Have You Got a Problem with Blocked Drain Pipes?

A blocked drain pipe in a home is always distressing because it grabs your attention immediately away from whatever was the most important thing you were doing two seconds ago. Lucky is the household that has time to notice the kitchen sink, shower or bath water draining more slowly and has time to get the plumber to clear blocked drains without any inconvenience.





Although the water above the blockage, and the water running into the bath or shower is clean, further down the drain near the blockage, the water can be quite putrid. Young children like to play for longer in the accumulating water. Hence it is important to clear blocked drains immediately.





Did you know 75% of sewage overflows are a result of tree roots blocking drains? Consider the fact that any tree roots' growth under the ground is about one and a half times beyond the distance of the adult branches, that you can see above the ground. This means that you can reduce the potential for blocked drains by planting trees as far away from your sewer lines as possible.





Preventative action reduces the likelihood that shifting soil, broken, cracked, collapsed pipes or landscaping works nearby, will cause damage to your pipes:





• If you notice areas of your garden becoming constantly wet, get your plumber to look for leaking drainage joints - the seals between pipes may have broken or perished, allowing water to escape into the area surrounding the pipe. This is an invitation to tree or shrub roots to invade the sewer line.





• Corrosion in older pipes can cause collapses in the line and restricted flow.





• Occasionally, a section of the sewer pipe sinks due to ground or soil conditions, creating a valley that collects toilet paper and waste.








These points above, are especially common in and outside older premises. However, often quite new premises where the soils is still settling, can also incur problems. The Plumbing Guru team, led by David Galofaro, does a systematic check all of the above points and more.





What follows is a few helpful tips on how to avoid blocked drain pipes:








• Always prevent oil going down the kitchen sink;





• keep toys and other foreign objects from falling into the toilet, because they catch hair and eventually restrict proper flow and/or cleaning of the pipeline.





• Don't put hair down the toilet - put it in the bin!;





• Don't flush sanitary items, nappies or baby-wipes down a drain;





• Use sink strainers in the kitchen;





• To repeat - no fats, oils or food scraps should be washed down any





household drains.





These issues will always worsen unless you take action early and get your plumber in fast to clear the blocked drain pipe.





If you have plumbing problems around your home, The Plumbing Guru team, led by David Galofaro, helps you very fast to fix blocked drain pipes as well as other plumbing repairs and services. He is also a Specialist in rainwater harvesting installations which are well-known in Leichhardt schools, Harbourside Strata buildings and West End Mazda.