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Personal Consumer Issues • Re: Lye products for metal pipes?

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remove drain plug assembly.
The drain cover was removed years ago. Looking down the drain, there's a cross-shaped metal structure. Is that supposed to be pulled? If so, I'd have the plumber do it since it's too easy to break stuff on an old fixture (see below).
remove overflow cover plate and assembly (2 screws)
That I had already done. Broke one of the screws in the process. :shock: A friend is going to bring a special drill bit to extract the screw.
Use a grabber thingy to pickup all the hair and gunk
I pulled out the linkages and all was clean.
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put stopper or rag over drain, fill tub, put wet rag in the overflow hole to plug that up, use a toilet pumper, pump drain line clear.
reassemble.
I plan to go the plunger route that you and others have mentioned. Then call a plumber for the snake if DIY fails.

Statistics: Posted by roamingzebra — Sun Jul 14, 2024 11:31 pm



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