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    madpuma13 Posts: 2, Reputation: 1
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    Jan 27, 2010, 11:23 AM
    Drum Trap/clog
    All right so the tub has slowly been getting worse. So I decide to snake it not knowing there was a drum trap in the first place.

    The snake pulls out the usual suspects, hair, grime, etc...

    The tub now refuses to drain at all... I finally find the drum trap and go through it, a little (and I mean just a little) bit of left over grout from the tile guy who redid the bathroom (damn him), but not huge pieces that I would consider a big issue. But all in all the drum was clean.

    So I try to snake past the drum and have come to a point where the snake will not go any further. Is it possible there is a P trap after the drum that the snake can't get around? Or have I hit the mother lode of all blockages?
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    Jan 27, 2010, 06:08 PM
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    I try to snake past the drum and have come to a point where the snake will not go any further.
    First of all you better take a look at how drum traps are made, see image).
    Do you see why you couldn't get past the trap?
    Is it possible there is a P trap after the drum that the snake can't get around?
    Nope! Once you remove the cover and snake the top pipe you can rub-a-dub safe in the knowledge that when you pull dda plug it's going to drain. Good luck, Tom
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