I’ve got a clogged sink, and have been reading the labels on a bunch of different products lately. I’d always assumed that they were a strong acid of sorts, which would dissolve whatever sort of material was built up in the pipes. But I’ve noticed that a lot of these products specify that they’re non-corrosive, so I’m not sure what other sort of mechanism may be at play here.

  • @grue
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    292 days ago

    Get a drain snake; they work way better than any chemical solution.

    • @[email protected]
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      41 day ago

      *in that one country that inexplicably banned the installation of bottle traps

      This will not work in modern plumbing

        • @[email protected]
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          -81 day ago

          Show a yank this picture and watch them start frothing at the mouth and shrieking about “muh code” 😂

          • @pbbananaman
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            101 day ago

            yank

            Are you from the king’s land where you need separate taps for hot and cold water or the one where you stand on the pissing grates at the urinal?

            • @feedum_sneedson
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              324 hours ago

              I’m pretty sure we’re allowed mixer taps, I mean there’s one in my kitchen after all. But you’re right, they are much less common. I wonder why that is? I’m not sure what the pissing grate is, I feel like I’ve seen one though.

          • socsa
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            131 day ago

            What a strange thing to have a superiority complex over. “It is legal to install plumbing which can’t be mechanically cleaned.”

            • @[email protected]
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              -81 day ago

              If you think a random piss-take shitpost is a “superiority complex” you most likely have an inferiority complex and shite plumbing mate 😂

              • @GreenKnight23
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                41 day ago

                as a non-plumber what are the benefits of a bottle vs P style trap?

                • @[email protected]
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                  31 day ago

                  No tools needed to clean it, you just unscrew that bit at the bottom, and also apparently you get a superiority complex according to some bloke on the internet lmao

                  • @GreenKnight23
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                    323 hours ago

                    with a p trap you don’t need to unscrew anything though, right?

                    it’s just snake it and be done?