I have a single wide mh with 2 bathrooms at either end of home and 3 bedrooms. It is a 1980s era home and unfortunately I don't have much info on it. We have lived in the home for 2 years and have had some problems with one of the bathrooms off and on since we moved in. The tub drained slowly at times so I would plunge, use chemical drain cleaner and a plastic zip thing to clean hair out of the drain periodically. I don't think the tub is the problem however, I believe it's the kitchen sink.
So here's what's going on currently: the kitchen sink, toilet and washer are all draining directly into the bathtub which is not emptying at all. This began about a week ago. The first day the water drained out eventually over 24 hours. Tried to plunge etc... but I think that only made the stoppage worse. I tried plunging the sink and toilet too, tried the hot water and dish soap trick along with baking soda/vinegar, co2 plunger, you name it. Bought a closet auger and went in through toilet but got through no problem. Just picked up a 15' auger but not sure where to stick it yet.
Here's our set up: kitchen sink about 10-12 feet from bathroom, no garbage disposal and lousy drain baskets that I know allow food particles into pipes. Dishwasher in kitchen that also drains into tub and we haven't used recently due to issue. Washer is in hall next to bathroom about 5 ft from tub and toilet. Washer drains fine- just into tub, sink drains fine- into tub, dishwasher- same, toilet- fills up and only drains when plunged and then directly into bathtub. Should mention also that the toilet bowl fills up with same water as tub, I.e. washing machine or sink water, although the water in the toilet will eventually go down on its own- right into the darn bathtub!
I'm a single woman, consider myself a little handy- can change a faucet, set up washer/dryer, can find my fuse box and relight the water heater, but that's the extent of it. I'm super excited to find out how to fix things and have no problem getting dirty. I'm also totally broke right now and can't afford the service call for a plumber to come out and fix something I could probably do myself if I could just figure out how to!
So what I think is that the kitchen drain is causing my problem ultimately (could be totally wrong) from food particles and grease over it's 25 years or so of use. I've looked up how to remove p trap and think I could snake the drain in kitchen. I can't find anything on how to snake a trailer tub if that's where my problem is, since there is no overflow thing to go in through. There is next to nothing on the web that explains repairs on trailers so it was a God-send to find this site and forum! I'm desperate to figure out where my problem really is and how to fix it. I know this isn't a lot of info to go on but I'd sure be eternally grateful to anyone who could give me some direction on where or how to start the plumbing repair!
Oops- one last thing to mention. There is no water shut off inside, only hot water on water heater and I haven't been able to locate the shut off under the home. Also can't figure out what would be the main drain underneath as I understand you can sometimes get into it as well. The other bathroom at opposite end of house is working just fine, sink, toilet and tub drain fine and not into other bathroom. So sorry for the super long post! Hope someone can help
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