This shower drain immediately turned on a 90 and I have never seen this before. It was draining ok, but the grate had been removed which may indicate someone has had to unclog it before. Nothing visible from the underside except for a ceiling stain which may or may not be related to the “swoosh”. What do you all think?
I thought about it, but maybe it will encourage others to set their pride aside and ask the dumb question. And if anyone wants to poke at me, I can take it. Besides, I friends who are hackers
What drain have you seen that nobody ever had to unclog?
I’d say the main problem with the pictured drain is having to look at the icky spots, not lost in the shadow.
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Yeah, it is actually a valid question for some, as it may catch them off guard. Because it does lead to the possibility of the drain missing a P-Trap. Problem is, you wouldn’t know for sure without a camera.
However, I’m not sure this will come up in the searches as “swoosh”…
Well: could be just about anywhere nearby. Slab? Framed?
Do you have access to the property again? Stick a snake down it and see if you hit a resistance point. Smell the thing and see if you smell sewer gases.
And the solution, seriously, is stick one of these in instead of the grate:
Framed with this drain between finished levels. It drained ok, no sewer smell. But, I had plenty of other plumbing problems in the house due to amateur workmanship; which sort of set me off on this line of thinking.