...and now the Kitchen Sink !

My kitchen sink started draining very slowwwwww, so I realized I had poured too much food scraps down over the years while washing dishes!  Time to unclog my drain.

I suppose the first thing to try would be those chemicals like Drano…but those are like acid, aren’t they?  I’d rather not spread all that stuff into the environment – who knows where our drain water ends up!So I’ll try the old-fashioned method of removing the trap under the sink and clean it out.
Make sure to put a bucket underneath first, because remember the trap is always full of water (after all, its purpose is to keep the sewer gas out of the house!)

First find the two large “nuts” on either side of the trap – you’ll need to loosen both of these in order to remove the trap. I don’t have a big pipe wrench like the plumbers, but a friend gave me one of those rubber strap wrenches “As Seen on TV” so I use that for large jobs like this.  Detach one end of the rubber strap, wrap around one of the nuts, and attach back onto the wrench handle.  Tighten it snugly and turn slowly to loosen the nut.  If it doesn’t budge, try the other direction!  Once you can turn it with your hand, loosen it the rest of the way to expose the joint.  Repeat for the other nut.

You may want to don rubber gloves for the next part:

• Now rock the trap a bit from side to side and it should come loose (along with all the trapped water and gunk!)
• Dump the water into the bucket and as much gunk as will come out.
• Now it’s just a matter of taking the trap to another sink (perhaps outside!) and clearing it of debris and rinsing it out clean.  An old toothbrush may come in handy here to loosen caked-on gunk.
• Re-install the trap, tighten the nuts, and you’re good to go!

P.S. I kept a bowl under the trap for a week or two in case of leakage. I'll let you know how it turned out.

----------------------------------------------- My Alexa Joke of the day -------------------------------------------

Why are farmers so cool ? 

.... because they are outstanding in their field !

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