One of the most common plumbing services undertaken by our domestic plumbers is blocked drain clearances. While heating engineers focus more on gas engineering services such as central heating installations and boiler repair work, plumbers work on water-related systems. This blog post looks at the causes of blocked drains and gives homeowners in Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding Kent area a few ideas on how to avoid blockages in the first place.
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If you have water backing up into a toilet, a bath, a sink or a basin, or if you have noticed the smell of rotten eggs coming from your drainage system, you most likely have a blockage. This is something that our domestic plumbers can deal with on a responsive basis, although there is also the possibility that a CCTV drain survey could reveal something more serious, like a collapse.
We will look at the following causes for drain blockages:
Plumbing contractors often find foreign objects lodged in pipework, especially the toilet. A typical blockage might be caused by cotton pads, baby wipes or sanitary items, but it isn’t completely unusual for us to find children’s toys and even car keys when investigating your plumbing and drainage system. As a professional plumbing company, we advise that you learn what you can put into a toilet – and what you cannot.
Homeowners in the Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells areas should keep a waste bin close to the toilet for disposing of items that can’t be flushed.
Should our plumbing contractors not find an internal blockage anywhere, they will inspect your home’s drainage system instead. Autumn leaves and winter debris are a common cause of blocked drains, but an unruly garden can be just as big a problem. Preventative measures, like using a drain guard and clearing up leaves during the colder seasons, will both help to keep your drainage clear.
Another common cause of a drainage collapse is the root systems of nearby trees growing and forcing their way through the pipework under pressure.
In the rush to clean up the kitchen after a hard day at work and an evening’s cooking, some homeowners in Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and Kent will pour grease and fat straight down the plughole of the kitchen sink. In time, grease and fat can accumulate in drainage pipework so much as to cause the phenomenon of “Fatbergs.” A fatberg will cause significant water backup issues and could block pipes completely.
Instead of pouring grease and fat down the plughole, our domestic plumbers suggest keeping a few empty jars to hand and that you pour the residues from your cooking into them for disposal. This will also help to prevent blockages.
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