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how to clean slow drains w/o chemicals?
one of our shower drains is really slow. i remember reading about vinegar, hot water, baking soda?? i am not completely sure. can you recommend a way to clean my slow drains w/o chemicals? thanks!
Re: how to clean slow drains w/o chemicals?
What Crash said... Plus get yourself one of these:
We were using the baking soda/vinegar/boiling water trick on the shower drain for awhile. It would work for a week or two and then slow up again. So we added a plunger into the mix. Again, good for about two weeks and then slowed up again. I picked up one of those sticks (I've seen them at Home Depot, Lowes and Target... they're about $2) and H went to work on the drain for a few minutes... amazing and gross all at once. H did that about 2 months ago and the drain still works perfectly.
It's basically just a heavy duty zip tie with barbs on the sides.
http://pandce.proboards.com/index.cgi#general
I also agree with the zip it.
About once a month I use the zip it to pull any gunk out of the drains and then I use some of this natural drain cleaner:
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM199561638P?sid=IDx20101019x00001a&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=SPM199561638
I also keep these hair stoppers over our shower drains:
http://www.amazon.com/Hair-Stopper-Drain-Protector-Strainer/dp/B003B02L2G
GL
I have a drain cover that keeps all the hair from going down the drain. I have to clean it out every time I shower, but it's worth it to not have to clean the actual drain.
Yep, the only way to get it to run smoothly is by removing the hair and whatever is stuck to the hair (gross) and then running hot water (with baking soda of vinegar for freshness) through the pipes.
If there's hair in there, chemicals won't work either (yes, tried that, was desperate!) so the environmentally friendly ways surely won't do anything.