Hi all. Anybody have any tips or tricks on making a bathroom sink drain faster without going through the process of taking it apart, cleaning it, and putting it back together?
Normally when my bathroom sink starts to drain slowly, I remove the P-trap and push all the gunk through the bottom into a bucket using a metal rod. Now that I might be responsible for cleaning out several bathroom sinks, I’m starting to dread this process far more.
Drano works OK and makes the sinks drain a bit faster, but it usually gets bad pretty quickly again. Any tools I should be investing in for minor stoppages like this?
The cheap plungers you can buy at the dollar store are your friend. They are actually made for sinks, which is why they are flat on the bottom. Toilet plungers are made to fit the bowl.
To use a plunger on a sink, get a rag wet and cover or plug the vent hole (usually at the top opposite the faucet). Then fill up the sink and plunge away.
Good call on the wet rag.
You can also use this same plunger on the shower/tub and also need to block the overflow vent on that. Works great for pushing all the hair and gunk through without disassembling everything.