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dustyUSA
Hello everyone.
I'm over from the Stone Repair Network.
I have a customer who has the issue in the pics. I believed it to be that the weep holes were clogged and causing a backup. The homeowner had a plumber clear the drain, but he could not see the weep holes at all.
Here is the Homeowners email after:
I did have our plumber come in last week, explained things to him, and he cleaned the drain out. That said, he said the way the shower drain is installed (and I didn't have the sense that it was installed incorrectly), he cannot get to the weep holes, nor see them. So the buildup in the drain is cleared out, but the weep holes were not things he could get to.
This would suggest that either (1) my plumber didn't do what he should have done, or (2) it can't be done without tearing the shower apart, which would also mean that after the shower were put back together, the weep holes would just get clogged again. I suppose it's also possible that it means, because the weep holes are inaccessible, that the weep holes are not the problem? In any case, if we now have the cement-like build-up removed, it will look good, but it might just be a cosmetic fix, and eventually come back.
I'd love your thoughts!
I figure you all would be the ones to ask as it's perplexing me.
Thank You,
Dusty USA
I'm over from the Stone Repair Network.
I have a customer who has the issue in the pics. I believed it to be that the weep holes were clogged and causing a backup. The homeowner had a plumber clear the drain, but he could not see the weep holes at all.
Here is the Homeowners email after:
I did have our plumber come in last week, explained things to him, and he cleaned the drain out. That said, he said the way the shower drain is installed (and I didn't have the sense that it was installed incorrectly), he cannot get to the weep holes, nor see them. So the buildup in the drain is cleared out, but the weep holes were not things he could get to.
This would suggest that either (1) my plumber didn't do what he should have done, or (2) it can't be done without tearing the shower apart, which would also mean that after the shower were put back together, the weep holes would just get clogged again. I suppose it's also possible that it means, because the weep holes are inaccessible, that the weep holes are not the problem? In any case, if we now have the cement-like build-up removed, it will look good, but it might just be a cosmetic fix, and eventually come back.
I'd love your thoughts!
I figure you all would be the ones to ask as it's perplexing me.
Thank You,
Dusty USA