Washcloth down bathtub drain

blerg_blerg · 2013-02-21T19:49:41+00:00

So I had a plumber over to my condo unit (2nd floor) to fix a toilet issue (water spot on ceiling of unit below me). That night, no joke, a baby wash cloth went down our bathtub drain. I have tried fishing for it with a plas tic drain hook tool with no luck (it doesn't appear to be flexible enough t o navigate the pipes). I can see water in the drain pipe, about 3-4" down. When taking a shower now, water fills up to about ankle depth in about 10 -15 minutes but then seems to drain within the same amount of time. Some a pproaches to try that I've read about are various drain clog cleaners or bl each to try and dissolve the washcloth or using a wire hanger (all of ours are plastic) or plumber's snake to fish it out. I've also read that it mig ht be easier to remove the stopper linker and go straight down that overflo w pipe. I've tried to read a lot about this but am left wondering how my s ituation being on the 2nd floor of a condo/former apartment differs from th e drain pipe setup of a normal house. For instance, my bathtub drain does not feel like it goes straight down very far before it takes a hard turn, p resumably toward the wall. I guess I'm just looking for any suggestions/ti ps. I'm trying to resist calling a plumber since I already spent $250 that I didn't have on one earlier that same day and the guilty party in this ca se was a family member who was babysitting our daughter and giving her a ba th. Thank you.

Feb 21, 2013 21 Replies

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Holly 9 years ago

replying to blerg_blerg, Holly wrote: So glad I'm not alone! Babysitter let a baby cloth go down the tub drain and now we're in the same boat.

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Gordon Shumway 9 years ago

Thanks for sharing.

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