Tales from the “What the hell?!” department
Okay…our shower/tub has been draining very slow lately. Since we own a fairly old house (nearly 100yrs old), we have a drum trap behind the tub. I’ve tried snaking from the tub, but getting little to no results. I’ve tried enzyme pipe cleaners, plunging, etc… only for it to work temporarily.
Today I decided to open the drum trap, and try snaking from there. Once it bit, I was worried that I wasn’t going to get the line back, since it wouldn’t budge, but I managed to haul it in. Much to my surprise I reeled in a real-looker.
Take a look:
It looks like some cap of sorts. How it managed to get in the pipes, we’ll never know. I’m feeling pretty confident this is the majority of my slow drain problems. Let’s hope!
Update:
Oops…forgot to mention how big this sucker is. It’s about 1.75in long, about 1/2in tall and about 1/2in wide.
December 19th, 2006 at 3:43 pm
How big is it? Is it as big as an Xbox controller? as big as a Dime? You sure you didn’t pull something out that needs to be in the pipe/wall/pluming? Curious minds want to know?!?!?! ;0)