Cost to remove toy from bathtub drain

[Anonymous]

Our bathtub has been draining slowly, and I'm pretty sure a piece broke off one of DS's toy boats and went down there. We've tried to reach it but can't. Any idea how much it will take for a plumber to fix this?

[Anonymous]

I am interested in something similar. since we bought our home, the sink in the powder room does not drain well, something it does not drain at all and the sink fills with water. we tried to unclog it ourselves, both with a snake and with stuff that you pour in the sink. it improves for a while (i.e. it drains slowly) and it gets clogged up again. I assume we need a plumber at this point. any suggestions? what would be a reasonable price? thanks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am interested in something similar. since we bought our home, the sink in the powder room does not drain well, something it does not drain at all and the sink fills with water. we tried to unclog it ourselves, both with a snake and with stuff that you pour in the sink. it improves for a while (i.e. it drains slowly) and it gets clogged up again. I assume we need a plumber at this point. any suggestions? what would be a reasonable price? thanks

We had the same problem in our old house. We finally had a plumber out for another problem and they snaked it and pulled out clumps of hair. It was much better after that. The snaking doesn't cost much or take much time, but you're going to have the minimum service charge. Obnoxiously our plumber charged an extra fee for using the snake which I realized after the fact.

[Anonymous]

Wait till you have a few plumbing issues and have the plumber remove toy then...

[Anonymous]

Buy a snake that you can attach to a drill. I had a similar problem and the manual snake just couldn't do it.... however the drill was fine. I didn't try to pull it back up, I pushed it through until it got to bigger line. Has worked perfectly since and now I own a good snake for future slow/clogged drains.

[Anonymous]

Coat hanger wire.

[Anonymous]

I've never been able to get a snake to remotely work--I'm no neophyte, either --I've replaced gaskets in the taps and changed the flushing assembly.

[Anonymous]

Try baking soda and vinegar for a hair-clogged drain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am interested in something similar. since we bought our home, the sink in the powder room does not drain well, something it does not drain at all and the sink fills with water. we tried to unclog it ourselves, both with a snake and with stuff that you pour in the sink. it improves for a while (i.e. it drains slowly) and it gets clogged up again. I assume we need a plumber at this point. any suggestions? what would be a reasonable price? thanks

For a sink I would just take apart the drain pipe underneath and see what you find.