My Shower Drain Is Clogged With Grout

Unfortunately concrete and grout are what we use to make larger sewer lines.

My shower drain is clogged with grout. Theres nothing worse than finding yourself ankle deep in a pool of murky soapy lukewarm water after taking your morning shower. Im thinking the previous owner had grouted and washed the excess grout down the drain instead of rinsing it off in a bucket. One option when dealing with a drain clogged with concrete is to pour muriatic acid down the affected drain. There was a small flow in the drain.

Since grout sets up under water you may have to get a licensed plumber with powerful sewer and drain cleaning technology to try and clear the line. Shower water which drains slowly or doesnt drain at all is called standing water and its a sure sign that your shower drain is cloggeda clogged shower drain could be caused by anything from a small blockage to a major obstruction in your. The concrete had been in the trap for more than 2 years. Clogged shower drain cleared.

If the line is plastic you may be able to break up the grout and push it down to a larger line. Tile grout was the cause. So far the only solution appears to be to cut out the affected section of pipe. We have been trying to get it out by chipping when it was soft yesterday and then dumped muriatic acid down and left it overnight.

Hot water will not work to remove grout. I have a shower drain clogged with dried grout. The acid will attack the lime in the concrete and break it up. Not my first choice as it means breaking up the tile floor part way up the walls and having to retile the whole thing.

This is about my attempt to remove concrete that had cured in a shower drain trap. The contractor i hired to tile my basement bathroom dumped a bunch if grout sand down the drain. While doing the work i removed the shower drain and saw the attached picture. Let it sit for two or three hours flush the drain with about 4 gallons of water then use a plunger to loosen the clog.

But before you call the plumber check to see if you have the proper tools to handle. My shower drain is plugged and it could not be snaked so we put a camera down the drain and it lookslike the tile guy washed his grout down the drain and it set up in the trap. Every day plumbing repairs and installs featured all while my two sons cb2 and angelo learn the plumbing trade. The tiler washed grout down a shower drain and now we have a major blockage.

It is clogged solid now that the plumbers came back to do their water test. I just re grouted my shower floor because one of the grout lines on the floor was split open. The plumbing is under a.