Clean Out Floor Drain Trap

If this doesn t work you may need to pull out your plumbing tools or you know call a professional.

Clean out floor drain trap.

A clean out is a sealed opening downstream from the trap that. If the clog is in the house trap or between the trap and the main clean out you should be able to remove it. Lets walk through the steps necessary to prepare for drain trap cleaning. To the side of the drain hole you ll find a clean out plug in a typical all in one floor drain left image below.

How to clean a continuous floor drain. In most cases the main clean out will be located at some point along this line from floor drain to street. You can locate it by finding two adjacent clean out plugs in the floor if the main drain runs under the floor. How do you clean a basement floor drain.

Either way there is usually a square lug in the center of a plug used to twist the plug with a pipe wrench. Take the clean out plug or cover off. In the future you can clean out the trap at the same time you clean your shower floor. If there is debris clogging the drain or there is no water in the trap below it sewer gas odors will waft out of the pipe causing a strong smell in the basement that can float into the rest of the house.

In most homes the shower traps on the main floor are usually accessible not as easily as the sink trap but. If cleaning the fixture trap doesn t solve the problem and you ve determined that the clog is in one of the under floor drains then you ll have to rent a drain cleaning machine. Secure the screws and fastenings before you begin cleaning you will need to remove the drain tap or any plugs you have in your tub. Floor drains naturally catch debris and other gunk building up inside and necessitating a clear out.

Disassembling the shower trap. In some instances the clean out fitting will be flush mounted in the floor but it may also be a raised stub out pipe. With it you can punch through the clog snag and retrieve an obstruction or cut through roots or stubborn clogs. A floor trap has a reservoir of water to keep gasses from the sewer lines from getting in the room.

With regular baking soda and vinegar cleaning you are saving the shower trap from clogging. It will also have an area where smaller heavy objects get caught and can be removed. Your drain may also have a separate large clean out plug or cover in the floor about 6 12 inches away right image below.