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I've had to figure things out at home plenty of times and honestly, a plunger is good but you've also gotta try the wire trick or unrolled coat hanger to really grab those hair clogs!
Before you start losing it over this, one super simple thing nobody ever mentions is pouring boiling water regularly - like every week - it's wild how much that prevents buildup.
If you've got a really stubborn drain, a mix of baking soda and white vinegar works miracles without trashing your pipes like commercial products do, it creates a little chemical reaction that loosens everything up perfectly!
Avoid aggressive chemical products at all costs - they can mess up your pipes in the long run.
For something light, a good old plunger usually does the trick, or you can try baking soda plus white vinegar to soften the clog before using the plunger.
If it's really blocked and nothing's going through, then you gotta accept calling someone, but honestly 70% of the time you can sort it out yourself with a bit of patience.
If it's really clogged, before you wear yourself out with a plunger, try checking what's blocking it - sometimes it's just hair or gunk you can pull out directly with a hook or even your fingers with a glove. Takes like two minutes and saves you from struggling for an hour.
Then if that doesn't work, yeah the plunger becomes your best friend, but you really gotta put some pressure behind it like someone said.
The thing that really works is combining a plunger with boiling water - I had a terrible clog in my bathtub last year and it was the only thing that broke it up! But if it's really stubborn, a cheap plumbing snake (like 10-15 euros) you feed it through the pipe and it grabs everything that's stuck in there, zero effort compared to just forcing it with a plunger for an hour.
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