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Having your sink clogged with dirty water stagnating there is a fairly common plumbing problem in households. Discover here some tips to use to unclog a sink as well as the reflexes to have to prevent this situation.
How to unclog your sink?
There are several helpful tips that can be used to clear debris from sink channels.
- Boiling water
Pour boiling water into a clogged sink
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Pour boiling water into a clogged sink. Source: spm
This formidable technique has the capacity to disintegrate quite well the remains of food which are attached to the wall of the conduits. Simply pour a large quantity of hot water (two or three liters) into it to be sure that it passes throughout the conduit.
However, this unstoppable trick can have limits, especially when it comes to hard leftovers like corn or beans or even small pieces of meat.
- Cleaning the siphon
To unclog a sink, cleaning the trap is one of the first things to do. The siphon is an essential route for wastewater which is emptied into the sink.
You must then unscrew it and put a bucket underneath to catch the water that flows from it. This will completely release the water from the sink and the waste without filtration.
- The sucker
To release waste water that stays in the sink, using the suction cup is an excellent idea.
Simple to use, simply place it flat on the hole through which the water flows from the sink and then create air. Several back and forth movements of this gesture will allow the pile of waste that is created to be gradually unclogged and raised.
- The ferret
In cases where the waste blockage has been created beyond the siphon, the ferret can be a useful instrument to break it up.
This fairly flexible metal rod can be inserted into the pipe. Its end has small brushes which allow you to clean all along the pipe.
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