Frozen Shower Drain [better]

Solutions, when they come, are wonderfully low-tech. A hair dryer aimed into the abyss. A bucket of hot water poured with prayerful intent. Salt, if you’re desperate. And patience—that rarest of household tools. You learn that you cannot bully ice; you must coax it. You learn that your home’s circulatory system has its own logic, and that ignoring a drafty basement for seven winters eventually exacts a toll.