My great tenant reported a slow draining bathroom drain. I have read about using a shop vac to unclog drains by using the sudden "reverse flow" to pull all the crud out of the drain. I have a powerful shop vac with Goretex filter (impervious to water) and tried it. Worked perfect! I had the drain flowing perfectly in less than 30 seconds time, no disassembling pipes, no chemicals, no drain snakes. The vac pulled about a pint of disgusting, soupy black crud out of the drain in seconds.
There are a lot of Youtube videos on how to do this.
My secret weapon for slow flowing shower drains is the Zip It tool. Looks like barbed wire only it is made of plastic. Slip the barbed part into a clogged shower drain and you will pull out a huge clump of hair. Cost about 4 dollars at most big box stores.
The shop vac trick worked so well I wanted to share it.
There are a lot of Youtube videos on how to do this.
My secret weapon for slow flowing shower drains is the Zip It tool. Looks like barbed wire only it is made of plastic. Slip the barbed part into a clogged shower drain and you will pull out a huge clump of hair. Cost about 4 dollars at most big box stores.
The shop vac trick worked so well I wanted to share it.