So my bathroom sink is really clogged. There's a small pool of water in my sink that won't drain at all. I dumped boiling water down the overflow hole but that didn't do anything. I used a plunger on the hole in the sink which still didn't do anything. I've used a bent hanger w/ a hook on the end to get out stuff from it but there's nothing else getting stuck on the hanger. I don't have a snake or anything to use. Is there a way I can get the water to drain at least long enough to get drain-o. And even then, if the water doesn't drain in that time, will drain-o still get through the pipes when there's water in it. Please help me out here. Thank you so much. <3
1st try to take the trap off and see if it's clogged there. If not try plunging again while holding a wet rag tightly over the overflow hole. If you don't cover the overflow while plunging, the plunger's pressure is release there rather than the pipes. It also may help to put a little water in the sink while plunging to help make a better plunger seal to the sink. One more thing, cheap plungers aren't worth buying, use a good flexible one. One more last note, personally I dislike using chemicals because if they don't work (which they often don't), you'll have those caustic chemicals in your trap if have to take it off, be sure to use rubber gloves. If none of that works, get a cheap snake from Home Depot, Lowes, etc., take the trap off (get new trap washers if need be) and snake through the pipe in the wall where the trap goes in.
There are a couple of answers here, yes a liquid drain opener will sink to where the clog is since the liquid is heavier than water, but that method uses corrosive liquid and might temporarily solve the problem but may cause problems in the future. The better solution is to drain the trap under the sink. Every sink is required to have a trap, and there should be a drain plug in it. Be sure to have a pail large enough to catch the water under neath before you start to loosen the drain plug. If it is a P-trap you should be able to remove a section once it is drained and remove the plug in the sink drain and you should be able to find the cause of the clog. Good luck!
If you don't want to deal with the mess of removing the trap, I would just go to a local hardware store & buy THE 10 MINUTE DRAIN CLEANER. It has never failed me. It works way better than Draino, etc.
initially you may try removing the U-capture under the sink, and notice if the clog is there. you will choose a robust pipe wrench or Channel Lock pliers to interrupt the nuts loose. once you get it off, you will maximum possibly ought to replace the seals, as they are maximum possibly previous and dry now, those are inexpensive, and maximum hardware shops carry them. only take the previous ones, down and that they'll coach you have been the recent ones are placed. even if, in the previous you do all that artwork, I propose you purchase a bathroom plunger or the sink plunger, additionally attainable at any no longer basic ware shop, or maybe in some Drug shops and additionally are much less high priced. replenish the sink, approximately 0.5 way, and use the skill of the plunger, some circumstances, and optimistically, you will dislodge what's plugging up the sink. it ought to take some tries, yet with what you have performed already, it is going to do the trick for you.
