Drain Clog Prevention
Why Does a Drain Clog?
The drains in your home are exceedingly important but most people do not understand just how much, until something goes wrong obviously. Clogged drains are not just irritating but financially taxing. In this article we will be exploring clogged drains, how they get clogged as well as the various different things you can do right after calling for professional Drain Cleaning Services.
Drains become clogged when too much debris, gunk and other build up, such as hair, food particulates and dirt, coagulate in the piping. This generally tends to occur at pie bends and when it does it can cause back ups, flooding, leakages and hundreds or thousands of dollars in damages and repairs. Just having a plumber come over to your home to run a preliminary inspection can cost as much as a hundred dollars, sometimes more!
How Can I Keep This From Happening?
The first thing you will want to do is make sure that you have a drain catcher. Drain catchers, or drain guards (they about a thousand different names depending on where you live) are the small metal or plastic filters you generally will find in the kitchen furnishing sections of most home appliance stores. They are cheap and easy to use and will help keep things like hair, food gunk, dirt and other nasty particulates from clogging up your drains.
But drain guards can only do so much and that means you will need to clean, both the drain guard and the drains themselves, on a regular basis. Most people tend not to think about their drains and do not clean them as often as they should mainly because, most of the time, we do not see them. It's like all that stuff underneath your fridge (you know it's there), what you don't see you are less likely to clean. Also, be very mindful about just what you are putting down your sink, whether in the kitchen or the bathroom. If you want to save yourself thousands of dollars in future repairs then make sure you and your family are not chucking anymore Ramen noodles down the drain!
Adding mesh screens as well as drain guards or stoppers will aid you greatly in keeping your home's pipes clean of debris as well. Another big thing which will help is to make sure you thoroughly brush your hair before showering as this will remove hair which may fall out and begin to clog your drains.
Are you looking for Drain Cleaning services in the McAllen area? Look no further than All Valley Plumbing & AC Co., call us today at (956) 686-6656.
