I was having trouble related to a very slow draining bathtub. I plunged the bathtub, and the water began to flow, not perfectly, but considerably better. I know that either I did something really good, or I might have damaged a possible drum trap, considering the house was probably built in the 1950's. First, can anyone think of some of the possible damaged spots, from the plunging? It's entirely possible that there is no damage from the plunging.

Then, I accidentally made things considerably worse. I decided to run both bathtub faucets at full power, to test the speed of the water drainage and to allow the water pressure to help clear any remaining blockage. While I was at it, I decided to switch over to the shower and see how well the water would drain with the shower at full power. Upon pulling the switch, on the front of the tub faucet, water began to burst from both the tub faucet connection and spray out from behind the tub faucet connection, to the wall. When I cut the water off, the water seemed to stop leaking; however, I am concerned that there might be hidden leakage occuring from the main pipe and not just the pipe that leads to the shower head and the bathtub faucet connection. I am thinking that I am going to wait and call a pro plumber, first thing tomorrow morning.

Luckily, previous plumbing work has left the work area, behind the wall, easily accessible. At least I hope accessible enough to get the plumbing repaired. I am not so concerned if any possible drum trap is damaged, because that thing, if present, needs to be replaced, if possible, with a p-trap. I am also not concerned with replacing the bathtub faucet and shower head, as both of those are also old and in need of replacement. I wish I didn't have to have the shower pipe replaced but things happen. The answer is no, I haven't yet looked at the plumbing, behind the shower.

I am open to suggestions and thank you in advance=)

you need to figure out how to remove the tub spout so you can address the leak coming from behind it.
it either screws onto a male threaded connection or slips over a tubing and is secured with a set screw.
get us a picture if you can't figure it out.

Hey packy:

Thank you so much for your suggestion=) You hit the nail on the head=) The whole problem turned out to be a combination of old plastic pieces, inside the faucet, combined with high water pressure, when I turned up both faucet handles and pulled the switch to send water to the shower. When the faucet was replaced, the problem was fixed.

There was no damage anywhere else. The plunging cleared a lot of the block, in the drain, and it didn't do any damage. Though, I am not encouraging anyone else to plunge their pipes, as there can be risk in plunging.

Thank you for your help=)



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