Dan, Can't believe that anyone's not mentioned this before. Many bathroom sinks, including both in my house have a stopper or plug arrangement that is actuated by a rod or lever, usually located behing the faucet. This stopper is usually plastic and has four fins on it (to what purpose, I don't know) just below the part that you can see or feel in the sink. The fins can get fouled with hair, soap scum, etc and cause the sink to drain slowly. Since this stopper is right at the base of the sink, it is above the trap. Usually, to remove the stopper for cleaning, you have to disassemble the lever arrangement that controls it and then unscrew a nut that holds the actuator to the drain pipe. After removing the actuator, the stopper can be lifted up out of the sink for cleaning.
This sounds more complicated than it is and can, usually, be done in about thirty seconds or so. I've don it in a half-dozen or more sinks over the years. Many people have been surprised at how nasty the stopper can become. If Claudia or anyone else in her house washes his or her hair in the sink or if someone shaves regularly in the sink, that is likely the problem if, of course, she has that type of drain arrangement. Darrin Darrin Porter Senior Technical Engineer United Ocean Services, L.L.C. 601 South Harbour Island Boulevard, Suite 230 Tampa, Florida 33602 (813) 209-4247 (office) (813) 744-0011 (cellular phone) (813) 242-4849 (fax) [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Rossi Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] My Bathroom Sink! Claudia, Did you or your dad try running a snake down the drain? It sounds like he opened the trap but just looked around. A snake might find a real blockage. But, I don't understand how the water from the hose worked if there was a blockage. The vent stack might be the issue, but strange if none of the other bathroom drains are having the same issue. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [email protected]<mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> Tel: (412) 268-9081 ________________________________ Attention: This email and any accompanying attachments constitute confidential and/or legally privileged information. If you have received this email communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the message and any attachments from your system. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
