Slow shower drain

I've used the plastic barbed tool purchased in most plumbing sections of home stores with a sink drain at the house. A friend used a shop vac to clear a p trap one time with success. Getting to a p trap under some showers could be a bit of a challenge.

Your shower may not have a p trap but a rubber duck bill drain. If it flipped up, then it will drain slowly. If you stuck something down the drain then pulled back out, then that will flip the duck bill up causing a slow drain.

rhagfo wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Look underneath and pull the "P" trap.

Why is it the only thing we seem to disagree on is a hitch????

X2!! "P" trap likely restricted.

Don't worry Grasshopper it's only a matter of time as it was with NC :B

As has been stated above.
P-trap or blocked vent.

Do not use chemicals unles u like cemical burns when draining and working on it, hot water yes plunger and snake yes.
Frank

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Look underneath and pull the "P" trap.

Why is it the only thing we seem to disagree on is a hitch????

X2!! "P" trap likely restricted.

Add hot water until the drain backs up.

Then take a toilet stool plunger and plunge the heck out of it.

That always takes care of my small drain clogs.

Look underneath and pull the "P" trap.

If you have a shop vacuum, try blowing air down the vent. The pressure shouldn't hurt anything and if the problem is in the vent to the roof, it might clear it out. (You have a vent to allow air to escape from the tank so water/waste will flow in.) A blocked vent from a bird's nest can cause your shower and kitchen sinks to drain very slow. Ditto with the toilet drain.

Double-check that you are still level.