Can I pour boiling water down my sink drain?

You most likely poured boiling water down your drain if you ever made a pot of spaghetti.If you've read any of the best tips on maintaining your water pipes, you may be wondering if it's okay to pour boiling water down your sink.

The answer is not clear because it depends on the material your pipes and sink are made of.

Any pipe or sink that can't handle the high temperatures of boiling water will not be able to do so.

Below is a list of the different materials water pipes are made of.

Can you pour boiling water down the sink drain?If your water pipes are made of Pex, CPVC or PVC, they are not made to tolerate the temperature of hot, boiling water.

If your water pipes are made of iron, copper or galvanized steel, you can run hot water through them, but if there are rubber or plastic joints, they can get damaged over time.

If every Tuesday night is Spaghetti night you may want to consider running cold water down the sink while you drain your pot of steaming, hot water, because a one time incident will not necessarily harm these pipes.

The general rule of thumb is that if you put your pipes to high temperature water on a regular basis, they can be damaged and eventually need to be replaced.

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It would take gallons of boiling water to clear a drain.It may end up damaging your pipes.

You would have to use gallons of hot water and the baking soda is abrasive for cast iron pipes and cpvc pipes so it's not something that we recommend.

If your sink is porcelain, you may want to rethink the boiling water idea.Minor cracks in china can be caused by hot water.).