Had a new bathroom built, can't get this sink to drain fast, water builds up in a few seconds and takes minutes to drain. What am I doing wrong?
Sink drain
Had a new bathroom built, can't get this sink to drain fast, water builds up in a few seconds and takes minutes to drain. What am I doing wrong?
Sound like a venting issue. Are you sure you have adequate sized piping going to your main stack?
Its 1 1/2 to 2 to 4 to a septic right outside the window
So then you have no vent? Is your septic properly vented? Air needs to move if the water is moving.
Hellen Keller school of plumbing
Also the "enough wrong fittings for the job added together eventually make one right one and avoid a trip to the supply house" school, whose motto is "why use a straight coupling when four 90's will do?"
and why put pvc cement on threaded fittings........
the threaded adapter is attached to a bushing which needs to be glued
>"why use a straight coupling when four 90's will do?"
ebin :DD
there's no vent. after the trap, the pipe can only flow horizontal until it hits a vent, but yours immediately turns back down vertical. you'll get slow drains, gurgling, etc until you fix that.
what a shitty job
Ok, got it. Watched a video on venting, which let me try a second p trap fitting which made the syphon work. I didn't out cement on threaded fittings, but yes the 3 90degrees are funny, I'm moronic thanks...
Sounds like you made an S trap which is not to code because it will lead to a dry P trap. This is bad since it will let all the gases come back up the drain.
You're not a plumber. You're not good at plumbing. Just stop.
>You're not a plumber. You're not good at plumbing. Just stop.
Or you could try NOT being a dick for a change and educate instead of insult. Everyone starts somewhere, everyone has to learn the basics at some point.
Hydrogen sulfide (from the sewer gas) is acutely and chronically toxic, flammable, and explosive. Imagine the very real possibility that OP could be doing this with covid or a stuffed nose where he can't tell the danger he's in until he's dead.
I'm being nice by keeping OP (and everyone else nearby) alive and healthy. This guess work is wasting time and materials and the risk has only escalated since OP started.
>MUH S TRAP MUH CODE I'M GOING INSANE
His pipe drains under the floor. He's not going to replace his whole fricking stack so that the drain pipe terminates into the wall.
>Doing things right is haaaard. Can we hurry up so I can go back to my futa?!??
Your shitty beta mindset will never have a home here.
>Gotta turn this simple job into 1000$+
Thanks professionals
this is what you need
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Oatey-Sure-Vent-1-1-2-in-x-2-in-PVC-Air-Admittance-Valve-with-160-DFU-Branch-and-24-DFU-Stack-39016/100201861
you must be near a proper vent for a pro vent to work.
do this
that's some real plumbing right there, lmmfao, I bet that plumber is an electrician, carpenter, HVAC, mason among many other trades. Jack of all trades, master of none.
>imagine paying 400,000 dollarinos for a house built by people who pissed in the same corner until they were done framing it, lmao!
Gotta piss somewhere, I'll piss in your basement if I want to
Took shits too on many occasions
Acting like plumbing is complicated lol
Also needs a vent between sink and trap for water to flow well
>Acting like plumbing is complicated lol
how many states are you licensed in? Plumbing is as complicated as you want to make it, depending on what is in the pipe, materials, etc. It is easier to weld steel pipe together as opposed to running pyrex waste lines, imo. I'm sure your plumbing is at least up to par with OP, lol.
>pyrex waste lines
Haha yeah righ- oh shit its a thing. Learn something new every day.
anyone who thinks hispanics are hard workers is smoking some serious shit.
Show drain in sink
you have an "s'' trap continuous waste which is illegal and it's probably not properly vented.
if there are any plumbers here can anyone tell me what is wrong with my shower drain? it has a persistent slow drain that gets worse over time. drain cleaner fixes it for a day or two and plunging only for a few minutes. if I don't do anything by the end of a week I'll be up to my ankles at the end of my shower which will take 20 minutes to drain. I am guessing there must be a constriction in the pipe like arteries in a fat person which gets completely clogged by hair or whatever and my attempts at unclogging it are only removing the plug. I can't figure out how to remove the drain fixtures so I can try to snake it.
Post pictures of the drain fixtures sweet cheeks.
That's how this works around here.
looks like this except there's no screw on the overflow. the knob on the drain plug unscrews but I can't see how to remove the stopper itself.
if your drain is a lift/turn pull the stopper up about half way and screw it out. if it's a push/pull you have to take knob out (it screws out) and there's a slotted stem under it. screw that out and that will give you access to the drain. if there's no screws in the overflow it either screws off or pops off.
you can attempt to plunge the drain by putting a rag very tightly into the overflow and hold it in place while plunging that might get it. this also depends on your drain lines, if they're galvanized plunging might not do it and your drain will most likely need snaked.
the problem with drain cleaners is they make any hair in the drain a gooey mess and a snake just passes through without cleaning the clog. if no drain cleaner is used your snake catches the hair and you can pull the clog out. iv'e pulled out a foot or two of hair out of some drains.
I tried to unscrew the stopper but the knob just came off. there was a d shaped shaft inside with a washer, but removing the washer still didn't let the stopper lift out.