How to Extend the Life of Your Plumbing System
Extending the life of the plumbing system comes down to taking daily action to ensure that no damage is being done within the pipes deep down the line.
By carefully watching the items you put into the system, you extend the life and reduce the costs associated with plumbing emergency repairs. Follow a few of these simple steps and you will improve the quality of the plumbing system and extend the life as well.
Keep Things Out of the Sink
Even if you have a garbage disposal, there are certain things that should never be placed into the sink. These items can not only easily get trapped inside the pipes, they can cause other items to get stuck and grow the size and strength of that clog.
Things like lemon peel, orange peels, spaghetti, and rice, all have the ability to not only damage the inside surface of the pipes, but to contribute to clogs forming and strengthening within. If you are in doubt about a certain food getting into that garbage disposal, be on the safe side and toss it out instead.
Unclog Pipes with Traditional Tools
The common reaction to a clog in the drains is to pour some liquid drain cleaner in the pipe to break up the problem. The public have been brainwashed by these commercials to thinking this is a safe and easy alternative to grabbing a plunger or snake and breaking the clog free.
Those chemical drain cleaners contain dangerous and toxic chemicals that not only are deadly to children and small pets, they will slowly eat away at the inside integrity of the plumbing system. Avoid using these chemicals if you suspect trouble in the pipes.
Calling a Local Plumber
The money that you spend on a preventative maintenance check this year could easily pay for itself in you not having to spend hundreds or thousands when a clog becomes a costly emergency repair.
When the inside of the pipes is not treated, the strength of the entire system can be in jeopardy. Your local plumbing professional has the experience to identify these weaker locations in the pipes by either spotting them visually or by detecting them from the inside with inline pipe cameras.
Having the professionals work on your plumbing system is the best way to extend the overall quality of all the pipes and the entire plumbing system.
Keep your McAllen plumbing system in top shape with a little help from All Valley Plumbing. Call us at (956) 686-6656 today!
