http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2008/12/100-natural-drain-cleaner.html simplicity, creativity, self-sufficiency,...minivans Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:35:45 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2008/12/100-natural-drain-cleaner.html/comment-page-1#comment-5956 Aurelia Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:31:16 +0000 http://littlehouse2.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/100-natural-drain-cleaner/#comment-5956 My dad always taught me to use a shop vac for the really fun stuff ^_^ My dad always taught me to use a shop vac for the really fun stuff ^_^

]]> http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2008/12/100-natural-drain-cleaner.html/comment-page-1#comment-3092 Em Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:40:05 +0000 http://littlehouse2.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/100-natural-drain-cleaner/#comment-3092 Yes - and why anybody bothers with drain cleaners is beyond me. . . . A good trick I learnt years ago is to put a little sugar, dried yeast and warm milk (mix first) down a blocked sink and leave it over night - in the morning if the blockage was organic the yeast will have broken it down and your sink should clear with some hot water. If you do take the u bend out under the sink sometimes you need to go further down the pipe - a good old plumber friend of mine gave me a special plumbing coiled wire that you can then feed further down the pipe for deeper rooted problems. This is especially effective for blocked toilets and outside drains. Sometimes not being able to find that tool I have had to improvise and have found that an uncoiled metal coat hanger works just as well. If all else fails a household carpet cleaner (like a vax) is really useful - stick the nozzle down the drain and press suck (just for a few seconds at a time as obviously you don't want to damage the machine with too much water). Obviously carpet cleaner needs a good rinse out afterwards....! Yes – and why anybody bothers with drain cleaners is beyond me. . . . A good trick I learnt years ago is to put a little sugar, dried yeast and warm milk (mix first) down a blocked sink and leave it over night – in the morning if the blockage was organic the yeast will have broken it down and your sink should clear with some hot water. If you do take the u bend out under the sink sometimes you need to go further down the pipe – a good old plumber friend of mine gave me a special plumbing coiled wire that you can then feed further down the pipe for deeper rooted problems. This is especially effective for blocked toilets and outside drains. Sometimes not being able to find that tool I have had to improvise and have found that an uncoiled metal coat hanger works just as well. If all else fails a household carpet cleaner (like a vax) is really useful – stick the nozzle down the drain and press suck (just for a few seconds at a time as obviously you don’t want to damage the machine with too much water). Obviously carpet cleaner needs a good rinse out afterwards….!

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