How to Melt Ice in a Drain

If you have dumped a large amount of ice into your drain, but are fearful that running your disposal might damage the blades, there is a way you can effortlessly melt and remove ice without accessing the drain with your hands. By utilizing your stove and warm water, you can instead melt the ice away, eliminating the possibility that you will damage the disposal's blades. Melting the ice away will clear your drain and make it available for normal use.

Things You'll Need

• Sauce pan
• Oven

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Fill a sauce pan 3/4 of the way with water.

   • 2

     Heat the water in the sauce pan to a boil using a stove top.

   • 3

     Pour the boiling water slowly into the drain that contains the ice to melt it.