How do I unclog a bathroom sink full of hair?

Question

Uh.. might be a big problem. I don't know what to do about it.

Answer 1

My daughter and I both have average length hair and it clogs the bathroom sink from time to time. I have taken a wire hanger, unbent it and made a hook in the end and fish out the excess hair that way. Gross? You betcha. But it works and my drain runs free and clear. If you don't want to get that up close and personal, buy some Drano or Liquid Plumber for slow moving or clogged drains and use that, that works pretty good too, but it can be hard on the pipes. If all else fails, you may have to remove the elbow of the drain and clean it out that way.

Answer 2

If your faucet is equipped with a mechanical stopper (with the little handle between the knobs), look under the sink. You'll see a long this rod sticking out of the back of the drain, just below the bottom of the sink. It will be connected to a flat rod with holes in it. It's connected with a small spring clip.

Squeeze the clip and slide it backwards and separate the flat rod from the thin rod.

Unscrew the bolt that is connected to the back of the drain that has the thin rod protrueding tru it.

Once you have removed this rod, your stopper will be able to be removed.

Most of the hair collected in bathroom drains gets caught up between the bottom of the stopper and the actuator rod.

Go on line, and find an exploded view of a standard bathroom drain. This will better clarify the process.

After all this, clear the drain, add some Drano and reassemble.

Good Luck.
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Answer 3

You can try 1 cup baking soda followed by 2 cups vinegars, followed by 1 gallon of boiling water. If that doesn't work, try a commercial lye product to unclog drains like Liquid Plumber. You can purchase a cheap sewer snake for about 10 bucks. Lastly, call a plumber. Good luck. Pour 12 ounces of Clorox in all your drains once a month to prevent future problems and catch all the hair with a sink strainer.

Answer 4

I had a plug bathroom sink once before. You may or may not be able to do this but I took the wet/dry vac (as a last resort) and took the nozzle and placed it over the drain hole and flipped on the wet/dry vac. This sucked out the clog and problem over! Now once a month I take a jug of bleach and pour down all the drains. If plastic pipes, this slicks the insides - not real good on the old metal pipes.

Answer 5

Forget the Liquid Plumber, if the sink is full of hair it is not going to work. If you're the handyman type (which you don't sound like or you wouldn't have a sink full of hair to start with) then take the drain pipe apart at the elbow and follow instructions already given. If you are not a handyman, don't touch it. You break something your bill just tripled. Just call the dude with the crack showing and pay the bill.

Answer 6

Okay... if there's a plunger operated stopper on the faucet look under the sink behind the drain pipe and there should be a screw on connector. Unscrew it and remove the the connector, then take out the stopper and fish the hair clog out with a cut clothes hanger bent into a hook on one end. Replace the stopper and make sure the connector shaft goes back through the hole in the stopper shaft so it will operate, and then use some drain cleaner for the residue.

Answer 7

I used Liquid- Plumr ( or is it Plumbr?). The bottle is bronze in color. By far, it's the only thing that works for me. I have long hair. I think you get the idea. All you do is pour the liquid down the sink, and leave it there til the next day (do it before you go to bed), then let the water run for a while.

Answer 8

I use Drano and it seems to work fine. (I have really long hair) But on the other hand I do use about a cup full of the stuff in my drains every month. Maybe thats the reason I never get a big clog.

Answer 9

Turn off the water
Uncrew the big U-joint under the sink
Get a bucket and take a broom handle and force the clog down into the bucket

Answer 10

Under the sink you can take the u-joint pipe off and clean it out, while you have it off you might as well take a pipe snake and stick that in the pipe in the wall. Make sure you have a bucket under that drain, and believe me it stinks. It is worth the work.