This was the last-ditch effort I made to get my family to the Goodyear blimp. But even with the last two stages of my plumbing, we still have issues getting drains clogged. The reason is obvious: standing water. That’s right—standing water! When we flush sewage out of our toilets, urinals, showers, and other public toilets, we often pour sewer water into a sink or basin that is already standing. This causes water to drain out of the drain and fill up three to five inches in an area known as “standing water” around your home. In other words, it’s standing water you might find in your kitchen sink if you have no faucet on tap! You can unclog your drain with standing water anytime from checking the pressure of your faucet to changing your toilet paper roll to replacing a broken sprinkler head. These are just some of the ways that you can unclog a drain with standing water without blasting plumbing pipes with hurled bricks and dynamite electrical drills. Make sure you read all the way through this article before continuing so that you don’t make the same mistakes I did!
How To Unclog A Drain With Standing Water?
- Turn off the water at your home.
- Remove the handle on the faucet.
- Get a bucket for removing standing water from your drains.
- Fill up a bucket with water and dump it down the drain to flush it out thoroughly.
- Connect a hose to your faucet, put it in the drain, and turn on the faucet to begin flushing standing water out of your drain pipe.
- Do this every time you have standing water in your sink or bathtub. You can also use this method to unclog toilet drains too! (I’ll explain how later.)
- When you get rid of all of the standing water, turn off the faucet and open up your drain by shutting off all of the valves that connect to it (like those under your sink).
- Use a snake (like this one) or another flexible tool like a coat hanger or wire hanger to clear more debris out of your pipe so that you can get rid of any remaining standing water in there too! This is also called “busting” out clogs because you’re literally beating them with something until they come loose! I’m not kidding!
Why Is Standing Water Clogging My Drain?
1. A toilet flapper that is not working properly:
When the flapper inside a toilet is not working properly, it can allow water to build up in the tank. The way a flapper works is that it has two rubber rings that seal around the inside of your toilet bowl when you flush. When you flush, the flapper closes and seals the toilet’s opening so no more water from the tank can drain out into your sink. When this happens, your drain stays clogged and overflows into your sink and bathtub.
2. Too much moisture:
If you have an older home with an outdated plumbing system, then you may have a leaky pipe somewhere in your home drainage system. This can cause standing water to collect on the floor or in a bucket underneath a sink or tub faucet.
3. A slow-working faucet:
If you are using a faucet that takes forever to get hot water flowing out of it then it will take even longer for hot water to flow through any blockage in your plumbing system. This may cause standing water to accumulate on the floor or under sinks before being cleared by turning off the main water supply at your house or business.
4. A broken sprinkler head:
Sprinkler heads are used to protect lawns and gardens from flooding during heavy rains but they also help keep drains free of debris caused by tree roots and other objects that might block them up during dry weather seasons like winter or spring months. If there is standing water in a pipe that is being used by a sprinkler head, then the water will collect in the pipe and start to back up into the sprinkler head. This can cause your drain to get clogged up with standing water that has collected in a pipe under your home or business.
5. A broken toilet:
If you have a toilet that is not flushing properly, then it may be causing water to build up in your plumbing system and cause it to back up into the bowl of your toilet causing standing water to build up on the floor or under furniture.
6. A clogged shower head:
When a shower head is clogged with soap scum or hair, then it can stop water from flowing through the shower head and start backing up into your drain line. This can make standing water build up on the floor or under furniture.
7. A leaking faucet:
If you are having trouble getting hot water from your faucet, then it could be causing standing water to collect in your plumbing system and overflow into sinks and bathtubs.
8. A slow-working sink:
If you have an older sink that takes forever for hot water to flow through, then this may cause standing water to accumulate on the floor or under furniture before being cleared by turning off the main supply of hot water at home or business.
5 Ways To Unclog A Drain Withstanding Water – Success
1. A clogged shower head:
If you have a clogged shower head that is not allowing water to flow through it, then it may be causing standing water to collect in your plumbing system and overflow into sinks and bathtubs.
2. A broken toilet:
If you have a toilet that is not flushing properly, then it may be causing water to build up in your plumbing system and cause it to back up into the bowl of your toilet causing standing water to build up on the floor or under furniture.
3. A slow-working sink:
If you are having trouble getting hot water from a sink that is taking too long for hot water to flow through, then this may cause standing water to accumulate on the floor or under furniture before being cleared by turning off the main supply of hot water at home or business.
4. A plugged drain:
If you are using a drain that is clogged with debris, then it can cause standing water in your plumbing system and overflow into sinks and bathtubs.
5. A broken sprinkler head:
Sprinkler heads are used to protect lawns and gardens from flooding during heavy rains but also help keep drains free of debris caused by tree roots and other objects that might block them up during dry weather seasons like winter or spring months. If there is standing water in a pipe that is being used by a sprinkler head, then the water will collect in the pipe and start to back up into the sprinkler head causing standing water to build up on the floor or under furniture.
Conclusion
Now that we’ve gone over the main features of unclogging a drain with standing water, let’s switch gears and look at the simple things that we all do together every day—like, you know, going to the toilet. That is where standing water can become a problem. When the water level in your toilet tank is high or the stream is not flowing, you can easily see and feel the “ping” from the standing water inside your toilet. Fortunately, there are some things you can do about that standing water. Here are five things you can do about it.
