There must be a solution. There really must. Otherwise we'll have to move house.

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Well, perhaps not quite that serious. But my daughter has just poured wax from a candle down the bathroom sink. And of course it's hardened and blocked it. What do I do? I tried pouring boiling water down the plughole and the sink filled up with hot water and floating bits of wax. Any thoughts? Plumber? Many thanks. I have to go out so if I don't get back to people,it's because I've checked into a hotel room. Only joking.

You could try running the hot tap fairly slowly for a while. Wax doesn't melt especially quickly, does it, but over a period of time it might come away.

have visions of you taking off the pipe and trying to dislodge with a knife - that's what I'd be doing!

Isn't there a mr muscle type thing for this kind of thing ?

What about a prder - like a metal kekab stick - we have them for the bbq and they might be good.

scalding water if the wax floating fish it out!

Oh gosh I wouldnt try to flush it with hot ,that might just push the blockage down to an inaccessible bit of pipework.

Look behind the sink ,there will be a little u-bend bit of pipe which unscrews (put a towl down in case of drips). Hopefully you will be able to see the wax and scratch it off with a blunt knife or a screw driver. Chuck the bits in the bin dont rinse them away!

Put a bucket under the screw off thing, as there might be water above the wax. Don't try to melt it and move it on or it will harden further along!

Tried all suggestions in turn and they worked. Thank you.