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.

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A clogged drain is incredibly frustrating (and a little gross) to deal with — and may damage your pipes and septic systems over time. That’s because clogs create an environment where bacteria and foul ...

When drains are clogged, life can't go on as normal. Someone can't live in the house long-term. People can't flush the toilets. Normal life is as stuck as the water. As such, building owners are ...

Dealing with those frustrating clogs in your drains? Well, fear not! We've got your back with our guide to the best drain cleaners out there. Picture us as your friendly neighborhood plumbing expert, ...

What goes down the drain doesn’t always go with the flow, so to speak. And when it doesn’t and there’s an obstruction, you’ll likely have to stop using that drain until you get the gunk out, whether ...

There’s nothing worse than taking a shower and having the water pool at your ankles because of a blocked drain. While a plunger may be an effective cleaning gadget for your toilet, it’s not as ...

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 ...

Q We recently spent a small fortune to get our kitchen sink drain cleared of a stoppage. How do we keep the drain clear? I have heard things like ammonia, baking soda and vinegar, and bleach. What is ...

General Pipe Cleaners has released the new Flexicore cables for drain cleaning. Invented by General founder Abe Silverman, Flexicore proved so revolutionary that few industry experts believed ...

I see commercials for it all the time, and the Amazon reviews were impressive (there are over 100,000 and counting), so it had to be good, right? I put it to the test on my clogged shower drain to ...