Danville Plumber - Tips for Removing a Grease Clog in a Drain - Guaranteed Plumbing Co

Grease is not good to put down a drain but in the event that some grease went down the drain and caused a clog to happen you may be able to warm the grease up enough to get the drain open again. Grease melts pretty easy so you need to heat up the drain in the spot that is clogged.
One way to try and get a drain unclogged is to dip out any water that is standing in the sink. Then carefully take a pot of boiling water and dump it slowly onto the drain opening. Let the hot water sit in the sink and soon the hot water may open the clogged drain so that the drain is free and open again.
You can also take a heating pad and wrap the heating pad around the drain pipe under the sink. Put the heating pad in the spot that you think is clogged. A good spot is where the drain curves. Turn the heating pad on and let it get the drain hot. Soon if it works right the drain will open up and the clog will be gone. Flush the drain with some hot water to get the clog running out of the drain.
A hair drier can be held on the drain to heat up the drain. Hold the hair drier so it is heating up the drain pipe. Keep the hair drier pointed at the drain until the drain pipes get hot. Hopefully the grease will melt and the drain will open up. After you heat up the drain flush it with hot water to rinse down the grease.
Heating up the drain pipe may not unclog a drain. It will help open up the drain from a grease clog but the drain may be clogged by something else. Or you may have heated up the drain in the wrong spot if the drain does not unclog when you heat it up.
You can also try to open the clogged drain with a plunger. A combination of heat and plunging may also get the drain to open up.
If you can't get the drain opened you will need to call a plumber to help get the drain pipe open. It won't hurt to try to open the clogged drain yourself by heating up the drain pipe. If the pipes are made of plastic be careful you don't melt the plastic piping.

source: Donna Daniels - Yahoo Contributor Network

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