DYI Plumbing UnClog the Drain on a Dime

@orm760 (30)
United States
February 13, 2007 5:57pm CST
The next time you have slow drain, try this science trick. Place a few drops of baking soda in your drain and add vinegar. Immediately stop the sink. You will most likely here the drain rumbled as it clears out. Wait 5 minutes and pour boiling hot water down with the drain. The flush with running tap water. Try this tip and let me know what you think.
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jenalyn
@jenalyn (675)
• United States
14 Feb 07
Great tip. I will have to try that. Where I live our new homes where built with terrible plumbing, so I am always trying to clear our drains here. I new about the boiling water, but I have been using liquid plumber along with it. It sure would be nice to be able to just use baking soda and vineger. I just cleared out my drains yesterday, so I won't need to do it again for a couple of weeks. Thanks for the tip.
orm760
@orm760 (30)
• United States
14 Feb 07
Thanks! I've used this tip several times and it's never failed. The drain is should be noticeably refreshed as well. I hope this tip works well for all the DYI'ers out there!
praveenkumar06
@praveenkumar06 (4077)
• Hyderabad, India
14 Feb 07
in the case of a plumber, if they show up to unclog a drain and for no explaination