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Standing Water in Shower

  • 02-06-2021 7:22pm
    #1
    angeline
    Registered Users Posts: 904 ✭✭✭


    Hi all. My shower in the upstairs ensuite seems to be blocked. It was fine yesterday but after going for a shower today the water stayed at a certain level. Hours later and it has not budged. Now if I turn on the tap of the sink in the ensuite that water stays standing too. If the toilet is flushed the shower starts bubbling. I'm guessing I'll be calling a plumber tomorrow as if the water goes any higher it will flood. I tried putting a hanger down but there is nothing obvious near the top at all. Any ideas? Tia.


Comments

  • #2
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    Twist out your hair trap and clean it


  • #3
    KaneToad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,426 ✭✭✭KaneToad


    Have you a plunger? I'd have a go with that too. Try all the basics before forking out for a plumber.


  • #4
    elperello
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,584 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    The grid in the centre of the drain outlet in the bottom of the shower tray is removeable.

    You can use a screwdriver or similar to prise it out.

    Underneath it there is a filter. You need to pull that up and clean it. Can be hard to remove, a pliers may help.

    Be prepared, a lot of hair and soap grease will need to be removed.

    Give the outlet a good flush and replace the filter and grid.


  • #5
    angeline
    Registered Users Posts: 904 ✭✭✭angeline


    Midnight_EG wrote: »
    Twist out your hair trap and clean it

    I did. There is nothing on it.


  • #6
    angeline
    Registered Users Posts: 904 ✭✭✭angeline


    KaneToad wrote: »
    Have you a plunger? I'd have a go with that too. Try all the basics before forking out for a plumber.

    No, I don't. I'll get one tomorrow and try.


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  • #7
    TheBeach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 254 ✭✭TheBeach


    Try pouring boiling water down it for now.


  • #8
    Darwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,684 ✭✭✭Darwin


    I found this flexible brush very effective at unblocking our sink en-suite. It might do the job for your shower depending on how far down the pipe the blockage is.


  • #9
    angeline
    Registered Users Posts: 904 ✭✭✭angeline


    TheBeach wrote: »
    Try pouring boiling water down it for now.

    I did that but didn't do a thing.


  • #10
    Lenar3556
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭Lenar3556


    Your summary of the symptoms suggests the blockage is downstream from the shower.

    A good plunger in the shower and sink might do the job. Hot water can help too.


  • #11
    angeline
    Registered Users Posts: 904 ✭✭✭angeline


    Exthinker wrote: »
    Have you called a plumber?

    Yes, from my description he thought it best to go with a local drain company who sorted it out for about €180....


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  • #12
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,999 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Try a bottle of sink unblocker from your local pound shop.

    Usually do the trick for me.

    Leave it as long as you can before flushing, preferably overnight.


  • #13
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,105 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    angeline wrote: »
    Yes, from my description he thought it best to go with a local drain company who sorted it out for about €180....

    Ouch. You should invest in a drain unblocker. It's a long cable wound up on a hand driven wheel. Can get them in various DiY places and you'll always have it for similar problems.

    Hair is the usual culprit with these.


  • #14
    angeline
    Registered Users Posts: 904 ✭✭✭angeline


    listermint wrote: »
    Ouch. You should invest in a drain unblocker. It's a long cable wound up on a hand driven wheel. Can get them in various DiY places and you'll always have it for similar problems.

    Hair is the usual culprit with these.

    Will do thank you. Hadn't heard of that before.


  • #15
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,505 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Just to go back to the earlier comment about the plunger, I plunge my bathroom sink and shower every six months or so as standard. We have an old house so the upstairs plumbing has a fair way to go before it gets to larger pipes. Just ordinary everyday use can build up blockages bit-by-bit, and a regular plunging keeps everything flowing.

    In the apartment block where I previously lived, I had the same problem and went through a couple bottles of drain cleaner before I realised that a plunge every now and then avoids a lot of these problems.

    That said, the first time the drains got blocked over time and the drainage was at an absolute standstill, a bottle of Mr Muscle drain cleaner really worked wonders.


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