The most common cause of a clogged bathtub is hair. When you bathe or shower, your hair has nowhere to go but down the drain. When it slithers down the drain, it can get stuck to the sides of the piping, building up over time and attaching to other materials—like dead skin or scum—that went down the pipes.
How do you unclog a bathtub with standing water?
What you will need to do
- Pour 1 cup of water down your drain.
- Put the half cup of baking soda down the drain.
- Mix in the vinegar with your second prepared cup of water.
- Pour in the vinegar/water mixture down the drain with the added baking soda – Things will begin to bubble/fizz, this is good, it means things are working!
Is it OK to plunge a bathtub?
Next to the kitchen sink, garbage disposal, and toilet drains, the tub drain gets the most abuse of any drain in the home. ... You can easily unclog your bathtub drain with a standard cup-style plunger, but you have to seal the overflow drain first.
