How to Clean Out a Sink Pop-up Drain Stopper
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- Опубликовано: 22 фев 2013
- When your bathroom sink does not drain well, quite often it's because
your pop-up stopper is plugged with debris. This video will show you
how to remove and clean the stopper. 
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WOW Thank you so much for so carefully explaining this. Hubby always took care of this kind of thing. But he died 4 years ago and now at 70 I still have so much to learn!!! Got it fixed with a couple oops moments but it works up and down and drains and no leaks!!! All my long hair lost over 4 years. Was not as bad as your drain but was solidly plugged.
I just posted a similar story. I lost my husband after 34 years... So sorry for your loss. Be Blessed. Much Love from widow to widow. We will figure this stuff out with God's help ... And RUclips. 😄💕✝️
@@dmoody318 Aw Big hugs to you. I do miss my hubby even after 4 1/2 years. But I am totally enjoying my now single life. RUclips also makes it so much easier. I have my dogs kitties and house plants for company. Worked on some wire weaving all day yesterday with out the stress and worry of having to deal with that huge expected C dinner. Woke to a couple inches of fresh snow this morning. A winter wonderland. It is so hard at first and then the new normal sets in. Take care and good for you for taking charge and doing this yourself!!!
sorry for your los
@@jilly7710 Thank you.
@@shadesofidaho of corse :)
After watching this video, my roommate and I finally mustered up the confidence to attack the beast that was our drain clog. We successfully removed the horrifying contents of the drain and after about 3 minutes of gagging, crying, and high-fiving, we did a test run, discovering our sink was up and running just like normal. Thanks for being our internet dad and teaching us the ways of domesticated adulthood.
Kelly O'Keefe Couldn't have put it better. Thanks Teach/internet dad :)
Yeah! Me as well! I emailed a plumber last night for a quote but now I'll cancel and save myself around 50quid or summink! (I'm pretty sure i pulled a small mouse out of there too!😷urgh!) Thanks dad!
Thank you. Sink unclogged!
Kelly O'Keefe our internet dad lol 😂
metoo! Thanks dad!
70-year-old woman here, feeling very pleased with myself for being able to follow and execute your terrific instruction and visuals here. I got rid of that awful, black, gooey stuff that was clogging up my bathroom sink and successfully put everything back together. If a 70-yr-old woman can do this, ANYone can! Thank you so much!
Us "old gals" - we stick together!
@@g-girl9867 LOL! You got that right!
Perfect video
I was not adequately prepared for what I would find in the bowels of that wretched place. This morning I was a child: a naive boy of summer. Never had I known the tyranny of despair. Would that I could say the same now. For countless hours I toiled with the beast. Every minute felt like thousands of lives of a man. With each tug and pull the stench of its wickedness struck mighty blows upon my defenses. How much time has passed now I cannot say, but here I sit with the remnants of the aborted demon fetus laid to waste. It is too late for me. Though I long for the soft warmth of spring, I fear I shall always remain in this soulless winter. You still have a chance to turn back: do not say you had not been warned.
Do you write for a living? You have quite a way with words! lol
This is one of the best comments I've ever read. Warning heeded. I shall make someone else do it.
H. P. Lovecraft could not have said it any better!
I unfortunately did not heed the warning, and the worst part is... my sink is still clogged 😭🤢🤮
Brilliant reply. ROFLMAO!
Ten years ago I'd have paid someone to do something this simple because I wouldnt have known how simple it was. This is the value of the internet.
Thank you soooooooo much :-) my husband was sleeping so when he wakes up he's gonna be so impressed with my handy work ;-)
A'Larie's Beautiful World I just did the same girl lol 🙌
4 years late but he'd rather take a (flight to boston) when he wakes up.
🤣😂😅🙂....And That's How Its Done!
Most awesome thing I've read so far today..... Congrats
Plot Twist: she broke the sink
At first I was wondering how this video could possibly be over 8 mins long, but you went into so much detail that I actually learned how my sink stopper works. Thank you so much! My sink drains cleanly now
Thank you! As a widow, I hate to hire everything out and you video showed me this was one of those things I could do myself! Nice clean drain now - problem solved!
May God bless you extravagantly!
Thank you so much. I'm a single mom and poor, hence my undesire to call a plumber. So, I watched this and was amazed. I not only have an understanding about how that stopper works, but can now also address how to clean it. I am so grateful! Thank you so much; you saved me so much money.
I am a 48 year old gal who did this with the help of your video. Our bathroom sink was clogged on and off for 6 years and this wasn't on hubby's priority when the weekends came around. I finally got fed up and did it myself. Fabulous. Thank you!!!
I couldn't stop laughing at the beginning "this is a sink." That made my day! Now on to unclogging the sink :P
Five months pregnant, new homeowner, no landlord to call.... THANK YOU! I fixed it myself! Your video saved the day. It turned out to be a easy fix after watching your video.
Yessssssss. Thank you! My sink was driving me nuts.
Fun Fact: The top part of my stopper doesn't screw off. I had to skip to the following steps.
Think I’ll be doing the same thing
I had the same thing happen! First step was unnecessary
I just twisted the bitch for 5 minutes tryna get it off thinking something was wrong.
Wait so how did you clean it lol I currently have this problem.. please respond
I want to show my affection for your generosity supporting men who really want help on that topic. Your very own commitment to passing the message along had become definitely effective and have surely enabled individuals much like me to arrive at their pursuits. Your own warm and helpful instruction implies a lot to me and somewhat more to my fellow workers. Many thanks from all of us.
Thank you so much for the wonderful comment. So happy it helped you.
Thank you so much for posting this. My husband is handicapped so I am the handiwoman in the house. Fixed his bathroom sink drain. Thank you!!!
Even after 10 years this video is helpful! I honestly couldn't believe what I found in my bathroom sink
I have been asking my husband for over a month to fix the damn bathroom sink. He washes his hair gel out in the bathroom every day and it has caused it to drain super slow. Finally i could not take it! The drain started to stink and i wanted it fixed! Your video helped greatly! That plug was so gunked up with hair gel and my long hair with god knows what else. Now, do you have any videos on how to fix a procrastinating husband?
No. Sorry. None on procrastinating husbands. But if you find one I'm sure my wife would be interested also.
Your comment is too funny! I have no idea how to fix procrastinating husbands, but I guess that looking at the brightside, I can fix or install just about anything in my car or home now. Try putting off making dinner maybe? As an example of how frustrating it is when a small request is ignored. That's just a suggestion. Making a PB&J sandwich is easier than the task of removing this darn stopper to clean out who knows what!
Its because of Procrastinating Husbands, or Husbands That Never Showed Up that we become so capable and so brilliant! Rosie the Capable! You go, Girl! Then....you can try the same technique used by the ladies of the Lysistrata! It might work :-)
Your comment is exactly the reason why I'm here. My husband uses 3 sinks in our house to wash out his gel and shave his face! My side of the sink isn't clogged in our master bathroom. That should tell him how clean I am :)
Amanda McAvoy 3 sinks?! I can't imagine the clogs you must be dealing with considering all that gel and whatnot. 😲 One of my biggest pet peeves is hair messes. Facial hair on the counters, hair that is simply washed down the drain after it ends up in the sink, or after a shower. I can't stand it!
Thank you so much...I've been trying to get my husband to do it, but it has yet to be done.... I took it upon myself to look it up on RUclips and you explained it perfectly!!! You are the bomb!!
You go girl! I’ve always said, “if you really want something done, you might as well just do it yourself!”It’s not worth your time or the stress involved in trying to get them to do anything. I gave up on that many years ago and have found that it’s so empowering! I’ve tackled and successfully conquered all kinds of things! It keeps me active/moving, and it’s also gratifying to save so much money by doing things myself! Now it’s time to go tackle my two nasty sink drains! 😝🤮
As a new young home owner, this was extremely helpful! Very easy to understand and I appreciate that you explained what each part does.
This is the most asinine invention
The most straightforward, well illustrated video on a common, frustrating, and, yes, expensive problem I've seen on the internet. Thank you thank you thank you.
Thank you so much for this video. I fixed my bathroom clog this morning with the help of this video. I saved $80 to have the plumber come out.
That's great, so happy the video helped!
One of the first times I've been able to take what I've seen on video and apply it to real life. This demo. told me exactly what I needed to do to remedy a backed up sink. I'm not skilled in home repairs but this was easy and saved me from having to call a plumber. Thank you
Being this woman's son,it is very easy for me. And I'm only 10 yrs old!!!
OMG YOU SAVED MY LIFE! I had been dealing with a clogged sink for WEEKS!!! I told my dad to check it out but he had been very busy. Today I decided to check it out clueless of how to do it, I looked it up n thank god i found this video. I am so proud and grateful, thank you so much!!
Thank you!!! I have been asking my husband to unclog our sink for WEEKS, the look on his face when he came upstairs as I was finishing up was priceless
Have mercy, THANK YOU for the detailed info!! Just cleaned out my drain and it only took about 20 minutes! Small space (truly a 'water closet'! lol) so I used a flash light and a mirror! Was able to put it all back together quickly too and now, it's a clear drain! I feel like SUPERWOMAN!! (Until I saw a spider under there and then I was 'me' again. heh)
I_Am_Serenity Lisa Right like who needs a man to fix a drain, we got RUclips!
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!! As a single mom, I try to do things around the house on my own. My bathroom sink has been draining but extremely slowly for months. I was done with it this evening and decided to find some help online. It took me less than 10 minutes and whala! Thank you again for sharing!!!
I just finished cleaning the sinks pop-up stopper and the drain. Your video was extremely helpful and I did it in the first try! I am 76 years old and this was a great reward for an old woman, Thanks if was nasty and needed cleaning!
This video was 10/10. Unclogged my drain and felt like a responsible home-owner! Thank you so much for the clear and concise video.
I've spent years trying to figure out how to get that stopper out and fighting slow drains and then giving up and calling a plumber - this was SO easy! Thank you so much for this video. Easy to follow and I did it!
Thank you! This video helped me unclog my sink, when I really needed even a small win! Even though it was gross, it feels great to be able to do something like this!
🙏 thank you. As a woman, my son of course thought our sink would never work again. I followed step by step and now we have a draining sink again.❤
I've been trying to figure out how to remove the plastic piece forever and tonight, I finally got it and was able to clean out my sink drain! Thank you for making this video!
Thanks a ton for a clear and easy to follow video! I've now taken the assembly apart as you shown, cleaned the yucky pipe with pipe snake, cleaned the various parts and put them all back. All working great! Thanks for the great help!
Thank you for this video! If I had realized unclogging my drain was so easy, I would have done it months ago!
Thank you! Saved money watching this video and attempting to unclog my bathroom sink myself. Your video and directions worked perfectly and my drain is once again draining without a problem!
I am a 68 year old woman I had a severely clogged drain...I came to see how to get it apart ....I took it apart and cleaned it out and it is working like a charm...Thank you...
Good news: Worked like an absolute dream and sink drains beautifully now. Thanks!
Bad news: Still having nightmares about the foot long 'thing' that I removed from the drain which was causing the clog.
@Sponge Bob a nightmare
🤣🤣🤣
Think I'll have a beer first now...
I just fixed a clog that I have been trying to fix for months! I feel super accomplished! thanks so much!
Thank you! WAS NOT prepared for the four years of nastiness that was down there *gag* but I'm grateful that now my sink is clean.
I love this tutorial! I revisit it once a year, without fail. By then, my bathroom sink drain has been slooooooow for months. I need to make it a point to come back every 6 months. MAX! Thank you for saving me a ton of money on my auto insurance, I mean thank you for saving me a ton of money by not having to pay a plumber to do for me! I appreciate it!
Thank you!! You covered everything and made it so easy to do. My only glitch was when the toothbrush I was using to clean it out slipped down the drain. Retrieving it was the most time consuming part of the job.
This video just saved me and my roommates! Feeling so accomplished - worked like a charm. Thank you!!!
Thank you... I am living alone for the first time and came across this tricky situation. You saved the day for me.
Thanks for helping this 70 yo woman fix my slow draining sink stopper. Haha, Geo, looks like you've cornered the market for helping senior women fend for ourselves! Many thanks!
I got yelled at by my mom who blamed me for clogging up the bathroom sink... so i looked up your video and was able to unclog it and save myself from more yelling... it stunk so bad though yuck!
This was so easy thank you so much and lmao at these comments they're making me chuckle. I gagged really hard cleaning that pipe out... I had to end up using a coat hanger to get down in there. Drains better now and I'm proud of myself!
It’s 2022 and I’m STILL thankful you posted this!
Thank you so much!! I don’t like asking for help bc I have a hard time following instructions so having this online for me to watch is so nice. Helps me to figure things out in my own and feel independent/responsible.💛
Very successfully completed task after seeing your video. Thanks.
You are awesome! Because of your video I just did this and the sink is clean and water is flowing smoothly. Thanks!!!
Thank you so much! This 60 year old woman afraid to call a plumber during Covid-19 was able to unclog my sink in about twenty minutes. Great job explaining everything. 👍🏼😊
I watched this video last year and successfully unclogged my bathroom sink. Didn’t think I’d need it again because I told myself I wouldn’t let any hair go down the drain but here I am once again 😂 So happy I found the same video! I might as well download this video lmfao
Lmao back again 3 years later 😂
thank you so much for this!! i was kicked out at 17 and since then have been navigating the waters of adulthood on my own 🤣 i’m 19 now and feeling like superwoman for doing this on my own.
little psa: my topper thingie did not come off (aka the first step)!!! if yours doesn’t, go ahead and move onto the next step, you can do so without taking the head of the drain off :)
This has been amazing! Masterful instruction and execution 👍 so easy to follow ✨🙌
I did this years ago, but since I had a stroke, I forget the simplest things; this procedure is one of those lost memories. This video got my back to an efficiently draining sink.
Thank you for the post.
Why in the hell are people hitting thumb down on this!
Thanks... this fixed the problem. I did my best to not throw up cleaning the plug. Respect for the editing and showing the goof with the pivot joint... I woulda done the same had I not seen a pro do it.
"There's actually even leaves in there...so I'm not sure how those got there" lol
Thanks for this video! Once I could see what I needed to do, it was short work to relieve a nasty hair clog. Thumbs up!
Great job!
HowToWith GEO thanks man
I had no idea how to unclog my sink until I found your short video. Thank you for the clear instructions! 🙏
I know this video is 9yrs old but thanks to you I just unclogged my bathroom sink. Thank you.
the real og. fixed my sink in 30 seconds. thanks.
This is awesome !!! I NEVER could have done this without you ! It is so clearly explained in detail. I even appreciate the "miss" at the end when you didn't get the rod in the stopper hole on the first try,as it made it clear how tricky that part can be. This is a life=saving video and you get 10 gold stars !!!!
I got tired of asking my hubby to unclog our bathroom sink. I got online, followed your great video and did it myself😉 Thanks so much!
thank you for leaving the screw ups and quirky parts in. Makes it a lot easier knowing where the trouble points are and that others have them too.
THANK YOU!!! Worked like a champ!
Thanks man. I finally fixed my sink from being stop up. Great video
So 9 years later this came on super valuable!! Thanks!!
Thank you for posting this video! I was able to unclog my slow-draining sinks all by myself while my husband was out of town!
With your help, I was able to do it myself. Thanks!
That's great!
My stopper Fell down the drain and had to take pipe apart. Leave the top on when you remove the stopper from underneath
Shawn Schultz good idea. The video mentions unscrewing the stopper. This won't unscrew and I don't think I did that last time.
Shawn Schultz I have the same problem. Where did you take the pipe apart?
You remove the "trap"--the curved portion of the pipe; it should unscrew in two places. Might be shaped like a J or a U. It's actually not a bad mistake to drop the stopper down there, because when you unscrew the p pipe you might actually find a huge wad of gunk in it which is the bigger source of the drain problem. just have to make sure you put a pan underneath when you work because water and debris will fall out.
Thanks! Same thing happened to me and your comment helped me resolve the issue.
Shawn Schultz i wish I would’ve read your comment before..the same thing just happened to me 😤😤😤
Most of the comments here are young adults and older people I’m 16 no experience never held a screw before. I kept telling my uncle that my sink kept clogging and he was procrastinating on fixing it. So I watched your video and fixed it myself thanks so much
Thank you for this. You did a great job teaching and I liked that you showed how each part looked, that was especially helpful to me, a first timer. You saved me having to call someone. It feels good to do things for oneself.
how do you even have the guts to hold that stuff with youre bare hands
i was almost gonna pass out when i saw that too
It's why plumbers are paid well! No one else want to touch that with a ten foot pole!
I wore gloves.. I also thought this is why plumbers get paid so much. If I am disgusted by my own mess it would be a real horror show to unclog other peoples drains. YIKES
get drunk first... it helps x'D
My thoughts exactly. I use nitrile gloves.
Thank you, THANK YOU for sharing videos like this! :) Very helpful for us DIY gals ;)
10/10 would recommend. Got home from work and was fed up with this drain that almost overflows simply by brushing my teeth. The hole in the back of the sink also gets stopped up so it's useless. Was seconds away from buying a snake but jumped on youtube and found your video. Had no issues fixing it. I am amazed at how well that worked. It drains like new. My regret is that I didn't do it sooner. I've suffered for a couple months and bought draino and still suffered. I am ashamed I let it go on this long when it was fixed in 10 minutes. I feel so capable. Never again will I have a stopped up drain. Thank you so much!
It worked. Incredibly easy! Thank you. Looks like it's worked for lots of people through the years
Thank you it worked like a charm!
Me: Oh ok, step one seems simple enough, just gotta remove the top thingy!
The top thingy: Think again mortal.
Its been 1 hour already
@@helmato 3 months later and I still haven’t gotten it-
Yeah I can’t get the top off either
I can’t get mine either ☹️
You don't need to remove the top on it, mine doesn't come off I just removed it with the top on.
I am so excited this was simple enough for me to fix. Can't believe how long I've dealt with a slow drain and tried a few versions of Drain-O when all I needed was this video. I thought I would remove the plug to use a snake, but all the slowness was from goop caught in that top part, no snake was needed! Now my sink is perfect! I even learned how to fix the lever so it moves the sink plug up and down again! My only complaint: would have been nice to know that, after taking the metal bar out, the plastic piece would plummet to the bottom of the drain loop. Fortunately, I remembered watching my parents take apart the bottom curved piece of a sink and easily found the plastic part.
Great helpful video. Watched it twice and cleaned out the stopper myself (78 yr old lady); didn't really need the wrench.
Thank you so much !!!!! Life saver !!
That was much easier than I thought it would be
Thanks! Used this video to unclog a sink 4 years ago, now I'm back to watch it again to unclog one in the new house we moved into! So easy and requires basically no tools. HOT TIP: I know this sounds gross but I have long hair and deal with hair clogs a lot.... everyone with a long haired person at home needs to get a wire hanger and bend the end into a "U" shape, then send it down the pipe and it will grab all of the hair clogs. Works like a charm on sinks or shower drains.
Thank you for this video!! I keep having to pour baking soda and vinegar followed by pots of hot boiling water down my drain to semi-clear the clog. That usually only lasts for a month or two before I have to do it again. I'm soooo glad I found this video because now my drain is completely unclogged and drains perfectly!! Such a quick and easy, albeit kind of disgusting, fix!!! The things I pulled out of my drain were nasty!
thank you this helped me alot
You sir are ONE FINE AMERICAN (hoping that you are indeed American)!! Thank you so much for this video! My pop up clog was disgusting. ewwww
Thank you for your post!
Out of all videos I’ve watched , this one was the most useful by far . Thank you so very much
Soooooooo, very helpful -- notice the extra o's that is how excited I am to be able to get that drain cleaned up. Thank you. Knowledge is power!
Sink cleaning time thanks to our boy :)
Cool.
mine seem to be stuck. Do you have any advice on how to unscrew the stopper?
+Sonia Lightyear you actually don't have to unscrew the stopper. It's actually better if you don't. Just follow the rest of the steps, and you should be able to unclog it.
HowToWith GEO thanks ill try it!
Omg THANK YOU. My toddler dropped something in the drain while she was playing in it. It was so easy to pull it out of the deeper part of the drain thanks to your video. I’m tempted to try clean out all our sinks now!! Thanks so much
Thanks for posting the flub of not getting the rod into the plastic part the first time. That was the only part of the process I struggled with and if you had not included that, I might have abandoned the whole thing in frustration.
Great, helpful video.
Omfg thank you so much! 😭 Finally unclogged my sink after 5 months.
this is helpfull as fuck. thank you good sir.
I just did this, slow draining has been bothering me for months. I don't know how much a plumber visit would have cost me, but you saved me exactly that amount.
I've watched several videos on how to do this, but yours was by far the best! Thank you so much for showing and explaining this procedure.
Dude put on some gloves🤢
Gloves can often get in the way. It's just sink grim. At the end of the day as long as you wash ur hands u should be ok
Fixed the drainage issue. A beautiful clump of hair and muck was removed. Then had a fun time figuring out how to get all the parts back together since I didn't look at what hole and/or setting each component was in prior to disassembly. But, I finally figured it out and everything is working perfectly again. Thanks for this video. I just needed to post this on the Internet since I'm actually proud of myself for once.
Thank you for sharing this video. A few months ago my girlfriend and I undid most of the pvc plumbing and really scrubbed and cleaned inside the pipes.
Sludge city!
It was agonizing and tedious.
Water has been draining s l o w l y,
and I brought over a drain snake- which I've never used but watched plumbers use theirs.
Hopefully your video will fix the clog without going through that or repeating the last experience.
This seems direct and a bit quicker.
Thank goodness for RUclips !
Thank you! My son vomited in our apartment bathroom sink and this helped me take the stopper apart so I could clean out the vomit chunks. Parenting magic!