My kitchen sink won't drain

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It's the "half sink". The main sink next to it is fine. The plug hole is clear. The sink is full of water. Ive tried plunging it and no luck.m have tipped in a load of caustic soda and no change.

I don't have any Mr muscle sink unblocker stuff in the house.

Is it on a seperate waste trap to the main sink?.

I'd leave it to drain overnight and then bail the water out in the morning if it hasn't worked.

Mr muscles just expensive caustic soda anyway.

Have you tried boiling hot water? Be careful putting anything else down now you've put down caustic soda. Tesco sell long wire drain un blockers for a quid.

I think it's just one trap. Ive topped it up with boiling water but it's not draining at all, still full to the brim. Looks like I will have to get a wire unblocker thing, didn't know there was such a thing! Thanks.

They're over with the cheap £1 stuff like door wedges, tea towel holders etc

If you get really stuck you can unscrew the U pipe under the sink, drain the water into a bucket and clear out the disgusting gunk that accumulates in there. It's a horrible job so be prepared.
Can you get a sink plunger in the half sink to loosen it all and drain the water first?

Do is back from a month away tonight so if it comes to dirty jobs im leaving it to him!

Just wanted the house to be clean/tidy for him coming back as he laughed and said he expected the house to look like a bomb had it hit it with him being away for so long! He does most of the housework and I have the standards of an average student so ive been having a major blast today to prove him wrong and the sink is the only problem!

Dh not do!

If you have a wire coat hanger you can use that. Just straighten it out, then waggle one end down the pipe through the plug hole. Hopefully agitating the blockage will be enough to move it.

Otherwise, yes, you'll have to unscrew the sink trap, making sure you wear rubber gloves and put a bucket underneath first.

Would a metal kebab skewer work?

Ha, have sorted it......but it wasn't blocked!

I never knew that if you pushed the veg peel catcher thing fully down it acted like a plug! 15 years ive had this sink and never knew. I must have pushed it down too far after sink cleaning earlier.

I shouldn't be allowed to be a grown up!

Ha ha ha

Lol!

At least you sorted it

Don't feel too daft! I had my sink for several years before I realised that. I used to wonder why there was no plug.