How To Do Just About Everything
By eHow Home & Garden Editor
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If your sink is stopped up, try these simple steps before calling in a plumber.
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Comments
goode2shuz said
on 8/31/2008 I have 2 teenagers so enough said. I have vinegar but no baking soda on hand, but I had dry Drano so I used hot water with it and it worked! (I first tried Drano's directions using cold water and it did not work.) Thanks ohneclue's!!!!!
skbaratta said
on 1/27/2008 Both sides of my sink were clogged with debris and water almost to the brim on each side, so I knew the baking soda/vinegar, etc. were not going to work anytime soon. I took a suggestion from this site and it worked in 3 miutes! I held the hairdryer to the base of the trap (the u-shaped pipe underneath the sink) for 2-3 minutes, then flipped on the garbage disposal, and both sinks full of water disappeared in seconds! :o)
triplej said
on 10/24/2007 I tried the Vinegar, Baking Soda and Hot Water combination ... Unfortunately, it didn't work. Any other proven ideas - outside of call a plumber?
triplej said
on 10/24/2007 Vinegar and Baking Soda didn't work for me. Any ideas outside of calling a plumber? I've got two sinks - one is a garbage disposal.
deb72921 said
on 10/23/2007 I was a little skeptical about the baking soda and vinegar.......but it works!!!! I have a 2 well kitchen sink, with a disposal on one side. The sinks were standing with water from trying to use a plunger on it. I was getting desprate at this point. Then I decided to give the soda and vinegar a try. I drain the side that didn't have the disposal on and added the soda and then the vinegar. I let it sit for, probably an half an hour. The water was draining out of both sides. When all the water was out of the sinks I poured some boiling hot water down each sink.......and that did the trick. Thanks Dolores for the tip, it was well worth the saving of calling a plumber!!