Tips for blocking sewers

It is quite common in daily life for the sewer in the home to be clogged. For example, if you are not careful about the food leftovers in the kitchen sink, it will cause the sewer to be clogged. When this kind of blockage occurs, you can use some tips to clear it in time, such as using boiling water, baking soda and boiling water, or using pipe clearers, all of which have a good clearing effect.

Tips for blocking sewers

Method 1: Boiling water

If we wash dishes frequently, we will know that it is easier to clean grease stains on dishes with hot water than with cold water. For minor sewer blockages, we can also use the same principle and flush the sewer with boiling water, that is, use hot water to melt the oil stains remaining on the sewer pipe wall. Prepare enough boiling water (it is recommended to fill a kettle with boiling water) and keep pouring it into the sewer continuously.

Method 2: Baking soda + boiling water

We all know that the chemical name of baking soda is sodium bicarbonate. Sodium bicarbonate is alkaline when dissolved in water, and the esters in the oil will be hydrolyzed under alkaline conditions. Take an appropriate amount of baking soda and pour it into a kettle filled with hot water, then pour the baking soda water slowly and continuously into the sewer; you can also pour the baking soda directly into the sewer, use the water in the sewer to dissolve the baking soda, and after a few minutes, when the baking soda and the oil in the sewer have fully reacted, pour it with boiling water and it will basically be unblocked.

Method 3: Use pipe dredging agent

If the method of boiling water and baking soda still fails to unclog the sewer or the result is not ideal, you can also choose to buy special pipe uncloggers, which are sold in supermarkets and various shopping websites. Because these special unclogging agents contain a variety of ingredients that can dissolve oil stains.

Method 4: Special dredge

In contemporary society, almost everything we can think of is for sale. Since neither boiling water nor drain cleaner can solve the sewer blockage, you might want to find something to check to see if there is something else blocking it. At home, we usually choose iron wire, but iron wire is not easy to operate at the bend of the sewer. Here you need to buy a special plunger, insert the plunger into the sewer, and clean the oil in the sewer by rotating the plunger. The sewer is basically unblocked.

Method 5: Plunger

To clean oil stains in sewers, in addition to the special unclogging tool in method four, there is also a plunger. By pulling the handle, a vacuum space is formed between the piston inside the plunger tube and the sewer. Continuously pulling the handle generates pressure to suck up the dirt blocking the sewer to unclog the sewer.