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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] 6 points 1 year ago

Handyman here. Lots of great suggestions for alternatives to pulling the P trap. The thing is, pulling and cleaning the P trap is super easy. Easier than everything else listed here. By the time you bend a coat hanger or go buy some drano, you could have the p trap off and back with no tools needed. I think this may be one of those cases where the best question isn't "could I" but "should I" do some alternative thing...