blocked overflow

[bimbo alert]

sorry, must be really easy to do but my bath overflow is blocked and I don't know how to unblock it.

found out the hard way and flooded downstairs

 

[Bahco]

Dismantle it and clean it out.

Quite straightforward.

 

[bimbo alert]

I take it that means I have to take the cladding off the side of the bath then.
I was hoping that there was a way to do it without doing that.

will I need to get a spanner set to do it?

 

[Bahco]

The OV should just pull off but you should take the opportunity to clean out the trap and waste pipe (if poss) too.

 

[JohnD]

more likely a screwdriver. the panels are commonly screwed round the edges to a light timber frame. plastic ones may just be popped in. and wedged under the top edge of the bath, perhaps with some screws at the bottom.

If it was fitted by an eccentric person you may meed a jemmy or a big hammer.

The screwheads or nails might be painted over but if you start to prise it off you should start to see them.

the overflow grill that you see at the end of the bath probably screws into a socket in a plastic pipe behind.

unless you take the panel off and have a look you will never be sure.

In Norwich and Witham I came across overflows that had been deliberately blocked off by the plumber. i can't understand why, perhaps it is an East Anglian tradition..

I like bimbos.

 

[bimbo alert]

Thanks
sorry to be dim but how/what with do I clean out trap and waste pipe?

is the pipe bit, the bit I can see coming out of the wall on the outside

 

[JohnD]

toothbrush, washing soda, hot water, dishwasher. Pluck out the hair.

the bath overflow OUGHT to be connected to the plughole waste with a pipe.

 

[bimbo alert]

thanks johnd, this is a bimbo willing to try and learn.

I have looked at the panel.
looks like home made frame each plank nailed on. will take off enough to get to the bit I need to and look first so I know what I am talking about.

Will post again tomorrow after have done that if it looks confusing

thanks guys..

 

[bimbo alert]

toothbrush, washing soda, hot water, dishwasher. Pluck out the hair.

the bath overflow OUGHT to be connected to the plughole waste with a pipe.

thank you

 

[bimbo alert]

A big thank you, I did it!

Sorry for the late thanks but got up last Sunday and no internet connection

Only back to day at some point, I'm just in from work and its working.

No one mentioned 'get the hoover out to clear cob webs first!' Yuck.

I am sure I will be back with more problems over time, nice to know there is somewhere to turn to.

Thanks
Annie