How to Unclog a Kitchen Sink With Baking Soda and Vinegar (No Plumber)

šŸ”— Save $6,000 A Year with My Complete Amish Home-Saving Method I teach: https://eliasyoder.com You stand at your kitchen sink and the water will not go down. It sits there in the basin, gray and still, rising when you run the tap, draining slow as cold molasses or not at all. And your first thought is to reach for that bottle of harsh chemical drain cleaner, or to call a plumber and pay him dear. But before you do either, let me show you the old way to clear that clog with two cheap things from your own pantry, no poison and no plumber. I keep up this Lancaster County place with my own hands, the way my people always have, for out here a body fixes his own troubles or they stay unfixed. And a clogged drain is one of the easiest troubles there is to fix yourself, once you know the old way. That harsh chemical cleaner in the bottle is dear, it is dangerous stuff to have about the house, and worse, it can eat at your pipes over time. The old way costs pennies, harms nothing, and works on most every common kitchen clog. Here is what I walk you through in this one: āœ“ What really clogs a kitchen drain, the grease and food building up and narrowing the pipe āœ“ Why the harsh chemical drain cleaner is dear, dangerous, and hard on your pipes āœ“ The first simple step, clearing what you can reach and flushing with very hot water āœ“ The baking soda and vinegar method, how much of each, and why it foams and works āœ“ Letting it sit and do its work, then the hot water flush to carry it away āœ“ When to repeat it, and what to do for a stubborn clog āœ“ Why a plunger helps, and the right way to use one on a sink Two cheap things from your pantry, a little hot water, and a bit of knowing, and you clear that clog yourself without the poison and without the plumber's bill. It is the kind of plain self-reliance the old people lived by, fixing the small troubles with their own hands and what was already in the house. Tell me in the comments below, what finally cleared your drain, and have you been pouring the harsh chemical cleaners down it all these years. And tell me your county and how old your house and pipes are, for old pipes clog easier than new, and I like to map it by where you all write from. I read every one. Next time, I want to show you how to keep your drains from ever clogging in the first place, the simple habits that keep a drain running clear for years so you never have to clear one at all, for preventing the clog is far easier than clearing it. A house is kept not by the great repair when a thing falls to ruin, but by the small fixes a body learns to do with his own two hands. There is a quiet freedom in being able to clear your own drain, mend your own troubles, and call no one. The home tended by the hands that live in it is the home that never waits helpless on a plumber. The people who built this country with their hands knew that, and we are only just starting to remember it. #cloggeddrain #unclogdrain #kitchensink #bakingsodavinegar #diyplumbing #homemaintenance #draincleaning #naturalcleaning #amish #eliasyoder #oldways #homerepair #plumbingtips #savemoney #noplumber #cleandrains #householdtips #pennsylvaniadutch #frugalliving #drainclog