{"id":49432,"date":"2025-06-02T19:17:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T19:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=49432"},"modified":"2025-06-02T19:19:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T19:19:03","slug":"plumbing-plunger-vs-drain-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/plumbing-plunger-vs-drain-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Plumbing: plunger vs drain opener"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Self-tutoring about plumbing: the tutor continues about freeing up a bathtub drain.<\/h2>\n<p>\nIn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/plumbing-unclogging-a-bathtub-part-1-drain-cover-removal\/\">yesterday&#8217;s post<\/a> I begin about activities to unclog a bathtub drain. Once I had the drain cover off, I had to decide how to proceed.<\/p>\n<p>\nI&#8217;ve used drain opener to free up a shower drain, and checked to confirm we had some on hand. Next, I consulted a handyperson&#8217;s manual about opening drains. Interestingly, it didn&#8217;t seem to mention using drain opener; instead, it suggested using a plunger or even an auger.<\/p>\n<p>\nThinking about it, I decided to try a plunger. I&#8217;d know instantly if it worked, rather than waiting 15 minutes or so. It turned out to work; I had the drain open, from using the plunger, in less than a minute.<\/p>\n<p>\nSource:<\/p>\n<p>Better Homes and Gardens (2003). <em>Big Book of Home How-To.<\/em> Meredith Books.<\/p>\nJack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\">Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-tutoring about plumbing: the tutor continues about freeing up a bathtub drain. In yesterday&#8217;s post I begin about activities to unclog a bathtub drain. Once I had the drain cover off, I had to decide how to proceed. I&#8217;ve used &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/plumbing-plunger-vs-drain-opener\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Plumbing: plunger vs drain opener<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2986],"tags":[3672],"class_list":["post-49432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plumbing","tag-bathtub"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49432"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49438,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49432\/revisions\/49438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}