unblocking a shower drain without removing the floor or lower level cieling to access the pipes?
Any ideas on how to remove hair that is blocking a shower drain under the tray, without lifting the floor or removing the cieling beneath?? this is one stubern blockage,,
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I assume you have tried drain openers.
Get a helper, a garden hose and a big towel or old blanket. Aim the nozzle into the shower drain, wrap the towell around the nozzle and drain to block any water from coming back. While you hold this mass against the drain have your helper turn on the hose. Quite often the water pressure will push the obstruction out.
if ur pipes are metal u use snake cleaner heavy duity drain cleaner if it plastic i use draino or liquid plummer and take the top off to the drain and run a metal snake auger sold in your plumbing supplies isle in homedepot or hardwar store and then u slide it down the piple back and fourth. and try doing that in all the sinks and in the basemtnet too.
Open the overflow cover (it’s on inside of tub in new tubs is beside the tub on old ones) Lift the stopper mechanism unhook it. You now have a route to the stoppage. Take a toilet bowl auger ($25 in most shops) place it in the opening and it should take you about 30 seconds to pull out all the long hairs stopping your line. GO easy on the auger; don’t force it especially if you have plastic pipes. Be aware that when using an auger always turn in the same dirction even when you are working your way back so as not to lose the crud you’ve snared. I’ve done this a dozen times it always works. Ditto for shower stalls.
Good luck!!
How steep is your roof? Try going in from a vent stack with a snake. If the roof is not readily accessible, cut a hole in the wall opposite the shower faucet and access the trap. All showers should have an access panel. Go in from the trap with your snake. Cover the hole with a 1/4 piece of plywood.