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Unclogging a bathroom sink without removing the P-Trap (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi all. Anybody have any tips or tricks on making a bathroom sink drain faster without going through the process of taking it apart, cleaning it, and putting it back together?

Normally when my bathroom sink starts to drain slowly, I remove the P-trap and push all the gunk through the bottom into a bucket using a metal rod. Now that I might be responsible for cleaning out several bathroom sinks, I'm starting to dread this process far more.

Drano works OK and makes the sinks drain a bit faster, but it usually gets bad pretty quickly again. Any tools I should be investing in for minor stoppages like this?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Take a twisted metal coat hanger and unwind it at the neck. Straighten out the hanger, and shove the unwound end down the drain. As you push it down the drain rotate the hanger in the direction of the unwound end like its a screw. This should get most big hair/material clogs as long as they are before the P-trap. Anything after that get hard, you will probably need a snake at that point.