Clogged Drain

The other evening I was cleaning up dinner when my sink clogged up. I was running the garbage disposal, and it just started gurgling and filling up with water.

Naturally I freaked out. I had the whole "why me, I've already spent loads of money on other appliances in this dang house now something else" pity party! I also knew Richard would be none too happy at me "breaking" the garbage disposal! So I didn't tell him! Haha.

Anyways, I decided to deal with it the way I deal with things best…by going and painting my bathroom.

The next day I decided I had better figure something out before Richard used the sink and noticed. Plus, only being able to use one side of your sink isn't really the most desirable.

I was having visions of me on the floor, head under the sink, with a large wrench of some sort in hand, covered in nasty sludge. Not cool.

So I plopped on the couch, headed over to Google, and typed in "sink with garbage disposal won't drain". I came across a lot of different options, calling a plumber kept popping up. No thank you, no $200 service for me. Getting Draino or some other sort came up also. I don't really like the idea of paying too much money for hazardous chemicals that you dump down your drain, and probably won't work anyway! One that I also kept seeing was a trick with vinegar and baking soda. Cheap, safe, I have them in my pantry…let's try it!

I abandoned the called for measurements and dumped a box of baking soda down the drain, followed by a large amount of vinegar. Aside from any unclogging benefits, that alone was pretty cool! There's your science experiment for next week.

I let that concoction sit for a few minutes, ran some really hot water, then gave it a plunge. Voile! I have never seen a clog drain so fast!

I may just have to tell Richard how fabulous I was at unclogging the sink! Haha.

By the way, my bathroom looks great!