How to Unclog a Kitchen Sink Drain in Singapore | No P-trap Under Sink

The Singapore under sink plumbing set up is different than what I've seen in the states for the most part. This set up is pretty nice in many ways but also seems to clog up more frequently than most of the standard US p-traps I'm used to dealing with. This is really nice in the sense that when it does clog up you just put your water catch basin under the sink and unscrew the receptacle, dump it out, and screw it back on. Really a great set up if you ask me. The problem I saw was that it leaked no matter how tight I tightened it by hand once it was full of food waste debris.



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DIY How to Unclog a Bathroom Sink in Singapore

As a home dweller the chance of you having a clogged up drain are pretty good. The odds of having a clogged up drain go up the more people in the house you have. Once you have a clogged up drain and have procrastinated unclogging it long enough, you''ll be faced with two choices, DIY or all a professional. My thought is try to unclog it yourself and if you have no luck then it's time to call the pros and fork out some $$$. Follow along with me while I go through the process of a DIY How to Unclog a Bathroom Sink in Singapore. There are many ways to do this with household items but in many cases my trusty old pair of hemostats will do the trick. If you don't have them there are a number of household items that will do. Some of those are: A Wire Hanger.
Baking Soda and Vinegar. Mix baking soda with vinegar in a measuring cup, a Wet & Dry shop vacuum, Boiling Water, Cleaning the pipe, or caustic soda.
Another method commonly used is to use a clean plunger to plunge on the sink. The plunger method, however, will not serve you very well if there is a bunch of hair trapped around the drain. This works better if it's some debris caught down farther in the pipe. If the hemostat method doesn't work well for you from topside then it's a good idea to take apart your P-trap area.

How to Unclog a Bathroom Sink and How to Remove Sink Drain Stopper

n this video I discuss and demonstrate a method of unclogging your backed up bathroom sink. I start with the least invasive and try to unclog the bathroom sink by using a pair of hemostats to fish out any debris around the drain as this is sometimes the only fix you need to do. This was not the case in this instance of this plugged up drain. The sink stopper needed to come out. This means the up and down mechanism must me disassembled. This is done by going underneath the sink and unthreading the fitting that secures the up and down joint. Once unthreaded it can be pulled out. Now there is a hole in the pipe so if you run your water anymore it will run out the hole all over the place. Now you can remove the stopper from up above. In this instance there was some debris down inside the drain that needed to fished out. After removing all the debris that was reachable I reassembled the parts. The sink was still not unclogged though so I had to disassemble again. I decided to give it the water pressure treatment with the garden hose as I've had many successes in the past using this same method. Once I flushed whatever was plugging it down the drain with the hose pressure, I reassembled all the parts. What you want is a whirlpool or eddy look of the water as it goes down the drain. If it bubbles or gurgles a bit then it means something is impeding the water flow and it's still plugged.
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DIY Unclog Shower Drain With Standing Water

DIY Shower and Bath Tub Drain Unclog-Drain Surgery

Shower drains get plugged up all the time especially if you have girls in the house. One must get the fine art of unclogging drains down to a science unless you'd prefer to foot the bill for someone else to come and do it. A good DIY technician should be able to get this job done in under a half and hour depending on severity. A good pair of hemostats is very handy for this job but if you don't have hemostats, do not worry as either needle nose pliers or even tweezers will work. Ideally, the water will be drained when you are working on this but many times you'll find yourself working in standing water. In this case the water slowly drained so I could at least stand above where I was working. The trick here is to take of this problem once the drain starts draining slowly, NOT when the drain completely quits draining. So, once you have the drain plug unscrewed (turn counter clockwise to unthread), then take your extraction tool and start to slowly remove the nasty hair and whatever else is attached to it from the drain. Repeat until the drain is free of any foreign material and is like new. Test to ensure proper drainage before walking away. In most situations similar to this there is an accompanying odor that you'll notice so you may want to have some kind of small trash receptacle nearby for which to deposit your removed debris. Good luck fellow DIY Technicians.