🛠️ DIY drain Pipe Unclogging — Real Talk Edition

✅ Tools:

• Bright flashlight or headlamp

• Plastic gloves (saves your hands from slime)

• Plastic basin or bucket (to catch the gunk water)

• Old towel or rag for the floor

• Optional: small bottle brush, wire hanger, or drain snake

✅ Steps:

1. Inspect flow — slow or no drainage? Likely a local clog.

2. Disassemble pipe segments (usually hand-tight for outbound/drain pipes)

3. Check/clean rubber sealing rings (gaskets) — replace if worn

4. Knock out gunk physically — hair, food sludge, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) scale, etc.

5. Flush with water, recheck flow before reassembly

6. Reassemble carefully, hand-tighten joints

7. Run water & leak-check — done!

🚿 Outbound (Drain) Pipes vs Inbound (Pressurized) Pipes:

The next time you'll do it in half the time. Consider installing a cleanout plug or trap with inspection cap next time for even easier maintenance.