Help! Moved into place with double kitchen sink. Each sink comes with a plunger-like plug that's almost water-tight but not quite. Whenever a significant amount of water is emptied into one sink (say medium pasta pot), water spouts up the other sink hole. This happens even when one of the sinks is plugged. Especially bad when the washing machine/dishwasher operate, so hard to wash up or cook while either of these appliance operate.
Never lived with a double sink before, so it may just be possible that I'm using it incorrectly. However this doesn't make sense.
Have tried using one sink plugged with soapy water and one sink as a draining sink, but this doesn't help much. Water still backs up in the free sinkhole and even a bit in the plugged sinkhole, which contaminates the soapy soaking water.
Is there a trick I am missing? Bathroom, shower and toilet all OK. I have tried various home remedies for unblocking any gunk that may be in the kitchen drains, but have yet to try chemicals like Mr Muscle. I'm allergic to chemicals and I worry the chemicals might back up if this doesn't succeed...