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While drain clogs can produce headache-inducing troubles, you don’t have to find yourself in that position. There are several ways to prevent minor clogs and avoid needing to call a plumber. However, if you do get a clog in one of your drains or your home’s mainline waste system, contact a professional plumber to clear the line safely and effectively.
Capture Laundry Lint and Hair
First, use filters on your laundry, tub, and shower drains. These filters or screens trap things that could cause clogs, such as laundry lint and hair. Don’t forget to regularly remove and clean these out, or might find the fixture drains slowly. Laundry lint filters fit into the drain hose and capture pieces of fabric washed off clothes. Think about how much lint builds up in the dryer screen. Some of that flowed out of the washing machine into the plumbing system. Capturing it before this happens can prevent a clog. The same is true for hair. Even those with short hair can have hair clogs in tub and shower drains. A simple screen or hair strainer over the drain could save you the need to call a plumber for clearing a hair clog from your drain.Never Flush Wipes
Baby wipes, facial cleansing wipes, tissues, and even toilet wet wipes should never go in the toilet. Even products labeled as flushable, such as some toilet wet wipes, can cause severe clogs over time. Toilet tissue is the only product that you should ever flush down a toilet.Leave Grease Out of the Drain
When washing dishes and cleaning up after meals, leave food waste, grease, coffee grounds, and other non-liquid products out of the drain. Think about butter. When melted, it’s a solid. However, when chilled, it’s a liquid. The same thing happens when you pour hot grease down a drain. Hot grease or oil may flow as a liquid. But when it cools in the drain, it solidifies into an immovable blockage.Prepare Your Home for Drain Clogs
While drain clogs don’t happen daily, you still want to have your home prepared to deal with them if they do occur. First, have a plunger available. Cup plungers work best for sinks, showers, and tubs, while flange plungers are best to clear toilets. Ideally, you should store one of each in each bathroom of your home, but having a single cup plunger is still better than nothing. This device can help you to clear some clogs in toilets, tubs, showers, and sinks. For clogs far down in the drain lines, though, or those that don’t completely block the drain, plunging may not work. In those situations, you need the other item in your drain-fighting kit – the contact information for a local, trusted plumber.Get Your Drain Clogs Cleared with Best Service Plumber
Even if you take all precautions, sometimes, drain clogs happen. If your plunger doesn’t clear the drain, phone us at 951-338-8344 at Best Service Plumber for help in Southern California. We take calls 24 hours a day, and if you have an emergency, such as a clogged mainline that sends sewage back into your home, we can dispatch a plumber at once. If you have any questions or want to schedule a standard visit from one of our plumbers, use our online contact form to get in touch with us. We’re here to provide you with reliable, trustworthy plumbing services, including drain cleaning to clear clogs.Contact Us
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