LearningToBeHandy
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This particular slow draining tub has an overflow plate with a single screw in the center. After removing the screw and plate, there is not enough room to get a snake with the traditional spiral type head into and past it down the drain.
Is a flat sewer snake/rod the right thing to use for that? I see some of them have spear heads that don't look like they would fit either though. Did I just not notice that snakes come in different sizes and got one not appropriate for this?
I've already removed the bathtub drain with tool and cleaned all that out. In that case there doesn't seem to be enough room there either to get a snake past the 90 degree bend that leads to the drain which is at another 90 degrees (presumably) and leads down (or up to the overflow plate). The snake head again seems to be too big to allow for those bends easily.
Specific product recommendations are appreciated. I'll likely be doing this a bunch so I'm ok getting a better tool if there's something that's a little pricey but works much better than the rest.
Thanks for reading.
Is a flat sewer snake/rod the right thing to use for that? I see some of them have spear heads that don't look like they would fit either though. Did I just not notice that snakes come in different sizes and got one not appropriate for this?
I've already removed the bathtub drain with tool and cleaned all that out. In that case there doesn't seem to be enough room there either to get a snake past the 90 degree bend that leads to the drain which is at another 90 degrees (presumably) and leads down (or up to the overflow plate). The snake head again seems to be too big to allow for those bends easily.
Specific product recommendations are appreciated. I'll likely be doing this a bunch so I'm ok getting a better tool if there's something that's a little pricey but works much better than the rest.
Thanks for reading.