One of the first and easiest things you can do is simply flush your drain with a pot of boiling water. It’s not guaranteed to unclog physical or grease blockages, but if you have a slow drain that you ...

Start your drain-cleaning procedure by manually removing as much debris from the drain as you can. Sometimes the clog is in plain sight, like a wad of hair and scum stuck to the stopper in bathroom ...

Sluggish or completely stopped, clogged drains are no fun–but you don`t need a plumber to fix them. TOOLS: rubber gloves, rubber plunger, drain-and-trap auger, bucket, screwdriver, pliers or ...

Sluggish or blocked sink and tub drains are usually easy to clear if you attend to them promptly, but the best strategy is prevention. Use strainers or baskets (the kind that also function as stoppers ...

There's nothing quite like facing down a clogged sink, desperate for it to be solved - but one plumber has answered all of our prayers with a clever trick. The bathroom sink getting clogged up ...

It often starts with a slow drain. Then your kitchen sink takes longer to clear, until one day there's standing water and a strange smell you can't ignore. You run the garbage disposal, but nothing ...

A CLOGGED sink can be demoralizing, but you don’t need to dredge up a bunch of hair and grime with a drain snake. To fix a slow-draining sink, you’ll need two inexpensive household ingredients and a ...

When the shower water rises to your ankles or a toilet flush leads to an overflow, it’s time to add unclogging your drains to your cleaning schedule. A clogged pipe or drain is a common problem, but ...

Overflow drain at the top of a sink - Ari Triyanto/Shutterstock If you are not a plumber or sink installation expert, there may be some components of your bathroom sink you have yet to learn about.

Water was taking longer and longer to disappear down the bathroom sink. Then one day, it sat completely still and went nowhere. A low-end liquid clog combatant failed to clear the pipe. Ditto for a ...