What do I do? It is a gel formulated thick enough to easily pour through water straight to the clog, dissolving it fast. Just follow the label directions. Be aware, however, there are other drain uncloggers on the market that could cause damage.
Follow the package instructions for the right amount of product to use. I have a slow-running toilet. In addition, they are recyclable, so after you unclog your drain, please rinse, re-cap and recycle the plastic bottle. Product may foam up from the drain; this is normal.
Let the product finish foaming and then rinse the foam down the drain with a minimal amount of water. Short answer: Yes, you can put Drano in a garbage disposal, but read the instructions carefully. By manually loosening the clog in the pipe with the tool first, the concentrated gel can then power through and completely unclog the drain even the most stubborn ones.
Is it normal for a few of the Snake Plus tool barbs to break off during use? Ken's Plumbing Blog. You heard us — throw it out, and let us discuss a few problems caused by the popular product that you may not have known about: Drano heats up your pipes: This simply means the chemicals used in the product are working together and creating heat with each chemical reaction.
As we all know, Drano has to sit in order to "get the job done. Drano has Environmentally Unsafe Ingredients : Not only can Drano seep into your sewage system and make its way into rivers, lakes, and even the ocean, but consider your personal "home environment," especially if you have children and pets around.
Drano contains many, many toxins, meaning the container itself should be held with caution we suggest using gloves and kept far, far away from food, children, and pets.
Drano isn't Safe for Your Family: Remember when you thought it was silly for us to suggest using Drano with gloves?
Consider this: your pet is thirsty and decides to go fetch some water out of the very toilet bowl you just put Drano down. Drano is lye-based household drainage cleaner product sold in several forms, consisting in variations of sodium hydroxide lye , sodium hypochlorate bleach , sodium nitrate, sodium chloride salt and aluminum. When Drano is poured down a drain, several chemical reactions happen at the same time.
Hair and grease included. The lye is mixed with small shards of aluminum, creating a strong reaction that generates heat at near-boiling temperatures. The high heat theoretically speeds up the decomposition process. Tap water, too, reacts with the lye to produce more heat, softening deposits lining a dirty drain.
Lye then reacts with the softened grease, creating soap that the hot water dissolves, and again with the aluminum to form hydrogen bubbles. The bubbles loosen the clog particles, creating space for the hot water to carry it all down the drain.
In other words, much more than your drain should have to handle. Drano damages plumbing systems. Drano sits in a pipe until the clog dissolves, continually reacting and generating heat.
Toilet bowls can crack. PVC pipes can soften and eventually break.
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