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Old 06-29-2005, 2:48 PM   #1
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Bathtub clogged.
How to unstop(?) bathtub drains?
Anybody knows?

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Old 06-29-2005, 2:48 PM   #2
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Stop whacking off in the shower.
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Old 06-29-2005, 2:50 PM   #3
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Old 06-29-2005, 2:50 PM   #4
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Cheapo Drano-wannabe stuff I picked up at the grocery store. Doesn't work.
... That doesn't really solve your problem, but I'm imitating AD here for fame & fortune.
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Old 06-29-2005, 2:52 PM   #5
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is it stopped up completely or just slow? try some drano max first. if that doesn't work, open the tub's clean out and snake it.
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Old 06-29-2005, 2:53 PM   #6
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Drano (the real stuff) or boiling pot of water usually works.
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Old 06-29-2005, 2:54 PM   #7
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It's probably full of hair. Take the cover off the drain and shove a fork in there and see what you find.
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Old 06-29-2005, 2:54 PM   #8
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Just stick your finger down the drain and scoop out all the jizz and hair.
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Old 06-29-2005, 2:54 PM   #9
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Be a man and clean the trap... Don't forget to get all the hair and splooge out of the drain too..

edit: damn it AD... beat me too it
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Not surprised if it were pubes. There are so many pubes in my bathroom that I can make pictures with the ones on the floor while I'm on the toilet.
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Old 06-29-2005, 2:56 PM   #12
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Old 06-29-2005, 2:57 PM   #13
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How to unstop(?) bathtub drains?
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Step 1) Pour half of a large bottle of liquid plumber down drain.

Step 2) Drink remaining half of bottle.
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Old 06-29-2005, 2:59 PM   #14
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Not surprised if it were pubes. There are so many pubes in my bathroom that I can make pictures with the ones on the floor while I'm on the toilet.

I read thats where DaVinci got his inspiration for the Mona Lisa. She originally had a pencil thin pube mustache but people thought it was a little over the top for Leo and talked him out of it.
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is it stopped up completely or just slow? try some drano max first. if that doesn't work, open the tub's clean out and snake it.
Completely stopped as of last night. There's about an inch of dirty water.

How do you "open the tub's clean out and snake it."?
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There are a couple of things you can try.

First see if you can take the drain assembly off of the bottom of the tub to clean it out.

If that doesn't work go to the silver plate under the bathtub faucet. It should have two screws and it may have a lever on it so you can make the stopper go up and down. Unscrew this assembly and pull it out. You can then clean the portiton of the assembly that that goes into the water drainpipe. You may need to adjust this assembly to allow more water to drain out of the tub. Often times this assembly is not adjusted correctly so the water can't drain as fast as it should. Once you get the assembly out you can figure out how it works and what to do by looking at it.

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Old 06-29-2005, 3:00 PM   #17
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Completely stopped as of last night. There's about an inch of dirty water.

How do you "open the tub's clean out and snake it."?

this is the clean out:




some may have just a plate without the stopper lever.


remove that part and insert a snake (or auger) down in there. it should remove all the hair, splooge and gunk.
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Not surprised if it were pubes. There are so many pubes in my bathroom that I can make pictures with the ones on the floor while I'm on the toilet.
It's kinda like this



But no easy way to "wipe" away the picture.
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I can't wait to see how this thread ends up
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Not surprised if it were pubes. There are so many pubes in my bathroom that I can make pictures with the ones on the floor while I'm on the toilet.
I freakin'' shed too much.. Sometimes I wonder how the hell I'm still not bald.
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Old 06-29-2005, 3:06 PM   #21
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But no easy way to "wipe" away the picture.

the pictures I draw are mostly of penises.
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With any luck it will end up with me verbally chasing souling around here while the Benny Hill music plays in the background.
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Not surprised if it were pubes. There are so many pubes in my bathroom that I can make pictures with the ones on the floor while I'm on the toilet.
Trimming the hedges eh ? :chainsaw:
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the pictures I draw are mostly of penises.

Do you stand over them when your done to admire your work, or get the pushbroom and mess them up again ?
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