone know if they ever use rubber flexible pipes on tub
instalations? I'm afraid I might have created a costly repair for
myself.

I stripped out a section of calk and no water seems to be leaking so
far.. I'm wondering if I might have gone up into the overflow spout
and ruptured that - if so maybe its not too big of a deal. Any
thoughts would surely be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jark

Bathtub drain
 

On Jul 13, 10:18 pm, Jark wrote:
Hi, first time poster here - hope I get this right :)

I tried using a snake on the bathtub drain and, as with the sink, I
started using the other end of the snake (tail end?); one without the
screw-a-ma-giggy.

Well, it worked on the sink real well for starts but on the bathtub it
sounded like it poked through somewhere because it sounded like it was
thrashing around inside the bathtub cavity itself!

Does anyone know if they ever use rubber flexible pipes on tub
instalations? I'm afraid I might have created a costly repair for
myself.

There are Fernco couplings that are often used in drain connections.
See this site: http://www.fernco.com/coupling.asp

Do you have an access panel that allows you see the drain, perhaps in
halway or closet?

If you had knocked one section of pipe out of the coupling, I assume
you'd know about as soon as you used the tub because it would now be
draining into the open (more or less).


I stripped out a section of calk and no water seems to be leaking so
far..

Stripped out a section of caulk and looked where?. I'm not sure where
you would have stripped out caulk to inspect a leaky drain.

I'm wondering if I might have gone up into the overflow spout
and ruptured that - if so maybe its not too big of a deal. Any
thoughts would surely be appreciated.

If you went in the drain and up the overflow, you would have only
gotten a very short length of snake in the drain, like no more than
the distance from the drain to the overflow. If you had more than that
amount in the drain, I doubt that's where you ended up.




Thanks,
Jark

Bathtub drain
 

Thanks! I like your idea about going through from an ajoining room/
space. I can always cut in from beneath my kitchen sink which backs
it.
J.

On Jul 13, 7:40 pm, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Jul 13, 10:18 pm, Jark wrote:

Hi, first time poster here - hope I get this right :)

I tried using a snake on the bathtub drain and, as with the sink, I
started using the other end of the snake (tail end?); one without the
screw-a-ma-giggy.

Well, it worked on the sink real well for starts but on the bathtub it
sounded like it poked through somewhere because it sounded like it was
thrashing around inside the bathtub cavity itself!

Does anyone know if they ever use rubber flexible pipes on tub
instalations? I'm afraid I might have created a costly repair for
myself.

There are Fernco couplings that are often used in drain connections.
See this site:http://www.fernco.com/coupling.asp

Do you have an access panel that allows you see the drain, perhaps in
halway or closet?

If you had knocked one section of pipe out of the coupling, I assume
you'd know about as soon as you used the tub because it would now be
draining into the open (more or less).



I stripped out a section of calk and no water seems to be leaking so
far..

Stripped out a section of caulk and looked where?. I'm not sure where
you would have stripped out caulk to inspect a leaky drain.

I'm wondering if I might have gone up into the overflow spout
and ruptured that - if so maybe its not too big of a deal. Any
thoughts would surely be appreciated.

If you went in the drain and up the overflow, you would have only
gotten a very short length of snake in the drain, like no more than
the distance from the drain to the overflow. If you had more than that
amount in the drain, I doubt that's where you ended up.


Thanks,
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