Is The Sink Clogged? Here’s How To Fix It

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1. Unclog a Sink: Try this First

Skip the caustic chemical drain cleaners, and roll up your sleeves. Attack the clog in the following order:

Fill the sink with water and vigorously pump up and down with a plunger. Direct pressure at the clog by stuffing a wet rag into the overflow hole, says Joseph Wood, owner of Boston Standard Plumbing & Heating, in Massachusetts.

2. Unclog a Sink: Didn't Work? (see picture above)

Pop out the drain stopper (3)—hair and soap scum tend to ball up at its base—by unscrewing the nut (1) at the back of the drain pipe and retracting the pivot rod (2). Extract the blob with a wire clothes hanger (4).

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