Saturday, December 19, 2009

A cap of the shampoo bottle fell down my shower drain, and now the water is backing up?

This happened a couple day's ago...and now, the water is backing up. It takes quite awhile for the water to go down. What should I do..?





I need help, please, and thank you.A cap of the shampoo bottle fell down my shower drain, and now the water is backing up?
Bend a coat hangar into a U shape. Put the ends into the drain and hold the coat hangar by the U.





The spring action you get should be enough to hold the cap as it lifts out of the drain.





If it doesn't work you may need a plumber.A cap of the shampoo bottle fell down my shower drain, and now the water is backing up?
Take a plastic cap of any jar bigger than the choked drain.Make hole at center of approx 20 mm Dia. Fit this cap at the end of Vacuum cleaner pipe with suitable glue, make sure the cut hole does not remain outside the pipe.Once you feel the drain is empty, Place this cap pressed above drain %26amp; start the vacuum cleaner. The shampoo bottle cap will be sucked.





The other alternative is to connect small flexible PVC pipe at the end of Vacuum cleaner pipe with suitable method [ you may use suitable sized cold drink / juice plastic bottle to fit on to vacuum cleaner pipe by cutting the same at mid way or so %26amp; the threaded neck to fit small PVC pipe] insert this small pipe inside the drain. any foreign bodies inside the drain will be remain sucked at the end of this pipe once you start up the vacuum cleaner. All the best.
Well first take tweezers or something as small as it and try and check for hair. I know it sounds gross but sometimes there is old hair that gets caught in drains and when enough builds up, well, produces discoloured water and takes awhile for the water to drain. And if you can try to get the drain lid up, you can with some showers and try and check to see if you can see that lid in there. If it's in there you need to get it out with a snake, some of the plunger solutions or call professional help. I'd try and snake it out first though. Snakes can be used for getting clogs out of drains and work very well :) Not very expensive either so give that a try and see if you can't get it out if it's stuck good luck!
If you live in an apartment building call the super/maintenance guy. If you live in your own house call a plumber. They will probably be able to get it out, I would not leave it there though since its obviously stuck somewhere and the back up could get worse over time.
fish it out of there with something. if its that bad ask a plumber to get it for you.
its only plastic ..drill a small hole in it ..then fit a long screw into it ..then pull screw and top out
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