Handy Tips

Sink and drain maintenance


You will need plunger, rubber gloves, caustic soda

In my experience the main problem with this is, people do not prevent, they just wait and wait till its too late. Regular maintenance helps, and it is inexpensive. Buy some caustic soda, put about 100 grammes into the plug hole and add a cup of tepid water, this will cause the crystals to react and it will clear most debris.

If you do this once or twice a year it will save you a hefty plumbing bill, also invest in a plug strainer they may look a bit out dated but they work by stopping all that muck going down the plug hole.

Full blockages

Do not buy the stuff they advertise, it's rubbish! What you need to do is clear as much water as you can, then add about 100 grammes of caustic soda and add a cup of tepid water, the reaction will cause whatever is blocking to rise out of the plug hole, make sure you wear rubber gloves, clean the debris. Leave this for about 10 minutes and repeat the process. After about 3 treatments, use a plunger the work the blockage, debris will come up the plug hole again, clean it up, the blockage should clear.

Caustic soda is very inexpensive and works much better than any advertised sink and drain unblockers.

Please be careful caustic soda is an irritant and can burn the skin, attempt this if you only feel confident about this. You can always call me if you need help. Darren

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