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What is the best way to prevent a clogged sink?


we have a hair drainer, so not much gets down there. most chemicals dont get rid of the hair. every couple months it clogs up and we have to use the plumbing snake, but that only helps for a little while.

you might want to try a foaming drain cleaner, or get a pipe cleaner that hooks up to the house water supply & uses jets of water to clean the pipe.

Take the trap out. Clean it well or replace it. Then, just keep solids from going down it.
You probably have some serious scum build-up in the trap.

Flush it with hot water often. Turn on the hot water and let it run for about 2 minutes. Whenever you snake it dump a couple pans of scalding water down the drain to rinse the residual residue still laying in the drain. Then flush it with more hot tap water. Sometimes a restriction in the vent pipe will cause a drain to clog frequently because the water doesn't go down as fast as it should even after it's been snaked. I took a garden hose on full blast and shoved it down the vent as far as it would go several times to really clean it out. This made a big difference. I haven't had any problems for over 2 years now.

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