Fill the sink about halfway with hot tap water. Position the plunger over the submerged drain. Cover the sink overflow (the small drain hole in the basin) firmly with a folded cloth. If you skip this ...

There’s nothing worse than starting a shower only to find that your feet are swimming in water minutes after you’ve hopped in. A clogged shower drain can wreak havoc in a number of ways, and keeping ...

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You use your sink on a daily basis to rinse everything from your hands, body, and hair to dishes and veggies. So when water starts draining a little more slowly than usual and even the best drain ...

It's been so long since we used Drano that the container has rust on it. It's off to the dump when we make our next hazardous materials run. But a clogged drain last weekend got me wondering about ...

RUTH COLEMAN, a schoolteacher in Somerset, Pa., came home to find her basement flooded. The whole house was tied into the floor drain, so when it was clogged, nothing in the house worked. She called ...

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Q I enjoy reading your column every week in The Hartford Courant. I have two questions: 1) There are stains at the bottom of my toilet bowl that I can't remove by scrubbing with a brush and cleanser ...