My mom just gave me this tip. She has been doing it forever and it has always worked to keep all of the sinks in her house unclogged.

She pours a half a cup of peroxide down all of her drains, once a month. I just started this month. Supposed to work wonders. Hope you all enjoy the tip!

Vinegar with dribbling hot water follow by vinegar let sit and wash out with hot water.

I'll alternate with peroxide.

Great tip. 

I'll try that also. I have tried vinegar with baking soda I found that on the internet) It didnt seem to work that great. My boyfriend is a plumber, and you would think with him around we would never run into any problems. WRONG!!  He is so tired from working that when he comes home the last thing he wants to do is fix our plumbing problems. People are always commenting on how lucky we are that Jerry is a plumber, and our house must never have any problems. If only they knew.

Will vinegar or peroxide get rid of the odor that occasionally comes from the kitchen sink?  I have tried more remedies than I can count to help with this problem.  Nothing seems to work that good.  I have bought the tablets, Pampered Chef sink fizz, and poured bleach down the drain.  My husband has gone so far as taking the disposal out and cleaning it. That was alot of work for very little results.  Any suggestions?

I have never tried peroxide, but here is how I do teh vinegar.  After cleaning thoroughly, I run hot water, as hot as possible, for about a minute, then as I reduce the flow of water, I increase the flow of vinegar until I pour about one cup of vinegar after the water is off.  Then let sit for a few hours, or best - over night.

Then proceed as normal.  It has blown out clogs, eliminated smells, and even did my taxes one year!

And heather, a plumber always has leaky faucets.  And a mechanic always has a broke down car in the yard.  It is the nature of things!!

 

my dad always used sulfric acid ugh it made the house smell like rotten eggs and didnt help much he would pour it down the drain vents on the roof. i always pour bleach down the drain for awhile if its starting to back up till we get around to cleaning the trap under the sink it helps it not back up as much (the apt had bad issues with drains). for disposal odor the best thing we have found so far is these round plastic balls called plink it comes in citrus scents, we bought it from bed bath and beyond but i have seen it in the grocery stores lately it works great our disposal gets pretty bad from the dirty bird water but this got rid of the odor.

Thanks for the tip!  I tried this last night and my drain in the masterbath - finally drains wonderfully!  In 5 years, and alot of draino later it finally works like it should!