Dealing with Clogged Drains

A clogged drain is probably the last thing that you want to find in your kitchen sink or even your bathtub for that matter (which is surely a turn off). Getting up after a quite and soothing bath from the bathtub and reaching out for the plug in order to drain the water, but wait a minute, it has already been pulled out. This is where you realize that there is a clogged drain in your bathtub. A blocked drainage system can be really aggravating but the solution to this problem is a simple remedy.

Learning how to clean a clogged drain could be really beneficial in the long run since this is like the most common encountered plumbing problem. The first thing that you could in such a situation is to carefully take out the drain stopper. You are bound to find some dirt on this stopper itself. Clean it thoroughly and make sure that there aren’t any particles stuck in the stopper. That’s because if there is some kind of debris still left in there, that itself could be the cause of the clogged drain. If you face this problem with regards to the kitchen sink, all you have to do is simply clean the strainer.

The next thing that you could do is use a home preparation of baking soda, vinegar and some hot water. All you have to do is just pour this solution into the drain and it will automatically dissolve the clogged debris which was the cause of the problem in the first place. If not a home made preparation, there are always the chemical solutions that are available in the market. You’ve got solutions like Liquid-Plumr and Drano which are nothing but specifically designed solutions designed particularly to get rid of the dirt accumulated in the drain pipes. But it is strongly advisable to try out some other options before resorting to the chemical option considering their environmental impact.

If you’re still finding it rather difficult to clean the clogged drains, perhaps it’s time to bring in the big guns. One of the most commonly used equipments in this respect would be the plunger. In order to bring out more suction force to the plunger, it is advisable that you apply some petroleum jelly on the suction cap to get a greater effect. Then there is drain snake that you can use in case the clog is too deep for any other methods to be tried upon. You can use this drain snake to explore areas of the drainage pipe in order to find out the problem. Once you feel the blockage, simply break the clog by hooking and loosening it.

If you still find that the clog is too resilient for you to do anything about it, it is high time that you call in the professionals which in this case would obviously mean a plumber. So now that you have an idea as to what you can do in case of a clogged drain, you can say goodbye to the blocked kitchen sinks and the bathrooms.