Is your drain sluggish? Want to get rid of odors and clogs? Then surely its a time to clear your drainage pipe. Accumulated waste such as hair, food residues etc. on the surface of the drain usually block it. Fortunately cleaning up a clogged sink is not a difficult job but a little messy. Below are some of the ways that helps cleaning up a clogged sink.
Precaution is better than cure. A very simple yet a very effective saying. Although fixing the clogged sink drain is easy but then at the same time provides a very tensed situation. Hence one should take care, anything that can block your sink drainage should not enter the sink.
You can unclog your drainage system by putting water with large amount of salt in it. Even a good quantity of hot water should be poured at regular intervals so as to keep your kitchen free from odor.
If water is not enough to shift the blockage, you can add baking soda and vinegar to the clogged drain and let it stand for sometime. This solution will gradually dissolve the clogging materials and thus eventually shifting the entire blockage.
Another way by which you can keep your sinks unclogged is a drain cleaner solutions, but make sure they don't harm your sink drainage pipes. Moreover avoid using chemicals if you have plastic pipes. One should avoid the excessive use of chemical drain cleaners.
Furthermore one can use unclogging tools such as plunger, plumber auger, pliers etc..Plunger is the tool that is more often used to clear the clogs. The basic idea of plunger is to create a vacuum over the hole of the sink by covering it with the plunger and ensuring, the rim of plunger is filled with water. Now pump its handle for few times and then release it which in turn remove the clog.
Hopefully plunging is enough to clear the blockage, and blocking is more serious you can now turn the attention on the auger. This tool is used to push the damn material inside the pipeline that is causing a clog. Move the auger until the sink begins to drain properly.
If the problem is still unsolved and something is still creating nuisance then you need to hire a plumber. He can reach the root and can troubleshoot it. - 30517
Precaution is better than cure. A very simple yet a very effective saying. Although fixing the clogged sink drain is easy but then at the same time provides a very tensed situation. Hence one should take care, anything that can block your sink drainage should not enter the sink.
You can unclog your drainage system by putting water with large amount of salt in it. Even a good quantity of hot water should be poured at regular intervals so as to keep your kitchen free from odor.
If water is not enough to shift the blockage, you can add baking soda and vinegar to the clogged drain and let it stand for sometime. This solution will gradually dissolve the clogging materials and thus eventually shifting the entire blockage.
Another way by which you can keep your sinks unclogged is a drain cleaner solutions, but make sure they don't harm your sink drainage pipes. Moreover avoid using chemicals if you have plastic pipes. One should avoid the excessive use of chemical drain cleaners.
Furthermore one can use unclogging tools such as plunger, plumber auger, pliers etc..Plunger is the tool that is more often used to clear the clogs. The basic idea of plunger is to create a vacuum over the hole of the sink by covering it with the plunger and ensuring, the rim of plunger is filled with water. Now pump its handle for few times and then release it which in turn remove the clog.
Hopefully plunging is enough to clear the blockage, and blocking is more serious you can now turn the attention on the auger. This tool is used to push the damn material inside the pipeline that is causing a clog. Move the auger until the sink begins to drain properly.
If the problem is still unsolved and something is still creating nuisance then you need to hire a plumber. He can reach the root and can troubleshoot it. - 30517
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Scott Rodgers is a noted author who has been authoring on the plumbing works since a long time. His wisdom and expertise has acted as a guide for a number of plumbers across the nation. To know more about clogged sewer drains (click here) and plumbing clogs (click here), visit eLocalPlumbers.com.
