My kitchen sink is clogged on one side. The other side with garbage disposal works fine. Any tips or suggestions on fixing this?
Thanks everyone for your great suggestions. I had the am munitions ready..(bought a plunger, baking soda and vinegar, boiled two pots of hot water). I started with the plunger... bingo... it worked like a charm. Thanks again!!!
Put the drain plug in the working side and use a plunger on the other side. DO NOT MIX so many chemicals like another poster suggested unless you want to drop dead from the fumes.
Pick one chemical drain opener or try white vinegar with baking soda and a snake (a wire hanger will work to push through the clog).
Pour 1 cup baking soda down sink -- follow with one cup vinegar
it will foam like crazy --- let sit 15 minutes then pour a tea kettle of boiling water down the drain
If it doesn't work repeat baking soda and vinegar and let it sit longer---even overnight.
Use a (clean!) plunger. My neighbor did work in apts and it always worked for him and us.
My kitchen sink periodically gets clogged. What works for me is to cover the garbage disposal side with the sink stopper, and for the clogged side I use a plunger. I have to press down very firmly on the stopper so that it doesn't pop back out again while I am plunging the clogged side. Hopefully you have a small plunger, other than the toilet plunger, but if not, just be sure to disinfect the sink very thoroughly when you are finished.
Hope it helps!
cheapest way, go the 99 cent store and buy a new plunger, use it on your sink and you will save tons of money works like wonders for me everytime
Have you tried a liquid drain opener?
Boil a couple big pots of water, and slowly run the water down BOTH sides. We've had this happen a couple times, and that always does the trick :)
get the toilet plunger in the clogged side
(sure a clean plunger would work better - i just read answers below - but who has a clean plunger in their house??)
Use a mixture of Drain-O crystals, liquid Drain-O, Commet, and DishSoap. Rinse down (or into) drain with cool/warm water. If that doesn't start bubbling, then go with the plunger and try it little by little... be sure to check your other sinks!! in my house the laundry and kitchen drains are connected so when one is plugged and seems to be being fixed, it just bubbles up in the other sink
I also suggest the plunger! That's how I fixed my clogged sink.
definitely do the boiled water trick - works like a charm!
something is stuck in there.
Use a plunger, make sure you hold something down on the drain on the other side to stop the water from spurting out.
If a plunger doesnt work, boil some water in a large pot and then hold it high and poor it straight into the drain of the clogged side. Hot water also works really well in clogged toilets provided it's not during winter and the porcelain is super cold..... but that's a whole nother story :) I'm not sure what's up with your plumbing, because I have a garbage disposal and there's only one pipe sharing. Your clog has to be from the pipe that leaves the sink and enters the disposal. It's probably grease.
