Why Drain Cleaning is Important

It’s springtime and homeowners in Fort Lauderdale have been cleaning out their closets, mopping the floors, and giving their home a good scrub. But did you forget to clean your drains? 

You most likely have a household drain cleaning product for when the bathtub is backing up or the kitchen sink won’t drain, but slapping a band-aid on the situation often won’t make it go away. Plumbing issues that appear minor usually end up being major problems if they aren’t properly resolved. Even if you think the problem is just a slow drain, you should have an expert drain cleaning to make sure it doesn’t cause damage to the entire system and leave you with a giant (and expensive) problem. Remember, no plumbing situation is ever too minor to have a drain cleaning. 

There are multiple reasons why tub, sink, and toilet drains get clogged. For kitchen drains, the most common reasons are going to be food and grease. Make sure you turn on your garbage disposal and avoid putting things like grease, vegetable peels, and rice down the drain because they will all create chaos for your pipes and other plumbing components. For For your showers, tubs, and bathroom sinks, the most common reasons for drain clogs will be hair build up, soap scum, and foreign objects. (Is your little one missing some blocks or have you found that you can only find one earring?) An annual drain cleaning by a local Fort Lauderdale expert will help keep these little issues from building up and resulting in a huge plumbing problem. 

Your toilet can also get clogged by the common issue of using too much toilet paper, but also from putting things like hair, diapers, medication, or flushable wipes into the septic system. 

If the pipes are clogged, by toys, floss, or anything else, it will possibly also affect the water pressure balance of your whole plumbing system. If you don’t rectify these issues quickly by calling for an expert in drain cleaning, you may end up with cracked pipes. Or more serious, your pipes could fully burst leaving you without any water in your home. 

Also, what drains down can also come up. Sadly, you may know this already with prior episodes with a clogged toilet, but the same thing can happen in your home’s sinks. Have you ever been doing the dishes after dinner and noticed the water wasn’t draining and that piece of meat you put down there a couple minutes ago is now back? A routine drain cleaning, or an emergency drain cleaning when you first see the back-up, can avoid these occurrences completely and prevent your drains from clogging and causing a stench to back up into your home along with the water. 

For expert drain cleaning in Fort Lauderdale, call Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning. We are available anytime, day or night for all your plumbing needs, so if you have an urgent problem at 9 p.m. or it’s just been too long since your last drain cleaning, we are here for you.