It often starts with a slow drain. Then your kitchen sink takes longer to clear, until one day there's standing water and a strange smell you can't ignore. You run the garbage disposal, but nothing ...

As its name suggests, a sink’s overflow hole gives water a place to go in the event that the drain is closed or blocked, and the faucet is left on. While the sink’s drain is located at the bottom of ...

With all puns possibly intended, most folks know the sinking feeling of a clogged drain. These inconveniences typically come at the worst time, when the sink is full of food, toothpaste or worse items ...

Start your drain-cleaning procedure by manually removing as much debris from the drain as you can. Sometimes the clog is in ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Standing water is just gross. There’s really no other way to say it. There you are, ...

We all run into drainage problems at one point or another, especially if you live in a busy home. And while a sink or bathtub that drains very, very slowly might throw a wrench in your day, you don’t ...

One of the first and easiest things you can do is simply flush your drain with a pot of boiling water. It’s not guaranteed to unclog physical or grease blockages, but if you have a slow drain that you ...

Q You forgot something when you were doing your plumbing work in a recent column. There is one more thing that can cause vanity sink odor -- the overflow drain. I'm an ex-plumber, and when I moved to ...

Sink drains often get clogged due to the daily barrage of food scraps and soapy residues, necessitating a potent agent that can cut through greasy build-ups. The acidic nature of grease means that ...