Advice please! Bath waste pipe blocked.

[atat]

Hi, I hope someone can help with this problem. Our bath isn't draining away water. First tried a drain unblocker bought at a supermarket down the plug hole, this seemed to make it worse - before it was draining away slowly and now nothing is draining at all. Have had a plumber out today who looked at it and put down One Shot instant drain cleaner into the pipe, but still no luck. Have used a plunger and a rod, soil pipe is fine as toilet and sink are draining fine. Anything else we can try before calling out dynorod?
Thanks.

 

[lambchop]

Take the bath panel of and remove the trap, clean it out and then inspect waste pipe and unblock if necessary. If this doesnt cure it get a reputable plumber out as any further advice may cause you more problems if your not confident enough to do it. Cant believe thats all your plumber done and walked off and left the problem unsolved

 

[secret squirrel]

Yesterday, I had to replace an entire 3m bath waste, it was entirely blocked, dyno rod couldn't have cleared it, cut it out and have a look. Replace if necessary,

 

[scotty plumber]

It sounds like hair trapped in waste-trap, Nothing you pour down will clear this so do as lambchops said and you should be fine!

 

[jtsplumbing]

Call out dynorod if you have deep pocket's (British Gas) see advise above and call local plumber ! call back first one and tell him it's still not working !

 

[Guest123]

The only way to properly remove these type of blockages is to dismantle the trap and pipe and thoroughly clean it out using very hot water and washing up liquid to remove any grease. What I mean by clean, is that the inside of the pipe should return to its original white colour and have no grey grease in it whatsoever as this will cause another blockage in the future. Put some polythene or similar under the pipe to catch any water as you/plumber dismantles the pipework and trap.

I'm not a fan of all these so called "wonder drain cleaning chemicals", apart from rarely working for me, I doubt if they're biodegradable and therefore not environmentally friendly.

 

[secret squirrel]

I think by the time a householder calls a plumber, generally its too late for chemicals,

 

[atat]

Hi all. Thanks for your help. We took everything apart, cleaned etc and no movement. Tried with a plunger and then bought power plumber, which with one blast shifted whatever was down there. So fingers crossed.. It's working!

 

[Titanium Trades]

Power plumber...that was unexpected, sounds like you had something hefty lodged in the waste pipe after the trap but before the soil pipe, must have been quite a way down.

 

[galaxy_plumbing]

thanks for input in 1 year old thread

 

[PlumbBobBob]

since when has london been in watford? spammer from the phillipines.