Cleaning the nasty clogged drain

 

There comes a time in life when the drain is clogged. I don't mean the underdepartment of yours truly, that is a whole other story, but the drain of the bathroom-persona ion. So here goes. Last year I moved in to this apartment that really needed a lot of work done due to the fact that the person living before me was a druggie. We're talking needles in the walls, blood on the ceiling, inches of dirt. The sad old sad. And I cleaned it up real good. Even splattered some paint around, but the one thing I didn't do was clean the drain. I guess I was afraid it would be hard or something. Or filled with more of those nasty HIV-infested needles. So I let it slide. Until one fine day I really needed a shower, and the bathroom over flooded. I found my blue disposable gloves (sorry world, but at least we recycle the plastic nowadays), and located my (imaginary and figuratively speaking) balls and did the job. This is how I did it, tutorial-style:

Put your gloves on and open the damn thing

Drop the lid in the sink, clean it with hot water and a toothbrush or something

Localise a plastic bag to put all the gore in. See the black thingy on the upper left? It's habitat is over the black and the red pipe. Get it out of there (this might be a struggle, but find your inner angry person and abUSE IT).

Clean enough (forgot to take pictures of the gore, sorry) aaand put the black thingy back where it belongs (it's probably homesick by now)

 

Clean the floor while you're at it

And you're done!

Now remember, this drain is from 2001, so if you are going to do the same and your drain looks nothing like this, maybe you should try google it (again?!). And if you found my blog google'ing "clogged drain" or "cleaning the drain" or something like that, well hello there! Stay on for more happy days!

PS: All this chemical stuff you buy to clean the drain usually works for a few months and they are expencive, bad for the environment and bad for you. (Some of them even clog your drain "on purpose", so you have to buy another one and another one. Isn't capitalism just great?). This way is messy, but it helps. I promise!