Clearing
Slow Drains
Kitchen &
Bath Drains
What's
worse than
the drip,
drip, drip
produced by
poor water
pressure?
It's the
gulp, gulp,
gulp of a
slow drain.
Dad's old
cliché, "an
ounce of
prevention
is worth a
pound of
cure" is
right on
when it
comes to
drains.
Dumping hot
cooking
grease down
your drain.
When it gets
in there, it
cools off,
hardens up,
and starts
hanging with
a lot of
other nasty
stuff like
coffee
grounds,
soap scum
and hair.
Cooking
grease,
coffee
grounds,
hair and
soap scum
are a few of
the biggest
enemies of a
drain.
Cooking
grease
should be
saved in an
old coffee
can or
cardboard
milk
container.
Coffee
grounds are
a welcome
addition to
a mulch
pile. And a
majority of
hair and
soap scum
can be
caught with
a screen or
grate. A
safe way to
clear a
clogged
drain is to
pour a
half-cup of
salt, a
half-cup of
baking soda
and a
half-cup of
vinegar down
the drain.
Follow this
concoction
with at
least two
quarts of
boiling
water.
That’s the
facts on
keeping
drains
clean.
Toilets &
Main Sewers
Every
human on
earth uses a
toilet
everyday in
one way or
another.
We seem to
forget what
a marvelous
invention it
is.
Some people
tend to
believe it
is a trash
compacter.
It is
definitely
not!
This is
where we lay
down the
LAW.
Toilets are
made for the
disposal of
human waste
or refuse
and toilet
paper.
That's it!
NO
Paper
towels,
absolutely
no sanitary
napkins of
any type.
Even the
ones that
claim to be
toilet safe
are NOT!
Call the
company that
makes them
and ask them
if they will
pay your
plumbing
bill if it
clogs your
sewer
system. It
may take a
few years
sometimes or
same day in
some cases,
but it will
eventually
clog and
back up.
I spent 2
years as a
drain
cleaner for
a plumbing
company and
I have seen
many things
come back on
the end of
my snake
over the
years.
Here are
a few items:
Sanitary
Napkins
Tampons
Paper Towels
Tooth
Brushes
Wires from
toilet bowl
deodorizers
(I would
never use
these)
Rats - They
crawl from
the city
sewer and
can't turn
around and
drown.
Roots from
trees in the
yard that
find cracks
in the pipe.
If all
else fails
you can rent
a snake but
it is a
tricky tool
to use and
can break an
arm if you
don't know
what your
doing.
You may need
to call a
professional.
Find a
Contractor
near you in
our
directory.
Also
check out
our
Manufacture's
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