How to unclog sink pipes

Step 5: Putting it all back together

Put all the pipes back the way they were and screw all fittings nice and tight. Run the water to make sure the pipes are clear and there are no leaks.

That's it, you're done! Go reward yourself with something awesome. You deserve it. You totally do. This was not a fun job.

Comments

[Chris Nolan.ca]

A way I've found to reduce this type of clean-up job is to pour hot water down the drain. We don't use much hot water itself in the bathroom sink (energy savers we are) and the slime tends to really like that.

Every once in a while after I've finished boiling something for a meal, I'll just take the pot up to the bathroom and dump it down the sink there instead. Since I've started doing that, I haven't had to clean it out since.

I think my photo beats out the ick of your photos :-P

[TehLonelyOne]

I had to unclog the shower drain hole once, it was nasty since no one had done it in a while, I had to get in there with a pair of long tweezers since our shower drain pipe is in concrete. I swear I pulled out about 400mls of hair, soap scum and whatever else was down there...luckily it didn't smell too bad, ah it's a thankless job.

[Lithium Rain]

Ew! Aw, I will thank you! Thank you, TehLonelyOne, for doing a Dirty Job! Mike Rowe would be proud of us. :-D

[Derin]

I take it you like Dirty Jobs?
_{I like it too,we should start a group}

[Lithium Rain]

I do! We should!

[Derin]

İts ready

[Punkguyta]

Oh, I suppose I never mentioned to anyone, I am Mike Rowe.

[Sandisk1duo]

well then are you proud?

^{mike rowe isn't from Canadia}

[Punkguyta]

Ah, but I film most of my shows on Canadian land

[Lithium Rain]

Nor from Canada. ;)

[Punkguyta]

Again, never said I was born in canada :P

[Sandisk1duo]

you may have not been born in canada, but you definitely live there

[ryanyoung1768]

I used a Zip-It to clear my long-haired girlfriend's shower drain - pulled up what look like a dead rat, pushing toward guinea pig, of hair and product and gunk. Smelled like death, but the shower drained like a champ first time in years. Prepare for some truly nasty aromas!

[jwisnia]

I didn't see anything about how to disconnect the drain stopper from it's actuating lever. Did I miss it or did you?

[Lithium Rain]

Ah, so that's what those things are called! :D No, I just had a really hard time taking pictures of that because of the way the sink is configured with the wall. I don't think I had any useable ones for that step, and thus forgot to put it in. I'll add that in asap. :)