clogged kitchen sink

What do I do?
Help :-(

 

pour some draino down there and let it work.

 

Find someone in the area with such a thing, or buy one:

 

Take the trap off under the sink and clean it out. Then bleach or draino, but personally I think draino sucks. Never really had luck with it.

 

Draino and Liquid Plumr never worked that well during the few years that our sink tended to get clogged. What we did was used a plunger to move the clog along the line far enough that any water in the sink drained out, then we boiled a big pot of water and poured it down along with some Dawn (or whatever grease cutting dish soap you have there, Piaf). We repeated the process a couple of times (plunge, then boiling hot water with grease cutting soap) and it worked. That may work for you.

 

That's called a "pipe snake" in the US, you can find them at most hardware stores. Not sure what it'd be called in Croatia, though.

 

We call it something like "unclog spiral", literally translated

 

If you're really stuck you could try using cupped hands with pressure over the hole and pump it hard and fast as if you were trying to resuscitate someone.It's a long shot,but it has worked for me in the past.Alternately try and find someone with an old fashioned plunger.Any neighbours who may have one?

 

Buy a sink only plunger. All good ideas so far.

Unless you rent. Then call the landlord.

 

I just had my a/c drain line clog up and the pan was overflowing. I blew the line out using my air compressor. It worked great but I wouldn't recommend it. 180 psi in pvc tubing can lead to disaster.

 

boil a pot a water and drain the excess water out the sink with a bowl or something..
pour boiling water into drain. When drain frees up , boil more water and do it again,, in fact plug the sink and fill it with boiling water to get a good hot wash on the drain..

people should never use liquid plumber, it ruins pipes, if there is a leak in the pipe, acid will leak from there .. it could splash in your eyes, get on your hands ect..

boiling hot water < no tools no chemicals..

 

How to Unclog A Drain With Baking Soda and Vinegar

Pour a pot of boiling hot water down your drain.
Dump in about 1/2 c. baking soda. Let that sit for a few minutes.
Then, pour a mixture of 1 c. vinegar and 1. c very hot water down on top of the baking soda.
Cover with a drain plug (to keep the reaction down below the drain surface) if you have one and let it sit for 5-10 minutes.
Flush one more time with a pot of boiling water.

Why this works: The baking soda and hot water treatment will loosen up any grimy sludge that’s hanging out at the bottom of your drain, and the explosive chemical reaction with the vinegar will jolt it all loose. Then one final super hot-water rinse will make all the bad stuff go bye-bye.

 

Hello,

depends on where the problem is located. Last time the pipe was clogged in a bend behind or in my wall. I screwed off the siphon, filled a plastic coke bottle with water and pressed it against the pipe. It fitted perfectly . Then I pressed and released the plastic bottle a few times to introduce a back and forth water flow in the pipe. Refill the bottle if needed. It took me three rounds to solve the problem. And yes, Orison is right about the chemical stuff.

Regards
Gyro

EDIT: Oh, I forgot, it might come in handy if you have wellies and perhaps a life jacket ready

 

Yay for the boiling water responses! People agree with me! lol

 

It's the pipe-safe and environmentally friendly way to go!

 

yes, the boiling Dawn dish liquid, and the baking soda vinegar things both great ...

 

check the elbow first..theres usually a plug you can open and put a bucket under


then try the hot water...it will usually work if its grease clogging


if that fails then make yourself look pretty and stand outside until a man walks by...and bat your eyelashes

 

I was just about to suggest that. That's what I did last time mine was clogged.

 

Hello,

does that ever worked for you?

Regards
Gyro