Clean the strainer or stopper.
Tub drain clogged with hair.
Hair the most common cause of a clogged bathtub is hair.
By the diy experts of the family handyman magazine how to unclog a bathtub drain the drop stopper type.
Use vinegar mixed with baking soda to dissolve drain hair.
Clogged drain with hair how to break through.
Follow these simple steps.
A combination of baking soda and vinegar is so powerful it can unclog almost anything in.
When you bathe or shower your hair has nowhere to go but down the drain.
Stinkiness ensues because hair dead skin oils and other unmentionable stuff getting stuck in your tub s waste pipes.
How to unclog a bathtub drain using a drain claw step 1.
Some bathtubs may only have a stopper and no strainer.
Fortunately this is an easy fix for anyone.
Boil water in a tea kettle.
The acetic acid in the vinegar mixed with the baking soda creates a powerful solution that puts the kibosh on drain hair.
Doesn t fit snug in my tub drain but fits well enough.
Using baking soda 1.
When it slithers down the drain it can get stuck to the sides of the piping building up over time and attaching to other materials like dead skin or scum that went down the pipes.
Remove the strainer and the stopper.
Mix 1 3 cup of baking soda with 1 3 cup of vinegar in a heat resistant measuring cup.
Fix a clogged tub drain quickly and easily by removing the stopper and fishing out the hair and gunk that causes the problem 80 percent of the time.
Seems like baking soda does wonders with clogs right.
As soon as it starts to fizz which will be immediately pour the solution down your clogged drain.
Boil a kettle full of water.
Once the strainer and.
Fill the kettle to the top with water since there s no exact measurement of how much.
If you start to smell a pungent odor coming from your bathtub drain along with water backing up it means you ve got a clog.
You will find that hair and soap residue may have accumulated underneath the strainer.
Once a month i used to have to use chemicals to de clog our shower drain because of the.
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Use a washcloth or paper towel to remove any excess hair and soap scum that has accumulated around the.
If the previous method didn t work we.