How to eliminate the blockage without any professional assistance

Proven ways to deal with clogged sink, tub, or toilet for people with any level of sanitary training. Do not expect that everything will resolve itself.

How to eliminate clogging hot water

Often blockages, especially in the kitchen, arise from the grease, dirt and small debris. If you have installed the steel tubes, fill them cool boiling water straight from the kettle. If the plastic pipe, just open the valve with hot water for 10-20 minutes. A small tube will not withstand such an attack.

How to eliminate the blockage plunger

Using plunger tube are injected in the air and water, and clogging collapse under their pressure.

Fill the sink or bath some water or drain it: the liquid must cover the bottom by 1-2 cm. If the problem with the toilet, wait until the water subside, or Scoop it, how unpleasant however: do not rasploskivat its contents across the room.

Plunger need to completely cover the drain hole, leaving no gaps for air outlet. Then firmly grasp the plunger (in two-handed operation) and perform the several movements up and down. You will feel pressurized in the pipe.

Very lift plunger, removing it from the drain. If the blockage has collapsed, the water will start normally leave through the pipe.

If necessary, repeat the procedure.

If the problem is a double sink, will have to arm themselves with additional plunger. They need to cover the second drain hole to prevent access of air into the pipe. If no alternate plunger, cover the empty hand sink in rubber glove.

How to eliminate clogging by chemical means

If you mess around with the plunger do not want to select one of the tested recipes.

1. Soda + Vinegar. Pour the drain 150 g of baking soda and immediately pour the same amount of vinegar (to clogged toilet ingredients safely increase the dosage of 1.5-2 times). The outbreak of a chemical reaction is accompanied by the release of the active sizzling thick foam, so that should not be afraid. Drain hole cover with a rubber glove or something else, so that the mixture penetrates the pipe, clogging corroding and not forced out. After 10-15 minutes, open the valve (or drain water) and check if it will eliminate the clog. If the water is still bad out, repeat the procedure.
2. Lemon acid. Boil liter of water and dissolve in it 1-2 sachet of citric acid (about 40 g). If you have installed metal pipes, the liquid can be directly poured into the drain hole. If plastic pipe, wait until the water has cooled to 70-80 degrees. The acid will dissolve the deposits on the walls of the pipe and remove obstruction for 10-20 minutes. If necessary, repeat the procedure.
3. Shop means for cleaning the tubes. Select any on your taste and budget and use, following the manufacturer's instructions. But remember, these toxic liquid. Work with them in the gloves and make sure that the facility did not get on skin and mucous membranes.

How to eliminate the blockage plumber's snake

If the obstruction does not want to give up, take a plumber's snake. Perhaps it is you or someone you know. In an extreme case, if no fear to damage the pipes, use a long wire or bendable Yorshik.

Look under the sink and find the trap (the curved part of the pipe). The water in it does not give the smell of sewage to enter the apartment, and through it you can get to the blockage. Loosen or remove the trap (depending on the design) and open access to the pipe itself. If you need to be cleaned bath or toilet, the process is simpler: you do not even have anything to unwind.

Gently insert your cable into the tube. There is desired the assistance of another person: he will scroll handle rope reeling on his hair, dirt and debris from the pipe wall.

Promote the cable inside for as long as he has not rested into the blockage and then gently drag it back and forth to break the cork.

Pull the rope. Install a siphon in place and open the faucet to rinse the tube and remove the remnants of the obstruction.

How to prevent the occurrence of clogging

1. Before putting dishes the sink, remove it from food residues.
2. Do not drain into the sink left after cooking oil. He belongs in the garbage bag.
3. Replace the drain hole protective mesh.
4. Make sure that the hair does not fall into the sewer system: in the pipes, they can cling to various ledges and stray into balls. Comb your hair before taking the soul, collect them and dispose of in the trash.
5. Do not flush the toilet a lot of toilet paper. Perhaps the sewerage system in your house does not fit for it. If the plumbing will confirm this, it is necessary to put in the extra toilet bin.
6. For the prevention of flush pipe with hot water or special household chemicals. This will help to remove the salt and fat.