I noticed water backing up into my sink when my dishwasher drains. Oh no, I thought. A partial blockage. I used some Liquid Plumr.
Side note, you go to the store, and there’s big jugs and small jugs and three brands and liquid and “gel” and one part and two part…I don’t know if you’ve seen that youtube short of a tiktok of a Tumblr post talking about how there’s no such thing as “glue”? Well this reminds me of that because who the fuck knows what these substances are?
Anyway I bought one and followed the directions and it didn’t work so I’m probably going to have to take my sink drain apart which isn’t going to be fun.
I only discovered “sink plungers” in the last year, and they’ve been remarkably effective for my uses. What usually ends up happening is that the blockage is brought up into the sink, at which point I vacuum it out with a wet-dry vacuum.
To be effective, the emergency drain hole of the sink needs to be plugged first, and then the plunger can do its work. Note: things will get gross and messy. Don’t attempt if there is still drain cleaner in the pipes, since it will spray out.
It’s a two-basin sink with integrated traps, so I’m just gonna not have breakfast this Saturday and disassemble and clean it.
It’s a messy job, but satisfying when it’s done.