It’s very common for a home to have a sink that will start to drain slowly. And while there are a lot of reasons why this could be happening, it can be hard to know what’s the cause for your sink if you don’t have a lot of experience working with plumbing. LUckily, there are a few things you can try to fix this issue before you result to calling in a plumbing professional.
To help you learn what you can try to get things moving on your own, here are three things to try when your sink is draining slowly.
Physically Remove Debris
While it’s best for only liquids to be flushed down any sink in your home, there’s a chance that some other kind of debris could have gotten down the sink and could be blocking up the pipes. In this case, you’re going to want to try to physically remove the debris and see if this helps to get the water draining down the sink more effectively.
To do this, you can reach into the drain to see if you can pull anything out. You can also use something like a drain snake to help you push into the drain and see if anything comes up as you pull this tool back up.
Use Baking Soda And Vinegar
Another thing that you can try if you attempt to remove some debris from the sink but you find that there really isn’t anything that you can get out of there is to use a homemade chemical reaction to help you push out or flush down whatever might be causing your sink to drain slowly.
If you have baking soda and vinegar at home, you can sprinkle the baking soda down the drain and then pour in some of the white vinegar to help create bubbles that could potentially dislodge whatever might be causing problems with your sink drain. Just make sure you block the drain once you’ve poured in the vinegar so that bubbles go further down into the pipe rather than coming back up into the sink.
Get Under The Sink
If none of these two other options work, you may need to physically get under the sink and see what you can find within the pipes.
For most pipes under sinks, there’s going to be a p-trap that you can remove after turning off the water to see if there’s something stuck in the pipes that you can’t get to or remove any other way. This is a relatively easy thing to do as long as you have the right tools and know how to turn off your water so that you don’t risk any flooding during the process.
If you want to try to get your sink to drain more quickly, consider using the tips mentioned above to help you troubleshoot the problem before calling in a plumber.
