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 ...
A strainer is adrainage toolthat traps hair and other debris in its bowl-like shape. It also features larger perforations to allow liquid to drain through it while keeping solids inside. To unclog a tub drain, you’ll first need to take out the stopper or strainer. Most bathtubs have one...
I failed to mention in my post yesterday the awesome power of baking soda and vinegar in drain cleaning. The plan was to mention that today as some big surprise. (Surprise!) Instead, some of you got all ahead of things and started telling the secrets. Thus, I share as a bit of a ...
When a bathtub drain stopper has given up the ghost, a temporary fix can work until you're able to repair orreplace the old stopper. A simple inexpensive vinyl or plastic round stopper, available at grocery and home improvement stores, covers the bathtub drain to keep water in a bathtub wh...
Therefore, before the bath, use a pet comb or brush to gently detangle and demat your puppy’s coat. Set up and Fill the Tub If your dog is in the bathtub or sink, wrap a piece of steel wool around the drain stopper; this helps collect dog hair so it doesn’t clog your drain....
Drain Stopper Removal Most sinks and many showers have stoppers or drain covers that you can close to fill the sink or tub. Removing that cover lets you more easily access the drain to clean it efficiently. The removal depends on the type of drain cover you have. ...
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. ...
Step 1:Cover overflow opening in basin or tub with wet cloth. Most kitchen sinks don't have an overflow vent, but if you're working on one of two side-by-side basins, plug the other basin's drain opening with wet cloths. In homes that have two bathrooms back to back in adjacent ro...
It's gross. The problem can usually be traced to a ball of hair in the drain and on the trip waste mechanism, the linkage that controls the tub's drain. Fortunately, clearing the clog is pretty easy. Merle Henkenius Fig. 1 For tubs that have a drain without a pop up, first undo ...
In the kitchen sink, take out the basket strainer and lift the drain stopper in the bathroom. Step 2: You will need to ensure a tight seal around the plunger, so you should fill up the sink with enough water to cover the plunger’s bell. Step 3: Put the plunger’s cup over the ...