Thread: Are your sinks backed up?

Originally Posted by Phrank

Actually, an old trick for clogging soap is baking soda and vinegar, it will clear something as easily disolvable as soap. Either that are any degreaser type thing will clear it right away....

Phrank, any guide lines for amounts of each for effectiveness?

I can't give you an answer on that one Richard,
But I would have thought that of the elbow is clear it should be ok. I have observed that my ex-lather does clump though.
How about shaving into a large bowl like they did in the old days, then turfing the water onto the lawn. Try it for a couple of weeks after the drain clearing that happens next and see if it stops.
Or lay a cloth in the sink as a filter, lift it out at the end, let the water go, then rinse it out, outside obviously.

Ed leave the lawn alone man. Richard are you sure you remembered to pull the plug out old boy?

Get a lawyer, sue the landlord.

A couple of quick thoughts come to me on this subject.

First how much water are you using when shaving? I dislike those sensor eye sinks that your hands have to be under the faucet to run. They certainly save water but don't put enough down the drain to rinse the soap etc. away. We had a new addition at work that they were installed in. We removed them for other reasons but one noticeable difference was the sharp decrease in plugged drains as a result. Here water is relatively cheap so in my opinion don't be afraid to use it.

Second, We had a drain that I had looked at with my co workers we had looked at enough times I began to notice. Hmmm... We tried cleaner snakes etc. Back to back sinks with a tee to the drain in the middle. Always the complaint was from one room not the other. One time the room next door was empty and I tried the snake from that side. I couldn't get it to go! It ended up being that the tailpiece from the trap in the one room was cut to long and was blocking most of the tee. When we would remove it from the one side everything would look great... A good example of trying to look at something from a different angle!

These may not be your answer but if need be I could give you some more.

My laboratory drain plugs from time to time. It is currently draining slow and in need of a plunging. My shaving is the culprit. I use a small hand held plunger for my bathroom laboratory pictured below. Works well.




Funny thing is that the bath tub drain clogs periodically as well. Now I have significant hair loss (I'm bald!!!). Every time I unplug the tub drain, I pull out wads of my wife's hair. She has a full head of hair!!! Go figure.

Originally Posted by Razorfeld

Phrank, any guide lines for amounts of each for effectiveness?

No idea - when I did it I simply chuffed some baking soda in the drain, then poured some vinegar down and watched the fun...seemed to work fairly quickly...I'd guess a shot glass of the baking soda and maybe a half a cup of vinegar.

Don't put your face over the sink and look down the drain...I doubt baking soda and vinegar would make a good lather!

Pixel, big problem. Son is my landlord, a no shit kind of guy. I'd be evicted and on the street in no time. Asked him one time why he didn't want me wearing a helmet when I was into riding a bike. His answer, "Population control".

edhewitt and Bombay: Between the two of you I am going to age closer to my real age. You are both jealous because I still retain the mentality of an eighteen year old and you are both already showing signs of your dotage.

Originally Posted by str8tlkr

My laboratory drain plugs from time to time. It is currently draining slow and in need of a plunging. My shaving is the culprit. I use a small hand held plunger for my bathroom laboratory pictured below. Works well.

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I have never seen a plunger like that and I WANT one. Where? Where?

Originally Posted by bombay

Ed leave the lawn alone man. Richard are you sure you remembered to pull the plug out old boy?

Get off my land you young whippersnapper! It's my lawn I will do what i want with it, I won't be told by anyone how to water it, or how to cut it. if I can't do it myself, which I should be able to do, as I have at least a few months experience of lawn care I will sell it, but not cheap, nononono. If I don't sell it I will put it in a box so that no one else can get any enjoyment from it either.