Kim Klein
New Member
I was trying to clean hair out of the tub drain (one of the flip lever type with a screen thing over the drain) using one of those plastic zip-it things? Well, the zip-it caught on the crossbars of the drain and about half the %)_(@!! thing broke off and is in the drain. I immediately flipped the lever to try and keep the zipit from going down the drain (so to speak) but now I need to see if I can get it out. I have a small diameter snake I could use, but I have to get the drain out as it won't go past the cross bars, and I'm not sure I'm strong enough to do that.... I gave it a whirl yesterday and got nowhere. 
I have read where heating the thing to soften up the old plumbers putty would help - is that true? Is there anything ELSE I should try other than to snag it with a snake? I was actually thinking a long flexible spring might work too - it might be easier to catch the teeth on the broken piece of zip-it with a spring...
I would sure appreciate any advice you'd care to offer!! I'm so mad that this happened
; I should have been more careful. Halp a lady out?
Thank you!
I have read where heating the thing to soften up the old plumbers putty would help - is that true? Is there anything ELSE I should try other than to snag it with a snake? I was actually thinking a long flexible spring might work too - it might be easier to catch the teeth on the broken piece of zip-it with a spring...
I would sure appreciate any advice you'd care to offer!! I'm so mad that this happened