Professional Drain Cleaning

What to Expect During Professional Drain Cleaning

You should make drain cleaning for your plumbing a regular part of home maintenance. Although you will need to call for a professional plumber whenever you encounter serious clogging or issues for slow drains, scheduling drain cleaning as an annual routine will help reduce repair problems, avoid problems from high water pressure, and generally give your plumbing a much longer life.

What Happens During Professional Drain Cleaning

For simple unclogging work, you can expect a professional plumber to clean your drains using a motorized drain auger (sometimes called a drain snake), which can take care of almost any size of obstruction within a drainpipe. Often, drain cleaning will start with a drain auger to remove basic drain trouble.

For a more thorough cleaning, plumbers will often use video pipe inspections to determine how best to approach the drain cleaning process. These fibre optic cable-mounted cameras travel down through drainpipes and send images back to a monitor, allowing the plumber a complete view of the interior of the pipes. The plumber can target specific areas for cleaning and determine the level of cleaning necessary.

The Benefits of Professional Drain Cleaning

Minimize Blockages

Regularly cleaning drains prevents blockages. Even the tiniest blockages have the potential to create massive problems in your sink and showers, making it unpleasant to take a shower or brush your teeth. While some people maintain a steady flow by using chemical drain cleaners, this method is not recommended by plumbers. It's not because plumbers want you to use their drain cleaning services. It's because the chemicals in these cleaners break down pipes. Continuous use of drain cleaners means you'll eventually have to call a plumber because you'll need drain and pipe repair.

Get Rid of Odours

Have you noticed an increase in bad odours in your home that are coming from the drains? The problem may be inside your pipes. Waste and non-organic material gets stuck on the insides of pipes and become smelly over time. Regular drain cleaning gets rid of nasty odours and makes your home smell fresh again.

Keeps Your Home Healthy

Did you know that the bacteria that grows in drains could actually be harming your family? The greatest threat comes when sewer lines back up and raw sewage makes its way into your home. Sewage isn't just nasty. It's potentially harmful because of the disease and bacteria it carries. Even a small about of waste matter present in the home can have harmful effects in your home. Sewage overflowing into the home is a serious issue that happens more often that many people realize. It's because people tend to forget about their sewer lines since they tend to work silently behind the scenes. Sewer line cleaning performed once a year reduces the risk of raw sewage entering the homes and protects your family's health.

Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs

Severely clogged drains never go away on their own. Eventually they create massive drainage issues that usually end up spilling over into the home, creating flooding and water damage issues. When these things happen, you end up with a huge repair bill on your hand. You might even get displaced from your home during the clean-up process.

Don't let this happen to you. Instead, take action now and clean drains regularly to prevent serious blockages that always cost more money.

Preventive Maintenance Services

Professional drain cleaning services are affordable and convenient. In most cases, you get your entire home cleaned for a reasonable price, depending on the size of the home, drain cleaning method used, and the severity of the clogged drain. Many local plumbing services offer year-round drain cleaning specials to reduce costs for homeowners, too.

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