Use a more expensive drain cleaner with potassium hydroxide. It will clean the pipes and dissolve things lye has trouble with. Sulphuric acid drain cleaners work by eating through the pipe and dumping it downstairs.
Or whatever is in the drain won’t dissolve even with the most aggressive cleaners and the drain screen can’t be removed without damaging the sink, so live with it. True story.
Templo S.U.D. about 5 years ago
nothing like either a plunger or Liquid-Plumbr® (or Drano®) can’t fix.
jmworacle about 5 years ago
Or too cheap to buy drain clearner or hire a handyman or plummer.
Watcher about 5 years ago
It’s all the chicken feathers and dog hair from you two washing your hands all the time.
Gent about 5 years ago
Well, I’m bearly patient.
Breadboard about 5 years ago
Hummmm sometimes better to be proactive then inactive ;-)
Pocosdad about 5 years ago
In the same vein, I’ve found that crudded up baking dishes often benefit from a 2-3 day soak before active washing is attempted.
flemmingo about 5 years ago
Just use a plunger a couple of times or get one those gadgets that you push down drain.
PoodleGroomer about 5 years ago
Use a more expensive drain cleaner with potassium hydroxide. It will clean the pipes and dissolve things lye has trouble with. Sulphuric acid drain cleaners work by eating through the pipe and dumping it downstairs.
david_42 about 5 years ago
Or whatever is in the drain won’t dissolve even with the most aggressive cleaners and the drain screen can’t be removed without damaging the sink, so live with it. True story.
Spiny Norman Premium Member about 5 years ago
Actually this method can work, sometimes sitting in the water softens the blockage. It often works with a toilet, the paper breaks down.
cmxx about 5 years ago
Or ignores it because it falls under the heading of “It doesn’t bother me because I don’t use that.”
dsidney49 about 5 years ago
Cheap… frugal… po-TAY-toe, po-TAH-toe…