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When it comes to maintaining a clear drain flow, most households have a headache at some point in time. Some hire ESBAH Plumbing Professional to clear the drain line without any future blockage troubles, while some try immediate DIY fixes for the emergency purposes. Here are some DIY fixes to solve the clogging problems and as well as how to prevent your drain from clogging frequently.

When it comes to maintaining a clear drain flow, most  households have a headache at some point in time. Some hire ESBAH Plumbing Professional to clear the drain line without any future blockage troubles, while some try immediate DIY fixes for the emergency purposes. Here are someDIY fixes to solve the clogging problems and as well as how to prevent your drain from clogging frequently.

Here are the Tips to make your drain flow smoothly without blockage

How to keep your drains clean ?

  • Clean your Drain Stopper once a week

These drain stoppers stop the heavy substances from flowing into the drain pipeline. So the drain pipelines don’t get clogged. Usually substances like

  • Hair
  • Food Waste
  • Small Plastic Wastes
  • Dust Debris

These Substances are the common cause of clog within the drain pipeline, so a stopper prevents them from flowing into the drain line as long as the debris size isn’t smaller than the drain stopper flow holes. If you don’t remove this “gunk” from the drain stopper at least once a week, these cover the entire stopper flow pathway and the water doesn’t drain rather it gets clogged above the stopper.

  • Flush your drain pipeline with hot water once a month

Hot water is effective against sticky food wastes and food oils/grease, as long as you don’t let them build up within the drain pipeline. So flushing your drain pipeline once in a while or once in a month based on the usage of your drain pipeline can help you keep your drain pipelines from getting clogged. If you’re cooking for more people like they do in restaurants, we recommend you to flush your pipeline with hot water everyday after all the work is complete.

How to remove drain blockage ?

  • Clean the stopper

So once you have found your water is draining slowly. Check if there is any debris blocking the flow in the drain stopper. Clean the drain stopper and remove debris blocking the flow. Before going to the next step, check again if the flow is good and if you still face the clogging problem, then we would recommend you to follow the next steps for an immediate DIY fix to your drain blockage.

  • Remove the debris

Remove the stopper and check for debris within the pipeline, do remove those debris as much as you could. 

  • If it’s the drain pipeline of the kitchen, you can expect more food wastes & grease sticking to the pipeline.
  • If it’s the bathtub or shower drain pipeline, you can expect lots of chemicals and hairs blocking your pipeline flow.

So do clean them with caution, you can smell a bad odor when cleaning them, it’s better to use a mask and gloves if you aren’t accustomed to those odd smells. Most importantly, you should wear gloves as the substances within the pipeline are a mixture of multiple chemicals.         

  • Add Some Baking Soda/ Vinegar and pour hot water

Adding Vinegar/Baking Soda is one of the common traditional drain pipeline clog removers. They don’t affect the pipelines like the drain cleaners do, yet still we wouldn’t recommend you to use it frequently. After following the above two steps, add Vinegar/Baking Soda and wait for 30min before flushing it with hot water. It should remove the clogs caused by food wastes and small debris. If the water is still clogging and none of the above steps worked, then contact ESBAH Emergency Plumbing Services to make sure you have the smooth drain flow pipeline in no time.

Here are warning signs before your drain pipe gets completely clogged

  • Water Drains Slowly
  • A bad odor that comes through the drain pipe
  • If your house receives more Hard Water, then the replacement of the drain pipeline is more important, if the drain pipelines haven’t been replaced for ages.

What kind of tools can be used to remove the blockage in the drain pipeline ?

  • Plunger

Cover the drain with the plunger, then press in and pull out, driving water up and down the pipes. Before using the plunger to clear a clog in the sink, pour at least two inches of water through the drain pipeline. In that way, when you use the plunger, the pressure pushes down the clog through the drain pipeline and removes the clog too.

  • Drain Auger

Drain Auger is more like a snake that can twist and turn through the pipelines. If the plunger doesn’t clear the blockage, you’ll need to use a drain auger. Push the auger down the drain, twisting it around corners. The Augers tip grabs hair and other substances blocking the drain flow, it allows you to pull them out to clear the blockage within the drain pipeline.

Step to follow to prevent drain blockage in the household

Steps to Prevent Blockage in Sinks –

  • Remove food particles from the plate, before washing them
  • Do not pour Grease or Fat Oil into the sink
  • Do not dump dust or small debris in the sink
  • Keep the sink clean at the end of the day

Steps to Prevent Blockage in Toilets –

  • Keep your toilet clean
  • Flush 2-3 times after using it
  • Do not dump the tissue inside the toilet
  • Do not use unauthorized toilet cleaners, that can damage your sewer drainage service pipe.

What can ESBAH do for you?

ESBAH Emergency Plumbers is a Birmingham and West Midlands-based plumbing and drainage service provider. Our staff has over 30 years of expertise in drainage services for residential, commercial, and industrial buildings. We are accessible 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, so please contact us for any Emergency Plumbing Services at a reasonable price.

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