There’s something intoxicating about that first flushing sound as a clog gets knocked loose and the water starts draining at full speed.
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Little rippah!
Plungers are oft overlooked and underrated. Patience and light elbow grease are all that's required.
They do nothing on a proper clog. A $20 coil snake is gentle and breaks up any clog.
Is a proper clog a shoe worn by a proper Scotsman?
Is there a simple way to clean them? I dry heave every time I have to pull out sink clogs, so I just use the little $1 disposable plastic ones so I can chuck it in the trash and be done with it. I’d prefer to have less one use plastic, but every time I’ve tried to clean them off (even with gloves on) it’s been such a sensory nightmare I couldn’t take it.
ysk, smiling suppresses the gag reflex....
If you get a nice metal one you can use acid to dissolve the hair that gets stuck in it. Then you can just wash the soap scum off.
DISCLAIMER: acid is incredibly dangerous. Make sure you know how to handle it. Wear easy to remove protective clothing, acid-rated eye protection, acid-proof gloves, and ideally do this outside, where spills aren’t a catastrophe.
I don’t do this to clean my snake, myself, but I do sometimes use sulphuric acid in my drain to clear up clogs my snake can’t reach (note: my drains are safe for this, not all are. Do not just assume you can dump acid down the drain and be done with it. You can corrode or rupture your waste lines.) so I know it works fine to break down hair and stuff, then the rest just washes away. If you go this route, soak in acid outside (it fumes, and you don’t want to breathe it), preferably in some sort of sealed container. But do make sure the container is acid-proof, like glass. And you can dilute the acid if you want, a little goes a long way if you let it sit for a while.
No, if you get a disposable one, it’s really not worth trying long to clean and reuse them. A regular snake is much easier to clean
TLDR: I had a slow drain turn into about $1k
My bathroom sink was slow and I tried to plunge it. Ended up clogged right after. Wife and I now have to brush in the kitchen. Wife not happy.
I go to open the clear out under the sink. It's glued in... Never seen that before. Old ass house...
So I call a drainage tech. He snakes two runs in the basement. Doesn't clear it. Tries to snake the bathroom sink. Explains the lack of access prevents him from clearing it out.
He recommends a plumber. He calls the guy, sends pics, gets me a quote. I get 3 more qoutes. End up with the first guy. Upsell to a sink as well.
I turned off the water under the sink and the old knobs decide to start leaking. Yay. Add that on too.
So bathroom now has a new sewer clear-out, standard elbow removal, new sink, new sink water shutoff and new laundry shutoff (because fuck it, the old one was too high up)
So that's how I had a slow drain turn into about $1k
Check the outside drain into which that pipe exits if there is one. The hair and gunge may well now be partially blocking it. Ours backed up under heavy rain quite frequently until I installed chicken wire an inch above the grid down there
Also works on the sink after trimming a beard
You can avoid clogging problems when trimming your bears by not flushing the hairs down the drain in the first place. I usually try to trim into a small trashcan primarily, and the remaining hairs I wipe away with some toilet paper and throw in the trash.
A good trick that I use as a first attempt on sink drains is a wet/dry vac. 99% of the time it works for sinks and shower/ tub drains.
Remove any grid strainer or pop-up that will be in the way if possible , put a wet rag over the tub overflow hole ( if applicable) and put the running shop vac hose over the drain and the clog will come out rather than going further down the line.
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