If you’re like most homeowners and have resigned yourself to a poorly working stopper in your bathroom sink, you’ll be amazed to see how easy it is to fix. Once you understand the basic system, you’ll become master of your lavatory and will never again have to live with a sink tha...
When a bathroom sink pop-up stopper gets stuck in the open or closed position or the drain is clogged, the repair is simple — even for home improvement novices — and rarely requires a plumber. It does call for working in the dark, confined space under the sink, so aheadlampis a defi...
Leak Coming From The Sink Drain Leaks from the drain-assembly are the most difficult to repair and almost certainly need the assistance of a specialist. If you're ambitious and want to give repairing a bad drain pipe a try, the P-trap is first removed before the drain is. Wrap the drai...
1Push the blow bag about 6 inches into the drainpipe, and be ready (with a bucket) for water to back up out of the pipe. If you are using one on a bathtub, push it down the overflow pipe until it passes the tee at the tub drain. ...
Clean the rubber end of a toilet plunger in the bathroom sink with soap and water. Set the plunger over the drain hole in the tub, pressing down on it to form a seal. Remove the wooden handle — unless you want to look at it while you bathe — and fill the tub with water. If ...
When your bathtub drain gets dirty, it gets smelly and it can clog your tub. Depending on how the pipes are laid in your house, a clogged tub drain can also lead to a toilet backup or a backed-up tub in another bathroom. Cleaning your drain regularly and unclogging back ups can keep...
Dont Let Your Drain Clog Up Your Day The bathroom is one of the most frequently used rooms in your home. And when your sink, shower or toilet gets backed up, it creates not only a mess, but a major inconvenience. So if you see water draining or flushing slowly, you need to take im...
Finally, I could hook up the water distribution lines and then have my buddy Nate come over to help with the actual plumbing. We needed some additional parts from the hardware store to connect the sink drain, so we moved on to installing the toilet. ...
You will need to remove the stopper. Good for jewelry that may have inadvertently fallen in drain. Lauren P January 13, 2016 at 8:31 PM Another good solution for a clogged bathroom sink drain is to pour about half of a 10 oz bottle of Dawn dishwashing liquid in the drain and let ...
How to Unclog Sink Pipes: My sink took 15 minutes to fully drain. This, needless to say, was getting ridiculous. So I cleaned it out. This instructable will show you how to remove all that gunk that's keeping your sink from draining properly, without pou