PSA: Fixed a slow drain with a shop vac and it was way easier than I thought

My kitchen sink was draining super slow for like three days. I tried boiling water and baking soda and vinegar but nothing worked. I was about to go buy a snake from Home Depot but decided to try my shop vac first. I just sealed the hose over the drain with a wet rag, set it to blow mode for a few seconds, then switched to vacuum mode. It pulled out a nasty clump of grease and food bits that had been stuck in there. Took maybe 10 minutes total and saved me a trip to the store. Has anyone else tried this trick for a clogged drain?

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fiona_murphy1mo ago

Lately it feels like the best solutions are the ones you stumble into out of pure laziness.

finley_price241mo ago

Best solutions you stumble into out of pure laziness" really hits home, @fiona_murphy. It's wild how many shortcuts and workarounds I've found just by being too tired to do something the "right" way.

shanem3729d ago

One time I needed to merge a bunch of spreadsheets for a project but didn't want to learn how to use the proper formulas. So I just copy-pasted everything into one giant text file and used find-and-replace to clean it up. Took maybe 15 minutes and worked fine, even though I'm sure there's a way to do it automatically. Sometimes messy shortcuts just get the job done better than the "right" way would.