my washing machine drain pipe is clogged what should i do?
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 at
11:44 am
Amy W asked:
the washing machine drain pipe is clogged had the washer checked by a repair man, washer is fine but said the drain pipecould be coated with detergent build up tried backing soda warm viniger and hot water treatment reapetedly. plumber snake is to big and doesn’t clean the sides of the pipe, so what else can i do?
Thanks!
Amy
Tagged with: Backing Soda • Detergent • Drain Pipe
Filed under: Maintenance & Repairs
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I had the same problem! Couldn’t get a drain snake to clean it past the trap so I bought the strongest chemical drain cleaner I could find. I followed the directions on the bottle and after a couple of treatments, the drain has been flowing very nicely.
You can use sulfuric acid drain cleaner from your local Lowe’s or Home Depot, this is the strongest drain cleaner you can buy. Be very careful using it as this will burn you. You will also want to leave home for a hr or so once you use it. All you do is pour it down the stand pipe and let it do it’s job-then run water through the stand pipe and this will flush the remaining junk out.
Before using chemical cleaning , insert steel or copper wire about 1/8″ (3 mm) diameter , bend its tip or end about 2″ (50 mm) and twist this short length one or two times , push and pull the twisted end deep into the drain pipe several times , pull out and remove clogged fibers or strings , repeat until pipe cleaned , run water you may not require chemical cleaning . Good luck