I’m a plumber, almost said i was a plunger… anyways, my go to for a kitchen sink clog is a plunger. We get a lot of weird looks/naysaysers when I pull it out. “Oh i tried plunging it, that wont work”.

Trust me, I’ve been in many of your houses, my plunger is professional, and i know how to use it. Works 80% of time on sink clogs in my 6 years of plumbing.

I guess ill share the plumbing secret. You have to block the opposite side of the plunging with a wet rag, or preferably a drain stopper. Put pressure on the stopper and plunge the other side. Also, if there is a garbage disposal, you can block both drain when full of water, and turn it on for 10 seconds or so… a lot of times, this clears the clog.

Wet rag works on bathrooms sinks too, put it over the overflow holes while plunging.

Warning tho, if your underpipes aren’t mostly secure, you can just push water through the seals all under your sinks, this is fine. kinda i guess, just tighten them up and try again and bring a towel. You can make sure they are secure by tightening them. Its like a bolt, righty tighty, on all underside piping connections.

AND FOR THE LOVE OF EYESIGHT AND CHEMICAL BURNS, JUST TELL US YOU USED DRAINO. Even if it was a few days ago before the problem started. I know a guy who had his foot melted in the winter by stepping in a sewer puddle from draino, im talking no meat left… and if you get it in your eye, within a few seconds before you can wash it out, you have permanent eye damage.

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Simple soda bottle and a turn of the heads all you need…

Not true! Mine’s exceptionally ugly, so I think “I really need to replace it” the instant I walk in.

I was always feeling this weird disconnect from stories and memes about toilets getting blocked.

I live in the UK, and I’ve never owned a toilet plunger. My parents don’t own one. I’ve barely ever seen one. If memes are to be believed, my life should be a disaster, a ticking time bomb, waiting to explode in a torrent of shit.

So what gives?

Turns out the US actually uses totally different style toilets to Europe! US has a siphonic system, and over here we’ve got a washdown system. There are pros and cons of each, but a big plus of the euro style is that it’s really hard to clog.

And now it all makes sense.

https://bathroomnerd.com/european-vs-american-toilet/

Incorrect meme usage?

Or it breaks when guests are already on the way. Then you think for the rest of your life.

I actually think about plungers quite a bit. If I notice someone has a sink plunger instead of a toilet plunger, I immediately and forever judge the shit out of them.

Hot water an dish soap works miracles on all kinds of clogs btw.

Note for Europeans -

This is a weird US thing. Their toilets are an odd trap design with a floor level outlet, plus the pipework is narrower and more likely to block.

Regarding sinks, for some reason bottle traps like we have scare them, so they can’t just unscrew the trap to clean it

You, however, are very unlikely to ever need a plunger at any point in your life

Until you saw this post

Untrue. I grew up on the Super Mario Brothers Super Show.

If you play close attention to the "power’ of your toilets flush… you’ll notice when it’s getting close to a clog. That flush will make you second guess something isn’t right. And if your neglect it, you will sooner or later realize it was in fact on its way to clog.

The life of a homeowner. Many of you have NO idea the amount of chit you need to learn and pay attention to on a daily basis to make sure your home is well maintained. Adulting fkin sucks.

I think about them when I check into a hotel because I’ve had to make that call a time or two.

That’s not how this meme template works.