Drain Cleaning

Drain openers and augers for a slow or blocked line: Cobra augers from 3 to 25 ft in snake, drum and pistol-grip drum styles, toilet augers, plus liquid drain openers, enzymatic cleaners and compressed-gas clog removers. Reach for the auger first on a solid blockage — chemical will not move a root or a toy, and then you are working in a pipe full of acid. Cable length has to reach the trap and past it: a 3 ft toilet auger clears the bowl, 15 to 25 ft gets down a branch line. Liquid openers are matched to the pipe as much as to the clog, so read the label before pouring one into an older drain.