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. over 5 years ago
nothing like either a plunger or Liquid-Plumbr® (or Drano®) can’t fix.
jmworacle over 5 years ago
Or too cheap to buy drain clearner or hire a handyman or plummer.
Watcher over 5 years ago
It’s all the chicken feathers and dog hair from you two washing your hands all the time.
Gent over 5 years ago
Well, I’m bearly patient.
Breadboard over 5 years ago
Hummmm sometimes better to be proactive then inactive ;-)
Pocosdad over 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 over 5 years ago
Just use a plunger a couple of times or get one those gadgets that you push down drain.
PoodleGroomer over 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 over 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 over 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 over 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 over 5 years ago
Cheap… frugal… po-TAY-toe, po-TAH-toe…