Pman6
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Are there any special tools plumbers can use to extract the stopper?
The water is completely blocked. Tried a wire coat hanger, and could not fish it out. The wire bottomed out, the wire length seemed to reach the p-trap. so I'm concerned the stopper is further down, hopefully not through the p-trap.
Running a small amount of water, the drain quickly gets backed up, so hopefully it's in the straight part.
I called 2 plumbers. One guy said he could use a camera and see down the pipe and maybe fish it out. Sounded reasonable.
The other plumber was suggesting something more invasive- digging in the dirt and cutting out the p-trap, and changing the cast iron to ABS. That doesn't sound right.
I just want the plug fished out, not a whole replumb.
Here's the access panel next to the tub showing the overflow and drain.
The water is completely blocked. Tried a wire coat hanger, and could not fish it out. The wire bottomed out, the wire length seemed to reach the p-trap. so I'm concerned the stopper is further down, hopefully not through the p-trap.
Running a small amount of water, the drain quickly gets backed up, so hopefully it's in the straight part.
I called 2 plumbers. One guy said he could use a camera and see down the pipe and maybe fish it out. Sounded reasonable.
The other plumber was suggesting something more invasive- digging in the dirt and cutting out the p-trap, and changing the cast iron to ABS. That doesn't sound right.
I just want the plug fished out, not a whole replumb.
Here's the access panel next to the tub showing the overflow and drain.