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How to clean a sink or bathtub drain with a PET bottle
Blockages in pipes, if there is no desire to remove the siphon, are usually broken through with a plunger, or they are filled with Mole. If you don’t have any of the above, then you can literally get by with a plastic bottle. With its help, you can actually break through a drain in a few minutes.

Required tools:

  • plastic bottle 1.5-2 l;
  • scissors or knife.

The process of clearing a clogged drain

You need to fill the sink or bathroom that is clogged with water. Then the bottom of the plastic bottle is cut off. Its cover should remain in place.
How to clean a sink or bathtub drain with a PET bottle
The cut bottle is immersed in water sideways to fill it and raised vertically.
How to clean a sink or bathtub drain with a PET bottle
Then you need to lift it, but without completely pulling it out of the water, and sharply lower it to the drain.
How to clean a sink or bathtub drain with a PET bottle
By performing reciprocating movements, a hydraulic shock is created. Water in the pipes literally breaks up the blockage or pushes it into the sewer riser. After working like this for a minute, you will be able to break through the drain even with a blockage that the Mole does not remove.
How to clean a sink or bathtub drain with a PET bottle
A very useful life hack that has helped out more than once in a difficult situation when the drain is clogged.
How to clean a sink or bathtub drain with a PET bottle

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