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Drain Cleaners
John‰] wrote: Do any of the liquid/crystal drain cleaners live up to their advertising hype for periodic drain maintenance? I live in a 1962 house with a sometimes cranky kitchen sink drain. It's more of an annoyance than a real problem. I remember "Once in every week; Draino in every drain". Are any of them worth the money or is it just propoganda? As others have mentioned, I prefer to remove the trap and try to snake out the clog, but I had a very slow bathroom sink a few years ago that I couldn't clear by snake or plunger, so finally I decided to try "liquid Plumber foaming pipe snake," basically a fancy-marketed drain cleaner. It said it might take two applications, so I poured it in in the A.M. took the family out for the day, returned in the evening, drain was still slow. Second application cleared it pretty well until about 8-9 months later. Again two applications of the foaming pipe snake and the drain ran clear. That was about four-five years ago. If you can't or won't try snaking or plunger, you really have nothing to lose as long as you follow directions. As an aside, I have always been pretty leery of chemical drain openers, just because I remember my mom pouring a big can of Red Devil Lye down the kitchen sink when I was a kid. It opened the pipe right up -- literally -- it burnt a hole in the side of the pipe under the sink.... |
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