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"6 Ways to Unclog a Drain Without Using Caustic Chemicals—UPDATE!"

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by: Dim Witte - Tue, 21 Feb 2023 03:21 UTC

On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 12:01:57 PM UTC-9, gggg gggg wrote:
> https://www.everydaycheapskate.com/how-to-unclog-drain/#:~:text=Pour%201%2F2%20cup%20of,getting%20burned%20by%20splashing%20water.

Plumbers will thank you for not using chemicals, and at least letting them know before they start disconnecting lines.

You can buy a cheep plastic rod that bends as you push it down, has hooks on to snare blockage. I would go with the use of Blue Dawn and boiling water as the best frugal-living way to go.

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by: The Real Bev - Tue, 21 Feb 2023 05:46 UTC

On 2/20/23 7:21 PM, Dim Witte wrote:
> On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 12:01:57 PM UTC-9, gggg gggg wrote:
>> https://www.everydaycheapskate.com/how-to-unclog-drain/#:~:text=Pour%201%2F2%20cup%20of,getting%20burned%20by%20splashing%20water.
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> Plumbers will thank you for not using chemicals, and at least letting them know before they start disconnecting lines.
>
> You can buy a cheep plastic rod that bends as you push it down, has hooks on to snare blockage.

Unfortunately if it gets snagged on something sturdy it can break --
then you have a second problem to deal with. I was lucky, it broke
within reach.

> I would go with the use of Blue Dawn and boiling water as the best frugal-living way to go.

The problem with boiling water is that you might not have enough of it
to get to the clog, which might not be something meltable.

I like the water-weenie-like rubber thing that you attach to the garden
hose and shove into the pipe. Needs two people -- one to turn on the
water and one to observe the effect. The bad part here is if the clog
is beyond the standpipe you create a nice fountain. Best, but messiest,
is the snake you attach to a 1/4" drill. Usually an orange housing.
The problem there, of course, is that some pipe joins are at right
angles and you have no control over the direction the snake takes.

There's a reason plumbers cost a lot. Reference is made to the Gary
Larson cartoon -- Cave-owners looking at cave-plumber looking at a hole
in the ground. Caption: "Ooooo, this not be cheap..."

--
Cheers, Bev

Use an accordion. Go to jail. -- KFOG, San Francisco

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Subject	Author
"6 Ways to Unclog a Drain Without Using Caustic Chem	gggg gggg
Re: "6 Ways to Unclog a Drain Without Using Caustic	Dim Witte
Re: "6 Ways to Unclog a Drain Without Using Caustic C	The Real Bev