Weekend Fixit: unclog a slow bathroom sink without chemicals
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hey everybody, welcome back to the channel. today we're fixing
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a bathroom sink that takes about five minutes to drain.
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um, you do not need drain cleaner for this, and honestly you
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shouldn't use it, because it can eat through older pipes.
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you need three things: a bucket, an old towel, and a plastic
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drain snake, the kind that costs about $4 at the hardware store.
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first, take out the stopper. on most sinks there's a nut on the
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pipe behind the drain, right here. unscrew it and pull the rod out.
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as you can see, the stopper comes right up once the rod is out.
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look at this. that's about six months of hair and soap.
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next, push the drain snake down about 12 inches, twist it, and
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pull it up slowly. uh, do this three or four times until it comes
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up clean.
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then run hot water for one minute to flush everything down.
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if it's still slow, the clog is further down in the P-trap, the
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U-shaped pipe under the sink. put the bucket under it first,
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because there will be water in it.
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unscrew the two slip nuts by hand, pull the trap off, and empty it
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into the bucket. rinse it out and put it back hand tight plus a
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quarter turn. don't overtighten, the plastic nuts crack.
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finally, put the stopper back, reattach the rod, and test it.
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this sink now drains in about 8 seconds.
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to keep it that way, clean the stopper once a month. it takes two minutes.
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if this helped, hit that like button and subscribe, and tell me
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in the comments what you want me to fix next. see you next time.