Bathtub Drain Cleaning in Tulsa

The bathtub in this Tulsa home wasn't draining properly. The homeowners already knew one thing: the old pop-up stopper was stuck in the drain and wouldn't come out.

Travis and Cody found the tub's waste and overflow were the original brass, and old. In the tech's words, the tub "also had a pop up assembly stuck in it that they knew about. tried to remove it but can't without taking it all apart." With the stopper frozen in place, there was no way to get a cable down through the tub drain itself.

Instead of tearing out the whole drain assembly, we went in through the overflow. "We cut the overflow to try to pull it out to run our cable," then got a 1/4-inch cable through and "pulled back hair." With the line clear, we put the overflow back together with a 1-1/4-inch Cantex fitting so it's sealed and draining the way it should.

This is a single-drain problem, not a sewer problem. As Michael explains it, if it's just the bathtub backing up, that's a single drain. If drains and a toilet are backing up together, "then it's always your sewer line." Knowing which one you have tells us what equipment to bring.

Hair is the usual culprit in a tub. A stuck pop-up makes it worse, because it catches hair and blocks the easy way in. We don't recommend chemical drain cleaners; they rarely clear the real blockage. Old brass drains like this one can be worked around with care, and you don't need a full tub drain replacement just to clear a clog.

• One slow tub is usually hair, and usually a quick clear.
• If the stopper is stuck, don't force it. Old brass can crack.
• If more than one drain is slow, or the toilet gurgles, call us and say so. It changes the diagnosis.

You get a flat-rate price before any work starts, and the $89 service call is waived when you go ahead with the repair. More on drain cleaning in Tulsa.

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