Drains / Sinks

UNIT AND BUILDING DRAINS

Please know that disposing of items 1 to 4 in sinks /toilets can cause blockages and back-ups: both in your unit and/or, in the condo building stacks (of pipes).

To be sure and preserve plumbing pipes and avoid unpleasant back-ups, please:

1.      No grease

2.      No dental floss

3.      No flush-able wipes (in fact, our building's plumber says that no ‘wipe’ is truly flush-able.  The evidence is abundant)

4.      No coffee grounds - these are extremely bad for costly drain issues

5.      No Draino, and no Liquid Plumber or similar

FOR THE KITCHEN

Try this simple but excellent solution: Fill the sink full of very hot, soapy water and allow to drain. If you have a double sink, try this in both. Repeat if the water doesn't move quickly.  One, two or even three successive sinks full of hot soapy water can be all that is required (the writer knows this first hand!)

Another option is hot water, baking soda, and vinegar.

You may also try a plunger. Put in the plug and fill your sink about half way with hot water. Remove the plug and put the plunger over the drain at the same time.  Work the plunger up and down to push the obstruction down the pipe.  If you have a double sink, you will need to keep the sink that you are not working on stopped with its own plug.

When successive treatments in your kitchen sink (as described above) don't work, please contact the property manager.

Written by residents for residents