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tinawvu
Mar 13, 2012, 08:50 AM
My journey diamond pendant went down the tub drain this morning after my necklace broke, so of course the wather was running. Is there a slight possibility of a trap being there and if so could it have possibly caught it?

hkstroud
Mar 13, 2012, 09:05 AM
There will be a trap. It is possible that pendant is in trap. Try to retrieve it with a shop vacuum.

Empty and clean shop vac first so you can find pendant in shop vac if you do retrieve it.

speedball1
Mar 13, 2012, 09:44 AM
If the shop vac doesn' get it you can open up the tub access panel. You may now disassemble the tub overflow and either hook out your pendant or remove the traps "J" bend and see if it's there. Good luck and I hope you find it. Tom

ballengerb1
Mar 13, 2012, 10:16 AM
The shop vac might do it but there will be some negative side effects. You may pull the pendant out but with it will be a small amount of water from the trap and a fairly large volume of sewer gas. You do know what sewer gas smells like, right? I'd just drop the trap.

tinawvu
Mar 13, 2012, 11:36 AM
Thanks so much. We will be taking apart the tub :). I appreciate it!

ballengerb1
Mar 13, 2012, 12:28 PM
Can you reach the trap from below the tub, can't get to the trap from above.

tinawvu
Mar 13, 2012, 06:34 PM
Thanks to all of your responses. A coat hanger, tweezers and some luck and the pendant was found. So relieved!
Tina

ballengerb1
Mar 13, 2012, 07:19 PM
You must be Irish, Happy St. Patricks Day to you.

speedball1
Mar 14, 2012, 04:51 AM
GREAT!!Always glad to hear a happy ending. Thanks for the update. Tom