this might not be considered too much of "common sense" but, did you tried pulling really hard? i dont see why you couldn't try that since it is all metal tubing.
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Drain cleaner (snake) stuck in tub - plumber question UPDATE Snake Out!
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I agree.
Stand above the drain with your feet on either side. Grab that sucker like a post hole digger and yank like you are trying to pull start the earth. That should do the trick. LOL
my problem in f'ing with older pipes is it turns into a 3 trip day to big box store...
Mine are iron. They're 50+ years old. They'd crumble.
my dads are cast iron... and copper ran up out the basement slab. Last year I put a new HW tank in. Had to handle with kid gloves.
I did pull hard to no avail. In fact I pulled so hard I reshaped the auger. See pic. Supposed to be tight coils but now they are stretched way out.
No clogs in the short pipe leading from base of tub to down pipe. Just a few inches of pipe there and that section was clean. I knew the clog was below that in the down pipe or elbow. So by running the snake where I did it is a straight shot down to the mess, versus a few inches and then the 90 degree downturn and then into the mess.
See the updated pic I uploaded - I pulled real hard and only stretched the coils of the auger.
This.
And I despise plumbing. Electrical OK. Painting drywall framing OK. Plumbing not OK. LOL
