Artum Snowbird wrote:
Recently at home I used a piece of mechanics wire, and fished down the shower and sinks. Found gobs of hair and other neat stuff. Once you get hold of it by pulling the little hook at the end of the wire, you can get a lot of goo, junk, and other plugs back up and things might run a lot better out the hole.
I have one of those zip-it plastic drain cleaner tools (basically a commercial version of what you describe) that I will try first. If that doesn't fix it, then maybe remove the trap. I'm suspicious of the check valve because that would explain both symptoms (slow drain and odor).
