Bathtub Unclogger
Bring 9 cups of water to a boil.
Bathtub unclogger. Place the plunger bowl over the drain and press up and down quickly. If your bathtub drain is clogged it s usually an easy fix. About once or twice a year my bathtub drain gets clogged up with hair and debris and starts draining very slowly. Fill the bathtub with a few inches of water just enough to submerge the plunger so it can create suction.
To remove the clog start by unscrewing the tub drain stopper. Remove the strainer and let the water flow into the bathtub from the faucet. This video will show you a quick and easy w. Now place a toilet plunger over the bathtub drain.
Some standing water is essential as it creates the suction for the plunger. 8 cups boiling water 1 2 cup baking soda 1 cup vinegar 1 cup very hot water 8 cups boiling water. Plunger to unclog bathtub drain. This time i did the same.
Dump 8 cups of the water down the drain reserving one cup. Fix a clogged tub drain quickly and easily by removing the stopper and fishing out the hair and gunk that causes the problem 80 percent of the time. Use the plunger as you would in your toilet to suction out an obstruction in the drain. Press the plunger down to create a vacuum and pull it over slowly and create a pressure.
Most of the time bathtub clogs are caused by a build up of hair and other debris in the drain. Depending on the type of stopper you have you can do this by twisting it off by hand or using a screwdriver. What you want instead is a reasonable unclogger the type of formula that includes caustic bases. We show you how to open most common types of drains.
My 1925 plumbing protests and i ve become adept at snaking the bathroom sink and the tub via the overflow drain. Sink worked ran some water in the tub which drained albeit slowe than i expected. About 80 percent of. Next to the kitchen sink garbage disposal and toilet drains the tub drain gets the most abuse of any drain in the home we load it up with hair soap and hair care products along with the occasional shampoo bottle cap.
Over time the drain gradually clogs until you find yourself standing in the tub taking a shower with several inches of dirty water lapping at your ankles. Toss in over a decade of thyroid trouble and i lose a lot of it down the drains. A drop stopper has a prominent knob that you lift and turn to open the drain. Every couple of weeks you ll come across a clogged kitchen sink or a clogged bathtub.