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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Thu Mar 11, 2021 15:41 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
Zardoz wrote: Have you got any long drill bits? Yeah, I was thinking this too. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu Mar 11, 2021 15:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
I am on Team Self-tapping screw. Something like this might help: https://www.toolstation.com/dewalt-magn ... eve/p15585 |
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| Author: | sdg [ Thu Mar 11, 2021 16:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
I am still thinking of trying the screw method before I take the panel off. I would have tried it earlier but I couldn't find a wood screw so sending wife out to the shed this afternoon to look for one. |
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| Author: | markg [ Thu Mar 11, 2021 16:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
Trying to get a self tapper started into a bouncy ball without shoving it even further down might be tricky. |
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| Author: | sdg [ Thu Mar 11, 2021 16:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
markg wrote: Trying to get a self tapper started into a bouncy ball without shoving it even further down might be tricky. I'm thinking about approaching it from a slight angle, hoping coming from the direction I'm assuming the bend goes. Sneaking up on it. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu Mar 11, 2021 17:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
Bit late now but order a drain cover thingy too so it can't happen again. |
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| Author: | sdg [ Thu Mar 11, 2021 18:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
Zardoz wrote: Bit late now but order a drain cover thingy too so it can't happen again. The plug has one built in but I started removing it when bath time was finished because if I don't, she presses the plug back down to prolong the bath. Which was ok when there was just her but more difficult when there's a rampaging one year old charging about looking for her bottle and toast. |
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| Author: | markg [ Thu Mar 11, 2021 18:28 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
I told our daughter that if she was still in the bath when the plug came out that she might disappear down the plughole. She believed me and frantically wanted to come out as soon as I went anywhere near it. Kids are idiots lol. |
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| Author: | sdg [ Thu Mar 11, 2021 19:16 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
(3) suggested we use her toothbrush to get it out. Numptie. ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! |
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Thu Mar 11, 2021 19:17 ] |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Thu Mar 11, 2021 19:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
Is that the ball? Is it out?! |
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| Author: | sdg [ Thu Mar 11, 2021 19:50 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
Yes and yes. I emptied the bath including the drain down to ball level  then tried to vacuum it out. It was moving round but not up. So I decided I was going to have to take the side panel off and remove the trap but before I did that I thought I’d go balls out and try to stab it with something. So I tried a sharp knife, which did puncture the ball but couldn’t find purchase. Then I thought maybe I could use the sharp knife to squeeze down the side and get underneath it but the knife was just sliding back out. Then I thought I might be able to create enough space to squeeze a fork in which I could, but I couldn’t leverage it back out. Then I stabbed the ball with the fork and the cut I’d made with the knife helped the fork go in and I was able to work the ball back up. All of that, and the kids got their bedtime bath tonight.
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu Mar 11, 2021 19:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
  YAY!
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| Author: | sdg [ Thu Mar 11, 2021 19:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
Forked it right up. |
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| Author: | Kern [ Thu Mar 11, 2021 19:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
I love a happy ending. Giphy "huzzah!": https://media3.giphy.com/media/W3fUf0VuXtQqctm0E4/giphy-loop.mp4 |
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| Author: | Jem [ Thu Mar 11, 2021 20:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
Yay! So pleased for a happy ending that didn't involve dismantling half the bathroom
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| Author: | Mimi [ Thu Mar 11, 2021 20:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
Well done!! Perseverance paid off x |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Thu Mar 11, 2021 20:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
The lesson we can all learn is "stabbing things is the answer" |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Thu Mar 11, 2021 20:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
The other lesson we can all learn is to not listen to what anyone says on the forum and instead, trust a small child to do it for you! |
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| Author: | Kern [ Thu Mar 11, 2021 20:31 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
*adds "ball" to Cottage packing list* |
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| Author: | Jem [ Mon Mar 15, 2021 13:14 ] |
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Kern wrote: *adds "ball" to Cottage packing list*
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Mar 15, 2021 13:44 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
Cras and I met his wife - she was a fucking delight. I've no idea how she puts up with him. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Mar 15, 2021 13:44 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
Hahahaha well now, that was clearly meant for somewhere else 
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Mar 15, 2021 13:48 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
I mean you could be literally talking about any married male Beexer, including me, so… 
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| Author: | Cras [ Mon Mar 15, 2021 13:53 ] |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon Mar 15, 2021 13:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
Fantastic. |
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| Author: | Jem [ Mon Mar 15, 2021 14:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
myp wrote: I mean you could be literally talking about any married male Beexer, including me, so… That's true, especially as us ladies of beex are particularly delightful. 
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Mon Mar 15, 2021 14:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
Jem wrote: myp wrote: I mean you could be literally talking about any married male Beexer, including me, so… That's true, especially as us ladies of beex are particularly delightful. No argument here 
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Mar 15, 2021 14:05 ] |
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Jem wrote: myp wrote: I mean you could be literally talking about any married male Beexer, including me, so… That's true, especially as us ladies of beex are particularly delightful. I mean, Grim…could even have been talking about himself in the third-person.
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| Author: | TheVision [ Mon Mar 15, 2021 14:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help. Ball stuck in plug hole. |
Grim... wrote: Cras and I met his wife - she was a fucking delight. I've no idea how she puts up with him. Ha! |
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