Drains, sewers and backups
Shower and tub drain unclogging
Shower stalls and bathtubs that leave you standing in water cleared through the strainer, overflow or trap, with tub shoe and stopper parts checked.
- Phone answered every hour, holidays included
- Fault found and explained before anything is cut
- Hair cleared from the shoe and trap
- Flow-tested in front of you when finished
Call now(365) 517-7215. A plumber picks up, day or night.
- Open 24/7. Phone answered every hour, holidays too.
- Licensed & insured. Trade licence details given on request.
- Shown before cut. You see the fault and the plan first.
- Gas by gas techs. Licensed gas technicians on gas heaters.
Standing in ankle-deep water at the end of a shower is a clear sign that hair has built up somewhere between the strainer and the trap. Tub and shower drains are narrower than they look, and long hair tangles quickly.
Access points
- On a tub we usually go in through the overflow plate rather than the drain, because the cable then takes the same path as the water and avoids the tight bend at the tub shoe.
- On a stall shower we lift the strainer, which may be screwed in or snapped in place, and run a small cable straight down into the trap.
Clues it is this job
- Water above your ankles before the shower ends
- Gurgle from the tub when the basin drains
- Black slime at the strainer
- Stopper that no longer holds water for a bath
Tile showers and linear drains
- Newer tiled showers often have long linear drains with a removable channel.
- Off comes the grate; we scrub the trough and its outlet, and check that the waterproof membrane flange is not cracked, because a drip there ends up marking the ceiling of the room underneath.
Fixing the stopper too
- Tub stoppers fail in many ways: a trip lever that no longer lifts the plunger, a toe-touch stopper that will not stay down, or a lift-and-turn top that strips.
- We replace the mechanism while the drain is open.
A water mark right below the stall is far more often the drain flange than the supply piping.
How the job runs, step by step
- 1Strainer or overflow plate removed
- 2Hair cleared from the shoe and trap
- 3Stopper mechanism repaired
- 4Full tub drained and timed