blocked pipes

[andrealp]

whats the best way to clean and unblock sink pipes

[BigMac]

There's a product called One Shot that might do the trick to unblock them.

[rsd2525]

caustic soda left overnight

[thejhw]

You can usually do the best job by unscrewing the U bend under the sink, taking it all to pieces and running a garden hose through the whole lot.

If the blockage is further down, try your local cleaning materials company. Ask them for a product containg sulphuric acid. In Somerset we buy D-Block from a company called Craftex in Taunton. This will clear anything.

[smudge]

I occasionally pour a cup of Soda Crystals over the plug hole, then slowly pour boiling water over it. The water drains away much faster after I've done this.

[funnywebsite]

Mr Muscle, it gets advertised on the telly. Never tried it though.

[glenis]

try the old fashioned way with a sink plunger ,you can buy them from hardware shops ,don't forget to block up the overflow in the sink before plunging up and down to greate a vacuum then pour loads of bleach down the plughole

[ledow]

They do a Mr Muscle two-part foaming pipe clearer -that stuff is fantastic.

We had two sinks, a bath, a dishwasher and a washing machine all coming into the same main waste pipe and they started to all clog up (ten minutes for the bath to drain , washing machine waste backing up etc)... my girlfriend has long hair and it's a rented flat so god-knows when they were installed - at least four years without any maintenance done on them.

Bought this Mr Muscle stuff that has two compartments merging in one bottle, you just pour it out and it foams and goes down the plug hole. I used a third of a bottle on each plughole (bottle recommends one entire bottle) and the stuff must have burnt through whatever was blocking in about 5 minutes. Ever since, no problems at all with the drainage. I have even bought another bottle in case they stop making it but haven't had to use it.

Before this stuff, I had the proper metal-spring cleaning rods for pipes, about ten foot long with a mean looking end to it, and tried EVERYTHING with them to try and clear a path, it made no difference.