Click clack sink blockage

ryan7

Our bathroom sink drains slowly because of all the crud that builds up.
Is there a way to prevent this or clean out: better rather than plunge and wipe?

Carrot007

Stop shoving inappropriate waste down it?

MalMonroe

I googled 'bath plug cleaner' and this page came up -

https://www.google.com/search?q=cleaner+for+bath+plughole&rlz=1C1NCHA_enGB649GB765&oq=cleaner+for+bath+plughole&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30i395j0i390i395l3.7236j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

I've used the Buster ones before and they are excellent. But you have to use the correct one for the correct plughole - for example, don't use the kitchen one by mistake (no, I have no idea how I found out about that  . .!). They're not interchangeable, which I found a bit weird but there you are. 

Best thing - no plunging and no wiping, which I knew I wouldn't be able to cope with. . .

Hope that is helpful. 

chrisw

The metal top of the click clack waste usually unscrews so that you can give it a proper clearout. It will probably gunge up again eventually but should stay clear for a good while.

TELLIT01

MalMonroe said:

I googled 'bath plug cleaner' and this page came up -

https://www.google.com/search?q=cleaner+for+bath+plughole&rlz=1C1NCHA_enGB649GB765&oq=cleaner+for+bath+plughole&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30i395j0i390i395l3.7236j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

I've used the Buster ones before and they are excellent. But you have to use the correct one for the correct plughole - for example, don't use the kitchen one by mistake (no, I have no idea how I found out about that  . .!). They're not interchangeable, which I found a bit weird but there you are. 

Best thing - no plunging and no wiping, which I knew I wouldn't be able to cope with. . .

Hope that is helpful. 

Kitchen plug 'oles tend to get blocked up with grease and bits of food, those in bathrooms more with hair and soapy residue.  They require different formulations to break down the crud.

Ebe_Scrooge

If you want to use chemicals, the best (and cheapest) in my experience is old-fashioned bog-standard caustic soda.  It comes as a powder/crystals, mix it with water and pour it down the plughole.  Just take care when using it - it's powerful stuff, it'll give you a nasty burn if you splash it on your skin.  And I'd hate to think what would happen if you get it in your eyes.

However - it's always worth removing the u-bend and just giving it a good clean under a tap with a cloth or brush (using a different sink to the one you've removed it from!!).  This is a simple, free, and totally chemical-free first step, and is often very effective.  Difficult to get to on a shower, for instance, but usually very simple on a bathroom or kitchen sink.

Rosa_Damascena

Carrot007 said:

Stop shoving inappropriate waste down it?

If its a bathroom, its most likely to be hairs. I'd love to see a device that could trap hairs before entering a click-clack plug, do you know of any?