Your kitchen drain is clogged and you don’t have money to call the plumber. She has tried using the plunger, but is having no success. What are you going to do, you don’t have money to hire a plumber and the plunger doesn’t seem to be working effectively?
If you have a shop vac that can be used to pick up water, you could save yourself a couple of bucks. The first thing you will need to do is remove the filter from the shop vac. The filter is normally used when vacuuming dry materials such as sawdust or dirt.
If you don’t remove the filter, you will very likely ruin it once it gets wet. Be sure to clean your shop vac thoroughly and turn it on outside to make sure it doesn’t blow dirt or dust out the exhaust vent.
With all of that done, it’s time to take the shop vac into the kitchen and try to unclog the kitchen drain. I would imagine, since your kitchen drain is clogged, that there is water in the sink. Just put the end of the shop vacuum hose into the drain that is clogged and turn it on. Drain off as much of the dirty water as possible, then refill the kitchen sink with enough clean water to cover the clogged sink drain opening.
This time, you’ll place the end of the vacuum hose into the sink drain, while using your hand to block the rest of the kitchen sink drain opening. This will allow you to cover as much of the opening as possible. You will now need to turn on the vacuum, while blocking the sink drain opening, as best you can.
This may not work the first time, so keep adding water and repeat the process. If this doesn’t work and you have a double kitchen sink, you may need to cover the other drain opening and try again.
The purpose and objective here is to try to reverse the clogged object that is in the kitchen sink trap or in the pipes that carry kitchen waste to the sewer.
If you do this more than four times and it doesn’t work, you tried, now is the time to call the plumber. However, if it works, you’ll save yourself a couple of bucks. Don’t forget that you can use this method to unclog drains in sinks, toilets, and even bathtubs.