The clogged drain will lead to many troubles some of them are damaging and costly. The common cause for the clogged drains is the strands of hair which get all knotted up in the drains. When the drains get congested, traditionally you had only some few choices to take out them out: the drain snake or the plunger that physically removes the clog. You may also use the toxic chemicals if you wish to.
Drain clear chemicals are going right into the waste-water systems where they’re not filtered out, then, finally will end up in streams and rivers. These chemicals will also damage some kinds of pipes and have been hazardous when they come in touch with our bare skin or eyes and the fumes will cause respiratory irritation. Seriously, accidental ingestion, through the child or a pet will be dangerous. These are some of the causes why many people are trying to avoid chemicals.
Below are the three chemical-free ways to open clogged drains with stuffs you probably already own around your house:
1. Baking Soda and Vinegar Mixture – by this remedy, you will not need to inspect any further than the kitchen pantry! For unclogging the drain with vinegar and baking soda follow these 3 easy steps:
Measure a mug of baking soda, then, pour it down your drain.
Right away follow your baking soda with a cup of vinegar poured the drain.
Watch out for the fizzing in your drain and 5 minutes after that fizzing stop, flush your drain with 2 quarts of warm water.
2. Drain Snake – the drain auger or the plumber’s snake is the plumbing tool used in removing clogs that will cause blockage in drain pipes. The snakes are the best for unclogging drains, particularly when dealing with those stubborn clogs that cannot seem to be taken out by the plunger. The auger or the drain snake is a long metallic, flexible cable with the uncoiled spring or the small auger connected at the end which gets into a drain pipe. Another end of that cable had the handle. You may insert the snake by yourself into the drain pipe and then rotate a handle or crank to uncoil a snake. As this uncoils, a snake moves deeper into a drain until an auger penetrates by the clog and then breaks it up.
3. Plunger – there are 2 kinds of plungers.
The type with the steep black cup will be the toilet plunger.
A red plunger with the shallow cup is styled for opening tub drains and sink. In order to function, there must be water covering a drain. Place a plunger cup through the drain and then push down until a plunger makes the best vacuum seal over a drain. Grasp the handle, then pump a plunger cup up, then down quickly 5 or 6 times. Pull backwards and see when a drain opens. Replicate the procedure until a clog is being forced out and a drain opens.