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Slow draining basin
Hi
Have a hand basin in the bathroom. It is frustratingly slow to empty when the plug is pulled and in fact when running the hot tap waiting for hot water, it will back up as the water exits too slowly.
I have tried the stuff you squirt down the plug hole, no difference. Tried a plunger a few times. some black smelly gunk appeared but eventually it stopped. Still very slow.
I have now unscrewed the water trap thing from under the basin and managed to scrape out a load more gunk from the downpipe under the plughole. The trap itself was fairly clean.
The water exit is still too slow.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Have a hand basin in the bathroom. It is frustratingly slow to empty when the plug is pulled and in fact when running the hot tap waiting for hot water, it will back up as the water exits too slowly.
I have tried the stuff you squirt down the plug hole, no difference. Tried a plunger a few times. some black smelly gunk appeared but eventually it stopped. Still very slow.
I have now unscrewed the water trap thing from under the basin and managed to scrape out a load more gunk from the downpipe under the plughole. The trap itself was fairly clean.
The water exit is still too slow.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.If you're on the top floor, and you're sure nobody else is having problems, then it could be the 32mm waste pipe from the basin to the soil stack. Disconnect the trap from the pipe, and rod the pipe with something like stiff fencing wire .......... rather like a straightened out wire coat hanger.
Give it a go and come back if it's still bunged.
Give it a go and come back if it's still bunged.