No secret or twist to the title of this post. Our tub is stopped up.
A stubborn tub.
We’ve had this problem before and chemical drain openers, whether liquid or crystals, never seem to do the job.
Plunging is always involved. So I bought a new kind of plunger since our old standbys don’t seem up to the task.
Plunge-It looks like a bicycle pump with a plungre of the end.
This plunger, Plung-It, uses an air pump to shoot air through the line. I’ve read the reviews on-line, some are good and some are bad.
A small plunger head works on tubs and sinks.
My advice is to read the directions before using. (Of course, we didn’t!)
Plunge-It still requires effort and a helper.
The Plunge-It also comes with a more traditional plunger head and sells for $11.98 at Lowes.
I hold a small plastic cup over the overflow drain.
While Charlie plunges I hold a plastic container over the hole to seal it. This seems to work much better than trying to stuff a rag or wash cloth in the holes.
The tub is finally draining.
And it works.
Do stopped up drains push you off track? What derails you?
Did you try running a snake down the drain? Might be more of a permanent fix?
Thanks for the suggestion. Actually we tried the snake first. Jo