We hired a contractor to pour concrete in our basement to level the floor this week, he finished the job okay. However we found out the next morning the bathtub in the basement is blocked. The contractor said they used the bathtub to get water but he claims no concrete should have fallen into the drain. I found lots of sand on bathroom floor and in the bathtub as well..
My husband and I tried draino but it doesn't work... Now i'm desperate...We just spent a fortune to fix the unlevelled basement, and now I need to rip off the bathtub?? What do I do? Is there anything I can buy to desolve the sand / concrete??
Please help me.... thanks a million...
2007-12-22 05:12:47 · 4 answers · asked by cars1977 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
I don't know how to reply to the answers, but just want to thank Rhemason for helping me. We will try this muriatic acid and see if it works. The yard is buried by one foot of snow, so I don't know when we will be able to use the snake... Crossing my fingers..
2007-12-22 05:43:31 · update #1
Pour a quart of muriatic acid into the drain.
Let it sit for a few hours.
Run lots of water.
This will attack the lime in the concrete.
You can then plunge the drain and loosen up the clog.
2007-12-22 08:26:26 · answer #1 · answered by Bert from Brandon 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Strong wet/dry vac. You need to remove the sand, NOT move it further down the pipe. If you do move it further down, it will act like a magnet, catching things to eventually block the pipe even worse. You will need to be creative to get the end of the hose as far into the pipe as possible, sucking up the sand as you go. The vac will have a 2 1/2 inch main suction line. Use that as much as you need. Then put an adapter on the end of that hose into a 1 1/2 hose to go further into the pipe. If your vac has only a 1 1/2 suction port, it is too low power to do this job. Some bathtubs have a trap under the drain. If that is accessible, you can open it up and get a lot of the sand out of there. Actually, I would try that first, then follow up with the vac. If you do try to flush it down, you need to run an incredible amount of water at a very fast rate. A fire hose is a good example of this. The fire truck contains a huge pump to build the pressure and sustain the volume. You can NOT do this with a garden hose, even if you used a dozen of them full blast. Eventually, it will get the the connection to the sewer and it would not surprise me if it plugged that up.
2016-05-25 23:10:09 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pour a gallon of muriatic acid and let the water run for a while after letting it sit for a for minutes and if that doesn't do it you might need to run a snake (rent one from home depot) through your outside cleanout--a locknut plug cap on top of the main drain pipe ussually located in your yard somewhere you might need to trace your pipe line that leaves you house.
The cleanout could be slightly buried under the grass somewhere. Always a good idea to know where this is located. Good luck and ALWAYS monitor contractors!
2007-12-22 05:23:53 · answer #3 · answered by Pi 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Use your shop vac and clean it out.
2007-12-22 05:34:07 · answer #4 · answered by renpen 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋