Most homeowners would immediately resort to using chemical solutions to relieve clogs in their homes especially in the toilets and sinks. They may be successful in their attempts using this kind of approach but this will just be temporary. What they will get are harmful pollutants stuck in the pipelines.
Using a natural clog remover is the immediate action for this problem and fit for obstructed sink pipes. The procedure in making a natural clog remover is to boil three to four cups of water, and pour a cup of baking soda. After this has boiled, pour the solution directly to the clogged sink and wait for few minutes. This technique can be effective only in simple clogs. But if ever this method fails, you can still do other techniques before you resort to using chemical-based solutions or getting a plumber to fix the problem.
- Obstructed Garbage Disposals
A block garbage disposal is no fun and can quickly produce bad smells in the kitchen. With basic garbage disposal trouble-shooting you may find something like a bone has been placed in the disposal. Don’t stick your hand in there ever to get something like that out. Instead use some tongs to reach down and remove the item. Even the best garbage disposals can get obstructed from time to time.
- Blocked Toilet
A clump of toilet tissue may be the cause of your bunged toilet. And sometimes your children’s toy could have caused it. As a result, the toilet bowl would no longer flush. This may be due to a partial clog where the water takes several minutes to drain or a full clog. In a full clog, flushing the toilet bowl again would instead cause the water to rise because the toilet tissue or the object that has totally blocked the toilet bowl won’t just go done. But you should not be flushing it many times when you notice that the water is moving like this when you attempt to flush the toilet.
To remove the obstruction, you need the following materials—a mop to clean messes; a dipper to get the extra water and collect in a pail or bucket. With lesser water in the bowl, submerge the toilet plunger at the mouth of the bottom hole of the toilet bowl and do the plunging several times. This will remove the blockage as the plunging action creates pressure to push the object that caused the obstruction. Several attempts may be needed before the object is totally dislodged.
If the plunging technique fails, the use of a roto rooter tool or known as the auger or plumber’s snake would be an effective measure. The snake tool is a bendable metal tool of which its end looks like a corkscrew. Insert the auger at the opening of the pipe in a clockwise twisting motion. Continue this motion as you probe the tool down until the obstruction is located. And when you pull the auger out you might carry the blockage with the tip of the tool.
Hence, the auger and toilet plunger are two essential tools for the do-it-yourself technique of solving the plumbing problems in your home. But if your attempts were of no results, you better call a plumber to have the pipes fixed. With his expertise he can point out the main reason of the blockage and the preventive measures needed to avoid this from happening again. You can also use this technique when the bathtub gets clogged. If the sink gets clogged, make sure to place a bucket beneath the pipes you are working on.
