I'd been playing around with the drain in the kitchen sink since Tuesday.
I left work early yesterday thinking of doing a few errands and then snaking out the kitchen drain, which was clogged to the point that running the dishwasher was out of the question.
I played around with the snake for an hour or so and simply could not get past a certain point, probably where the clog lay.
I was looking at buying a heavier duty mechanical tool, and then I remembered one of those old wives' tale things my mother had once sent me.
The tale was that you could pour ammonia down the drain and let it sit for about twenty minutes and then flush the drain with boiling water.
I figured that for the buck and a half Kroger wanted for a half gallon of store-brand ammonia, I had nothing to lose.
To my great surprise, this worked perfectly.
The drain is now running better than it has in years.
This was not only the easy way, but it also turned out to be the right way.
Just a little helpful advice on resolving grease clogs based upon my happy experience.
I left work early yesterday thinking of doing a few errands and then snaking out the kitchen drain, which was clogged to the point that running the dishwasher was out of the question.
I played around with the snake for an hour or so and simply could not get past a certain point, probably where the clog lay.
I was looking at buying a heavier duty mechanical tool, and then I remembered one of those old wives' tale things my mother had once sent me.
The tale was that you could pour ammonia down the drain and let it sit for about twenty minutes and then flush the drain with boiling water.
I figured that for the buck and a half Kroger wanted for a half gallon of store-brand ammonia, I had nothing to lose.
To my great surprise, this worked perfectly.
The drain is now running better than it has in years.
This was not only the easy way, but it also turned out to be the right way.
Just a little helpful advice on resolving grease clogs based upon my happy experience.
