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Drain cleaners are some of the most concentrated and dangerous cleaning products available to the home consumer. The active ingredients are some combination of bleach, lye and caustic potash. Extra-strength drain cleaners are simply labeled “poison.” Unfortunately, drain cleaners are also really good at dissolving hair, and hair is typically what clogs bathroom sink and tub drains. I wanted to find out if there was a safer and more environmentally friendly way to clean my bathroom drains. My wife has long hair that I’m constantly vacuuming up. None of our bathroom drains has clogged yet, but I figured it was just a matter of time. I wanted to do some preemptive cleaning. First I did some research, to learn about the different types of green cleaners. Here’s what I learned. Home remedy cleaners: The most basic drain cleaner is mixing baking soda and vinegar and pouring it down the drain. The carbon dioxide air bubbles scrub the inside of the pipe, and the expanding air is supposed to push blockages down the pipe.
Bacterial cleaners: Remember how certain probiotics in yogurt are supposed to keep things “running smoothly?”
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Topper For Washer & DryerI don’t have personal experience with these cleaners because, while the bacteria like chomping on fat, they don’t break down hair. These live cleaners are good for pipe maintenance, however. Two products I’d check out are Earth Enzymes and Bac-Out Drain Care. Air Cleaners: If you have a completely stopped drain, a good option could be a compressed air cleaner. These seal around your drain and shoot air into the pipe. The force of the air against the water unclogs the pipe.
Two widely available air cleaners are Plumb-Away and CLR Power Plumber.I found my ideal product in Zip-It. Zip-It is simple and ingenious – it’s a thin and flexible piece of plastic, about 18 inches long. It has sharp barbs sprouting from the sides every half-inch or so to grab the hair. The best part about Zip-It? It only cost $2.48 at my local Home Depot – less than half the cost of a bottle of Drano. I stuck the Zip-It into my bathroom sink and pulled out … well, it’s pretty obvious. My sinks were actually fairly clean. (To see some really nasty drains, watch this video. I could only make it 1 minute before I started to gag.) After removing the hair, I wanted to make sure all of my drains were really clean. That’s when I turned to to the baking soda and vinegar. First I poured about 1/2 cup of baking soda down each drain. I followed with 1/2 cup of white vinegar, and quickly shut the drain stopper to keep the reaction from baking up into the sink.
I waited 30 minutes, and then I poured half a tea kettle’s worth of boiling water (at least 4 cups) down the each drain to chase the vinegar and baking soda. I now have clean pipes once again. The Zip-It is in the closet, ready to be called into action when needed. And I’m going to ask my wife not to brush her hair over the sink. Ultra-Luxury bathrooms start and end with Wasauna's Glass Bathtub. The sleigh design and smooth curves make this a tub with a view! It is serious, yet unpretentious. The superbly crafted faucet stand with handheld shower provides additional convenience. The Glass Bath Tub will serve as the jewel of your bathroom. Buy securely online or call to order! Glass and Stainless Steel Type your info and message belowMessage If your bathtub isn't draining well it can be a problem for taking baths and being able to use your bathroom properly. Getting the drain clear will make your bathtub, and bathroom in general, easier to use. This is a guide about clearing a clogged bathtub drain.
All ArticlesSolutionsQuestionsArchivesNewestOldestMost HelpfulLeast HelpfulMost AnswersFewest AnswersBest AnswersRelevanceTip: FlagBy Sandy Bass8We recently paid a plumber $95 to clean a clogged bathtub drain. All our home remedy tips did not free the clog. In fact, we even had to have them get the "snake" that we had used out of the drain because it was lodged in and we couldn't get it to move. He shared a tip that will help keep drains clear. The problem we had was that hair had clogged it up. He said to pour a half gallon of Clorox in there once a month to keep it flushed. He also said never to use those liquid drain cleaners in a situation like this because they would just stop at the blocked up place and make the situation worse. By Sandy from Elon, NC Comment Question: FlagBy H.Clark1I saw a tip using baking soda to unclog a bathtub drain. I didn't bookmark and now can't find it. Can anyone recall the tip? Answer By desleighdunshea Flag0Pour a half a cup of bicarb soda down the drain dry.
Then pour 1 cup of vinegar down and leave it for 10 mins.Then pour a full jug of boiling water down last of all. It has always worked for me good luck.Also one of those old fashion rubber plungers are handy to have they work really well too. Reply Tip: FlagBy Monica1For slow drains in old houses, pour a bottle of bleach down the tub drain once a month in the evening (every 5 weeks for the bathroom sink). In the morning, heat up a tea kettle and pour one gallon of water down the drain. Aim for the drain (or use a funnel), so as not to crack porcelain. This works only on slow drains. Source: Frugal Village By duckie-do from Cortez, CO Comment Tip: FlagBy Robyn3I was so happy to find these handy tools at Lowe's. No more using wire to unclog the bathroom sink, and the cute little bathtub plunger, was so colorful to pass up! Comment Question: Flag1I have a clogged shower and my toilet drains into the shower. I ran a snake down into the shower and it felt like it was coming out the vent. I ran a hose into the vent and the water came into the shower.
Can someone please help? By Ernster Answer By Ginnee Flag0I had a similar problem, finally called the plumber. There were tree roots getting into the sewer line, he cleared them out. Reply Tip: FlagBy Mary1If drain cleaners are not working in a shower or bathtub drain, the problem might be higher up. The shower drain in my long-haired teenage daughter's bathroom was plugged so badly she ended up standing in water up to her ankles when she took a shower. Comment Question: Flag0I need to know if my problem is a pipe clog or a septic problem. The tub fills only to flow from under the toilet and therefore floods the bathroom. By Amy Answer By Martin B. Flag0Pipe clog (unless all your drains are stopped). The clog is below where the drain from the tub joins the drain from the toilet. The wax seal under the toilet is leaking, and water from the tub backs up to the toilet and leaks through the seal onto the floor. Reply Question: Flag1When we recently found that the water in my bathtub was not draining.
I discovered that the lever from the overflow cover was broken. I replaced the bathtub overflow cover unit with a new one. When I completed the replacement, I tested the water in the tub for drainage and the bathtub drained just fine. When I pressed the lever one direction, it drained and when pushed the other direction, it blocked. Two days later the tub will not drain. I removed the newly installed cap and pulled the whole unit that's connected to it out of the overflow pipe, which had a metal cylinder-like tube at the end. I then tried plunging the drain opening on the tub floor, but the water simply came up the overflow pipe out the cover opening back into the tub. It would seem to me that there is more than just dirt as an impediment, but I suspect some part of the system that may be lodged blocking the outflow. Any suggestions what it may be and what can be done to remedy this? By Joe Answer By Grandmama Flag0We had that problem too. We snaked the bathroom tub, sink, & stool so many times.
The answer came to us when we had to replace the stool. We found a plumber in the yellow pages. Got some good recommendations. They came and snaked the stack! You have to go on the roof for that. If you can access the stack, rent as big a plumber's snake as possible and to the job yourself. Be sure to ask the rental agency lots of questions, they want their equipment back in good shape too. Be sure to clean the snaket off too. That is just plain common courtesy. You will save lots of little tub snaking jobs in the future. Reply Question: FlagBy lovell0In my bathroom the face basin and toilet drains properly, but the bathtub does not, it drains outside of my house. I ran a snake in the pipe and that did not help, what can I do? By Lovell from Houston, TX Answer By Chantal Flag0Try putting 1 cup baking soda in drain. Follow with either 1 cup salt OR 1 cup vinegar. Finish with 1 cup boiling water. If you run out of liquid before all the soda and/or salt is down, you can push it along with a little extra vinegar or boiling water.
Wait at least 1 hour before using drain. Reply Question: FlagBy Barbara Leviton0What is the best way to clean a tub drain? By Barbara from FL Answer By Louise B. Flag0A tub drain often has hair stuck in it. Pry off the cover and reach in with something like an old toothbrush to snag out the hair and accumulated soap gunk. Hopefully, this glob of hair and whatnot is all that is causing your drain to be sluggish.I have found that Drano crystals are very effective for dissolving accumulated hair and soap scum.I don't put any faith in the baking soda and vinegar treatment, as all that does is create air bubbles in the drain. Pouring coke down the drain would also put bubbles in the drain. Why would that work? I know people swear by it, but I just don't believe it! I suspect that baking soda and hot water would help in a kitchen drain, as it would react chemically with grease build up. Drain cleaners are strong bases; baking soda is a mild base -- the chemical reaction would be the same, only not as strong.