For help keeping your plumbing system in tip-top shape, I called on home experts and fellow CNN Underscored editors to share their go-to drain cleaners and tools for tackling pesky clogs.

Everybody knows that plumbing can be a messy, smelly and altogether nasty job. Nobody wants to do it except plumbers, who make good money doing the work nobody else wants to undertake. The best way to ...

I recently had a plumbing emergency in my own home. The main drain pipe under the basement floor got clogged with toilet paper. The culprit is a newer low-flush toilet in a basement bathroom. I’ve ...

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I have a plugged up drain pipe in my basement. I have a floor drain that gives me access to the pipe. I have both a snake thats a good 30 feet long and an expanding rubber balloon that shoots surges ...

HOUSTON – Drains clogged with grease, hair, and food can put a damper on your day. If you can’t clear the clog yourself, calling a plumber for help can be costly. For our Test it Tuesday we tested a ...

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The Yugou foaming drain cleaner didn't remove any of the clogged hair from a writer's bathroom drains and isn't really a good ...