Using A Shop Vac To Unclog Your Kitchen Drain
Your kitchen drain is clogged, and you don't have the
money to call the plumber. You've tried using the plunger, but you're
not having any success. What are you going to do, no money to hire a
plumber, and the plunger doesn't seem to be working effectively.
If you own a shop vacuum that can be used to suck up water, you could
save yourself a couple of dollars. The first thing you're going to need
to do, is to remove the filter from the shop vacuum. The filter is
normally used when vacuuming dry materials like sawdust or dirt.
If you don't remove the filter, there's a good chance that you will ruin
it, once it becomes wet. Make sure that you clean the shop vacuum out
thoroughly and turned it on outside to make sure that it doesn't blow
any dirt or dust out the exhaust vent.
With all that done, it's time to bring your shop vacuum into the kitchen
and try to unclog your kitchen drain. I would imagine, since your
kitchen drain is clogged up, that there is water in the sink. Simply
place the shop vacuum hose end to the drain that is clogged and turn it
on. Get as much of the dirty water out as possible and then refill the
kitchen sink with clean water, enough to cover the clogged sink drain
opening.
This time you will place the end of the vacuum hose into the sink drain,
while using your hand to block off the rest of the kitchen sink drain
opening. This will allow you to cover as much of the opening as
possible. Now you will need to turn the vacuum cleaner on, while
blocking the opening to the sink drain off, to the best of your ability.
This might not work the first time, so continue to add water, and repeat
the process. If this doesn't work, and you have a double kitchen sink
bowl, you might need to cover the other drain opening and try this
again.
The purpose and objective here is to try to reverse the clogged object
that is located with in the kitchen sink trap or pipes that take the
kitchen waste to the sewer.
If you do this more than four times and it doesn't work, you tried, now
it's time to call the plumber. However, if it works, you saved yourself
a couple dollars. Don't forget that you can use this method for
unclogging drains on bathroom sinks, toilets and even bathtubs.