my son accidently spilled aquarium rocks down tub drain, now tub wont drain.
2006-10-27 14:24:11 · 15 answers · asked by puff1550 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
i did the same thing and use the wet vac for the majority of the spill, then flush the rest down as far as they go.... then go find the conjunction pipe that leads from your house to the outside world, it should be like a J, pipe and a fat base at the bottom, kind of liek a little pool, and litteraly hit that base part not with a hammer because it can bust, and the pressure litteraly shoots them out of there,,, im not sure how it works, but ive done it twice...,
2006-10-27 14:34:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aquarium Drain
2016-11-05 04:02:23 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can get a vacum hose down the pipe, cover it with some thin material like panty hose and you should be able to fish out a lot like that. Second best is a pressurized gas plunger or a device that seals up the pipe for a hose - follow the directions carefully or you could risk damage and/or a funny story. Worst case, you'll have to use a plumber's snake to try and break through and flush them down.
Good luck!
2006-10-27 14:30:01 · answer #3 · answered by brooklyncpl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my dad's a plumber and he'd probably recommend beating the crap out of your kid (just kidding, it's friday lol). anyway, you may have to take off the pipe that is connected to the drain, dump out the rocks and replace the pipe. you could try filling the tub with water and then using a really good plunger try to extract the rocks that way. the second suggestion is a bit of a gamble, probably won't work all that well. I hope this helps.
2006-10-27 14:28:09 · answer #4 · answered by NO delusions 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you have a solid concrete floor, your in a for a rude awaekning, but if you have a wood floor or you can crawl underneath your house you can remove the pipe and clean it.
The other remedy is to get a vac and tape a flexible rubber hose to it and push the rubber hose down the drain the suck up all those rocks.
2006-10-28 02:11:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There should be an access panel behind the tub. Usually there is a closet behind the tub and on that same wall there should be a trap door. Remove the trap door and look for the tub drain. There is usually a U shaped (called a trap) part of the drain that you can remove by hand (no tools). Remove that and hopefully the gravel will be in there. Clean it out and reassemble the trap wahla
2016-03-17 05:49:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
On the cheap? Coat hanger and a heavy flow of water, use the coat hanger to break up the obstruction, and the water to flush it down stream. I saw it on the discovery channel. And, uh, 'oh I did stay in a Holiday Inn express last night! But seriously I did see it on the discovery channel. Eventually a beaver will have a tree (the coat hanger) bust up it's dam (the stones in the drain) and the river will wash it down stream (the heavy flow of water washing it out to the sewer) until the beavers rebuild it (until your son cleans the fish tank again) LOL ...Good Luck!
2006-10-27 14:42:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
remove faceplate from tub overflow, stuff wet cotton rag tightly into overflow pipe, add one to two inches of water to tub or just enough to cover plunger bottom. plunge in short fast strokes or at this point a wet vac over drain will work
2006-10-27 14:37:34 · answer #8 · answered by trekkie706 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wet/dry shop vacs are very affordable and can be used for many things you can get a one gallon size for around 20 to 30 bucks and they are great for clodded drains! lots cheaper than a plumber
2006-10-27 14:28:23 · answer #9 · answered by Jo 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
If you have a Wet/Dry vac, then you can put the end of the hose over or into the drain hole and suck them up.
2006-10-27 14:30:19 · answer #10 · answered by marklemoore 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋