Storm2703
New Member
Hello, everyone. I've been trying to fix a leak with my tub for the past week but to no avail. I happened upon these forums and figured I'd give them a shot, so I hope I'm posting this in the right section.
My house is an older single story with a crawl space (crawl space about 2' open area underneath). Apparently, my bathtub has been dumping all of the water out under the house and might have been doing so for months. A guy from Terminex was spraying for bugs and informed me of the problem.
I went under the house and got someone to run the bath and sink water as well as flush the toilet- the sink and toilet are not visibly leaking. I'm not familiar with the appropriate plumbing terms so I'll try to describe what I saw the best I can. There are 2 PVC pipes: the one attached to the drain runs into the one attached to the overflow drain. The PVC then runs down under the house a couple of inches and connects to a metal pipe. The metal pipe then continues down to about 1' off the ground, forms a "U" shape then goes lateral down the house.
However, down about 6 inches from where the PVC from the tub connects to the metal pipe is another metal pipe that sticks out to the side about 8 inches and curves up. The water is gushing out of this pipe. I laid under the house and tried to listen to what happen when you drained the tub. It sounds like to me that the water runs past this side pipe, maybe hits a clog or something, and then the water gets backed-up and starts flowing out of this side pipe. I actually have photos of what this looks like, but I'm not sure how to upload them or even if it's allowed.
I went out and bought a plumber's snake and ran it through the overflow drain; it goes down about 3' and seems to hit the bottom of a pipe. I don't know if it goes down to the very bottom (where the main metal pipe makes a "U") or if it's getting caught on something. Either way, it doesn't go past this point, and when I bring it up, it comes up clean without any hair residue, etc, so I don't think it's hitting a clog. I then, against my better judgment, bought some Liquid Plumber and poured down the drain, but it didn't work.
My ideas are all out but maybe I'm overlooking something. Money's tight so calling the plumber is my last option. Like I said, I'm no plumbing wiz so maybe someone on here can help me. Thanks for any help!
My house is an older single story with a crawl space (crawl space about 2' open area underneath). Apparently, my bathtub has been dumping all of the water out under the house and might have been doing so for months. A guy from Terminex was spraying for bugs and informed me of the problem.
I went under the house and got someone to run the bath and sink water as well as flush the toilet- the sink and toilet are not visibly leaking. I'm not familiar with the appropriate plumbing terms so I'll try to describe what I saw the best I can. There are 2 PVC pipes: the one attached to the drain runs into the one attached to the overflow drain. The PVC then runs down under the house a couple of inches and connects to a metal pipe. The metal pipe then continues down to about 1' off the ground, forms a "U" shape then goes lateral down the house.
However, down about 6 inches from where the PVC from the tub connects to the metal pipe is another metal pipe that sticks out to the side about 8 inches and curves up. The water is gushing out of this pipe. I laid under the house and tried to listen to what happen when you drained the tub. It sounds like to me that the water runs past this side pipe, maybe hits a clog or something, and then the water gets backed-up and starts flowing out of this side pipe. I actually have photos of what this looks like, but I'm not sure how to upload them or even if it's allowed.
I went out and bought a plumber's snake and ran it through the overflow drain; it goes down about 3' and seems to hit the bottom of a pipe. I don't know if it goes down to the very bottom (where the main metal pipe makes a "U") or if it's getting caught on something. Either way, it doesn't go past this point, and when I bring it up, it comes up clean without any hair residue, etc, so I don't think it's hitting a clog. I then, against my better judgment, bought some Liquid Plumber and poured down the drain, but it didn't work.
My ideas are all out but maybe I'm overlooking something. Money's tight so calling the plumber is my last option. Like I said, I'm no plumbing wiz so maybe someone on here can help me. Thanks for any help!