It’s that time of year when homeowners in Voorhees have been cleaning out their closets, mopping the floors, and giving the home an intense scrub. But what about your drains? You can’t forget to clean out your drains!
You probably have a liquid drain cleaning product for when the bathtub won’t drain or the sink is backing up, but sticking a band-aid on the issue often won’t make it disappear. Plumbing troubles that appear minor usually end up being major problems if they aren’t resolved correctly. Even if you think the problem is just a slow drain, you should have complete drain cleaning to make sure it doesn’t ruin the entire system and leave you with a giant (and expensive) problem. Don’t forget, no plumbing situation is ever too insignificant to require a drain cleaning.
There are multiple reasons why tub, sink, and toilet drains can end up clogged. For kitchen drains, the most common reasons are going to be food and grease. Make sure you run your garbage disposal and avoid putting things like fats, eggs, and coffee grounds down the drain because they will all create chaos for your pipes and other plumbing components. For bathtubs, showers, and bathroom sinks, the typical reasons for drain clogs will be pieces of hair, soap scum, and foreign objects. (Is your child missing some blocks or have you realized that you can’t find your favorite bracelet?) An annual drain cleaning by a local Voorhees expert will help keep these little issues from building up and creating a huge plumbing problem.
Your toilet can also end up clogged by the common issue of using a bit much toilet paper, but also from depositing things like floss, band aids, cotton swabs, or flushable wipes into the septic system.
If the pipes are clogged, by napkins, kitty litter, or anything else, it will possibly also affect the water pressure balance of your whole plumbing system. If you don’t resolve these issues right away by calling for an expert in drain cleaning, it could leave you with cracked pipes. Or more serious, your pipes could completely burst leaving you without any water in your home.
Don’t forget, what flows down can also come up. Sadly, you probably know this already with previous experiences with a clogged toilet, but the same thing can happen in your home’s sinks. Have you ever been cleaning dishes after a hearty meal and realized the water wasn’t draining and that vegetable you stuck down there a few minutes ago is now swimming around? A routine drain cleaning, or an emergency drain cleaning when you first notice the problem, can avoid these issues completely and prevent your drains from becoming clogged and causing odor to back up into your home along with the water.
For expert drain cleaning in Voorhees, call Atmostemp Service Experts. We are available anytime, day or night for all your plumbing needs, so if you have a crisis at 9 p.m. or it’s just been too long since your last drain cleaning, we are just a call away.