DoorGuy500
New Member
Hello, My wife and I purchased a home circa 1976 and started doing some remodeling. She was recently diagnosed with a medical problem and now I need to make the home ADA compatible. So....., I recently converted a sunken bathtub into a walk-in curbless shower. It turned out really nice. But I should've checked things out more carefully before I got this far. I know it. So when we turned on the water, it would not drain. I believe the blockage is in the old cast iron P trap inside the slab and foundation wall. So right now the last thing I want to do is jack hammer the new floor and work to replace the P trap.
I put a camera scope on my cell phone and found the following... photo 1
So started using a homeowners snake (with low speed drill) and made it this far... photo 2
I'm not sure what the blades are embedded into, but I managed to snake past it a little,
then snapped my snake. photo 3
Thinking I was trying to get through concrete or mortar, I found a couple bottle of concrete dissolver and let one bottle soak overnight... photo 4
Today I found it was little different, mushy... that is the same blade from earlier pictures... photo 5
I added some water and vacuumed it out... so I am making some progress. photo 6
Would you have any suggestions I might use to make this go any quicker? The drain is virtually stopped and has been, but as you can see, I am making progress. I think I might be coming to the turn in the cast iron P trap and wonder what else I might run into.
Any help or advice is really appreciated!
Thank you in advance!
I put a camera scope on my cell phone and found the following... photo 1
So started using a homeowners snake (with low speed drill) and made it this far... photo 2
I'm not sure what the blades are embedded into, but I managed to snake past it a little,
then snapped my snake. photo 3
Thinking I was trying to get through concrete or mortar, I found a couple bottle of concrete dissolver and let one bottle soak overnight... photo 4
Today I found it was little different, mushy... that is the same blade from earlier pictures... photo 5
I added some water and vacuumed it out... so I am making some progress. photo 6
Would you have any suggestions I might use to make this go any quicker? The drain is virtually stopped and has been, but as you can see, I am making progress. I think I might be coming to the turn in the cast iron P trap and wonder what else I might run into.
Any help or advice is really appreciated!
Thank you in advance!