The Bite:
Hm. Could be the huge hairball caught in your pipes. Rather than reach for the Drano, clear it out with a plumber's snake (aka drain auger) - they're more effective than liquid decloggers and free of hairy chems.
Ready to lose it over your slow-draining sink?
03.07.2008
Submitted by tmeronek on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 1:57am.
The Benefits:
- Getting the hair out, even when you're superstressed and molting.
- Less bodily harm. Liquid drain decloggers use the active ingredient sodium hydroxide, which irritates your skin, nose, and throat.
- Longer-lasting pipes. Since Liquid-Plumr and the like are pretty caustic, they can degrade pipes if you use too much.
- Reusability. You only need to buy a snake once; with liquid decloggers, you gotta buy new bottles practically every time your sink stops up.
Personally Speaking:
Toshio tried out the Zip-It plumber's snake, with amazing (though disgusting) results.
Wanna Try:
- Zip-It - simple plastic drain declogger for not-so-deep clogs ($3).
- Cobra Wire Drain Auger - 25 ft of snaking metal wire; available in different lengths online or at your hardware store ($5).
- DIY Bite: Get our step-by-step instructions for using a plumber's snake in the blog.
Amber Klingbeil
Cocktail Fact
Each year, Roto-Rooter surveys its technicians about what they find in customers' drains and pipes. Just a few of the goodies: alligators, Barbie Dolls, false teeth, TV remotes, and six-packs of Bud.
Bang For The Bite
If you can get over the grossness factor, declogging tools are cheap and reusable, and do the job.
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