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Anyone know a good plumber?
Friday morning I decided to rinse one of my wool dresses in the tub. I flipped the lever and put a little water in with some Woolite to soak. The tub drained to quickly for a good soak and so I spot cleaned, rinsed and hung it to dry.
Saturday morning I went to shower and the tub wouldn't drain. Dad suggested that maybe the plunger unit needed to be adjusted so I took the lever plate off and gently pulled the mechanism up to discover the bottom half missing. That would explain the plugged tub, of course, but try as I might I could not get a hold of the other half that was still in the pipe. I had appointments so dad came over in the evening and went fishing he was very successful and the other piece came out on his first try.
We decided to replace the old assembly with a new one and had it all affixed to the lever plate when we discovered that the pipe and the assembly were not of the same vintage standard and, hence, the new assembly would not fit in the old pipe. So we went back to the old pieces and put it all back together. We ran so water and... It still wouldn't drain. We pulled the drain plug back out and the water didn't drain... Apparently the two were not related. I ran a full bottle of drain cleaner through it- it slowly leaked out but water still stood in the tub.
I took my shower this morning and ended up standing in ankle deep water which still hadn't drained an hour and a half later.
Dad tried to use a snake but the pipe angles wouldn't allow it. We ran about two boxes of baking soda and a full bottle of vinegar into the drain. It was fun chemistry but didn't fix the problem.
So now, all that's left is to call a plumber, or plan on bailing water after every shower. Of course I don't have any money for the plumber. I am incredibly frustrated to the point of wanting to scream and throw things.
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