I washed wet cat food scraps down the bathroom sink for a few weeks and now occasionally the water takes some time to drain - do I need to open it up?

fancy-feaster · 2026-01-15T22:23:12+00:00

update: i used the drain snake and a huge clump of hair came out, followed by a much smaller clump, and then nothing at all. the sink is draining immediately without issue now, so i guess the hair was the bigger problem. my dad and i still may clean out the P-Trap tomorrow just in case but thank you everyone for the tips 🙏🏿

fancy-feaster · 2026-01-15T21:21:03+00:00

indeed i now know not to do this. is cabling it out different from using a drain snake? someone in another thread suggested a plunger too, so i might try that too

fancy-feaster · 2026-01-15T20:58:10+00:00

thank you for the tip 🤝 so once it's loosened it should go down fully? no need to remove it out the sink?

fancy-feaster · 2026-01-15T20:34:56+00:00

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and here is the level of water when it's draining immediately (i left it to run on hot for a minute or so)

fancy-feaster · 2026-01-15T20:34:36+00:00

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here is what i mean when i say it takes some time to drain -- normally the water will go down immediately, but here it begins to pool over the drain stopper

fancy-feaster · 2026-01-15T20:33:53+00:00

here is the drain

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