Does anyone know what will work for a clogged sink? I tried liquid plumber and it did not un-clog the sink. The bottle said I may need to use 2 bottles but I only had one. I don't want to buy 2 bottles if they won't work. Thanks, Ally
I always use Drano MAX Gel, its in a red bottle. And I've never needed more than half a bottle to get the drains clear.
You could also try a plunger to help clear the drain. They make them smaller for sinks.
Good Luck!
If there is no water in the sink, I saw this on DIYnetwork.com. Use a bottle of Naer depillatory. You know the stuff you use on your legs. This guy said his wife tried it and it worked. I'd empty in down the drain and give it some time 5-10 mins. Then rinse.
sinks get clogged easily.. go under the sink.. put paper towel down.. and take off the curved pipe.. it should twist off.. the stuff gets caught in that area... wait until you take it off.. wait until you see the stuff that has accumulated in their.. wow.. i can't believe it.. when I clean mine out.. take it off.. clean it out.. put it back on.. and the clog should be gone.. it's really not hard to take apart.. good luck
What we do is use a ordinary toilet plunger. Just fill with water and plunge away. Works like a charm. It puts pressure behind it and pushes the clog away. We bought a seperate one to use just for that. The toilet one just grosses me out! Hope this works. Much cheaper then the liquid plumber.
Believe it or not...I use baking powder. Just dump some in the drain area and turn hot water on slow and the baking powder will bubble and losen clog.....worked like a charm on my tub and sink!!! Let me know if it works!!
My husband recently used the toilet plunger and it worked like a charm!
Buy a plunger
Try bleach
Hi,
Go to your local plumbing supply store and get Glugg. This stuff is the best! Good luck.
I have long, thick hair so when my sink gets clogged it's usually clogged with my hair. I take a q-tip and stick it in the opening of the drain and twirl it around and around until I feel it grabbing onto hair. Then, when it gets harder to turn, I pull it out! It comes out all nasty full of hair and what not and then I do it again with a clean q-tip and repeat until the q-tip comes out clean. Of course, with 2 boys maybe your problem is not hair but I thought I would offer my 2 cents anyway. : )
At work we use liquid dish soap, bleach, and hot water.
Mix it in a bucket and slowly pour it down.
Nanc
Hi Ally
Try good old fashion bleach.
Good Luck
Jeanne
A cup of salt and cup of baking soda. put that in the drain then poor in a kettle of steaming hot water.
If that doesnt work....call the plumber.
Ally-
you could try pouring some baking soda down the drain and then vinegar. let it sit for 15 minutes and then flush teh drain with boiling water.
Hi, I have the same problem. I use a snake for clogged sinks. It works really well and you can get it at any hardware shop. It's also nice not to have use those awful chemicals. Good luck.
I have use Max Gel and boiling hot water then use a plunger. works great
Hi Ally - If you can, remove the stopper. Then if you have anything long enough to reach the first turn (the elbow) with a little "hook" on the end (a wire coat hanger cut, then the end hooked up is good - make sure it's small enough to pass down the sink pipe. Gently insert, twist, and pull up. Sounds like a lot of hair. They have drains you can put over the stopper in the future to block the hair from going down and they're easy to clean. Good Luck, Irene J.
sound like you need to get your drain snaked. using the liquid plummer to often can really hurt the pipes. but the plumber cant fix it for 24 hour after you've used the chemical stuff. i guess it's dangerous. regular plumbers wont normally do the snaking thing so you have to call roto-rootter or some place like that. good luck.
Have you tried baking soda & vinegar?
Pour a half cup of baking soda into the bathroom drain. Then pour one cup of vinegar into the drain on top of the soda. Allow the drain to sit undisturbed for thirty minutes. Once the time is up, carefully pour a kettle full of boiling water down the drain IF your plumbing is composed of metal piping. Otherwise, if your plumbing is made up of PVC piping,
skip the boiling water. Use hot tap water instead.