Greetings!
I have a bathtub/shower drain on the 2nd floor of my house that is clogged (only drain with a problem in the whole house). I have replaced the metal overflow, drain and trap with PVC but still no luck. The remaining cast iron metal pipe is horizontal for about a foot or two, and then goes into a tee. I have pushed a 25 foot snake through this pipe but still no flow. The part of the tee that goes down meets up with other drain pipes less than 25 feet from where I am snaking. Also my wife said she thinks she heard me snaking loudest in a room above the bathroom. I can think of only 2 possible situations at this point.
1. my clog is below the tee and my snake is going upwards at the tee.
2. my clog is in the vent and my snake is going downwards.
If my clog is below the tee how do I make my snake go downwards? Is it possible that a clogged vent would not let the tub drain? I have a big cast iron clean out in the basement but the other pipes meet up with the pipe that I snaked before the clean out.
Thanks for your help everyone.
I have a bathtub/shower drain on the 2nd floor of my house that is clogged (only drain with a problem in the whole house). I have replaced the metal overflow, drain and trap with PVC but still no luck. The remaining cast iron metal pipe is horizontal for about a foot or two, and then goes into a tee. I have pushed a 25 foot snake through this pipe but still no flow. The part of the tee that goes down meets up with other drain pipes less than 25 feet from where I am snaking. Also my wife said she thinks she heard me snaking loudest in a room above the bathroom. I can think of only 2 possible situations at this point.
1. my clog is below the tee and my snake is going upwards at the tee.
2. my clog is in the vent and my snake is going downwards.
If my clog is below the tee how do I make my snake go downwards? Is it possible that a clogged vent would not let the tub drain? I have a big cast iron clean out in the basement but the other pipes meet up with the pipe that I snaked before the clean out.
Thanks for your help everyone.