The best method to unclog a clogged bathroom sink may depend on what’s clogging it. You can flush soap scum clogs with vinegar and baking soda or tweeze hair. For bigger clogs, a plunger or drain snake work best.  Figuring out why your drain is clogged is the best way to figure out how to unclog it. Below are … [Read more...]

Even if you use a drain stopper, enough hair could eventually slip into your drain to slow it down. To get your drain flowing again properly, either break up hair clumps enough that they’ll pass through the drain or pull all the hair out of the drain manually. If your shower, tub, or bathroom drains aren’t draining … [Read more...]

Shower drains can start to smell for several common reasons. Mold or mildew might be growing beneath your drain cover. Your p-trap could be malfunctioning, allowing sewer gas to rise up through your pipes. Or there could simply be hair or grime stuck in your shower drain strainer. Luckily, most of the reasons your … [Read more...]

The most effective way to unclog a bathtub drain is to use a cup plunger to force the blockage out. Remove your tub’s strainer and stopper, fill the tub with a few inches of water, and plunge forcefully and continuously until the blockage comes up out of the drain. There are several effective means of unclogging … [Read more...]

You’re a busy person. You've got kids, a job, responsibilities, and a thousand other things to juggle. Because of this, you absolutely need your dishwasher to work at all times. You barely have time to load the thing. You definitely don’t have time to hand wash those same dishes if it stops working!  If your … [Read more...]

The garage floor drain is one of the most underappreciated pieces of plumbing hardware out there. No matter what, they work hard. Garage floor drains handle all the random liquid that finds its way from outside into your garage. This can include appliance run-off, animal hair, engine oil, spillage, fixture … [Read more...]

There’s no end to the mundane, unpleasant experiences we all have to deal with at some point. Going to the dentist. Taking your driving test. Finishing a shower and realizing you're standing in half a foot of dirty, soapy standing water. Some of these mundane, unpleasant experiences are unavoidable, but some of them … [Read more...]

There are few things as unpleasant as a dishwasher that doesn’t work properly. Seriously, what’s worse? Stepping on legos? Old, microwaved cups of coffee? Black licorice? Sure, ok--but that’s about it. A clogged dishwasher is not a happy dishwasher. When food, paper, and other scraps build up, they create clogs and … [Read more...]

A free-flowing drain is a happy drain. A happy drain maintains a happy bathroom. And everyone who sings in the shower or reads in the bath knows that few things are better than a happy bathroom. Ipso facto: maintaining a free-flowing drain helps you keep in enjoying one of the best things in life. What? It’s just … [Read more...]

The most important thing to remember about your garbage disposal is that it isn’t a garbage can. While your disposal is incredibly useful for disposing of food waste, it can’t dispose of everything. No matter how effective or powerful your garbage disposal, there are certain things you should never throw into it. If … [Read more...]