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Unclogging a bathroom sink without removing the P-Trap (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by way_of_UwU@programming.dev to c/homeimprovement@lemmy.world

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Hi all. Anybody have any tips or tricks on making a bathroom sink drain faster without going through the process of taking it apart, cleaning it, and putting it back together?

Normally when my bathroom sink starts to drain slowly, I remove the P-trap and push all the gunk through the bottom into a bucket using a metal rod. Now that I might be responsible for cleaning out several bathroom sinks, I'm starting to dread this process far more.

Drano works OK and makes the sinks drain a bit faster, but it usually gets bad pretty quickly again. Any tools I should be investing in for minor stoppages like this?

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[–] tooting_lemmy@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thrift is a professional grade drain cleaner a plumber recommended to me. It's powerful stuff so make sure you wear gloves and a mask. It cuts through everything.

[–] arditty@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Be careful with those! A lot of the more powerful drain cleaners are concentrated sulfuric acid, which can ruin any metal parts of your sink and plumbing. And if they don’t work, and you end up having to snake the drain anyway, you can get chemical burns from the drain cleaning chemicals still in the pipe.

Not saying I’ve never used it in a pinch, but be careful.