Kitchen Sink Clogged Past P Trap
Past the p trap and still clogged up december 12 2010 128 pm subscribe.
Kitchen sink clogged past p trap. Kitchen sink clogged past trap. If its a double bowl kitchen sink stuff a wet rag into one drain opening while you plunge the other one. If youre in a pinch and dont have a snake you could also try using a straightened wire coat hanger.
Be sure to put a bucket under the pipe before removing it. Plumbing 101 what a clogged kitchen drain looks like and how to unclog it how to save anywhere from 50 to 200 fixing a simple choke block in the home kitchen sink drain depending on. Unfortunately the traps water trapping ability extends to hair grease debris and soap scum.
Have you ever struggled with a clogged sink. How can i fix it. The p trap is that curved pipe that you see beneath any sink in your home.
Place the stopper in the sink and fill it with water. Water just pushes from one side to the other. This makes a p trap the number one location of clogs in the sewer system.
Not sure where go from here. Release the stopper and watch beneath the sink to verify that the drain joints are not leaking. Day before yesterday our sink stopped up.
If the p trap becomes only slightly clogged then you experience slow drainage in the fixture. Most minor sink clogs can be cleared with a plunger. We started with a bottle of drain o in the drains but it had no affect.