Plugged Drains will make you see red
Plugged Drains will make you see red
You are standing under the shower for a relaxing time, and all of sudden you realize that water is rising around your feet. How disgusting! the drain pipe is stopped . Or you’re in front of the toilet sink, brushing your teeth and before you know it – the sink is halfway full. Dealing with stopped drains is all together an unpleasant experience because it is complicated and unsanitary. However, plugged drains are something that cannot be avoided; every household has to cope with it sooner or later. But there are ways to unblock bathroom drains easily and can make this unenviable job a lot easier.
What causes a obstructed drain pipe?.
obstructed drainage can occur when some material such as hair, dust and particles become trapped in the area between your bathroom drain and the drainage pipes that follow underneath. Everyday products like soaps, shampoos, detergents and so on add to the problem by building up around the solid material. As the mass grows, it restricts the free flow of water, and the drainpipe eventually becomes choked. If water builds up quickly in your sink or tub when it should flow smoothly out of your drain pipe, you may already have a plumbing clog on your hands.
How to remove the drainpipe blockage.
If you want your water to start running freely then there are a few things you can do to rectify the problem. The first step is to remove the plug whether the blocked drain pipe is in a sink or bath. In case of a bathroom sink, the plug can be removed easily with a simple pull or it might need the complex effort of unlocking the hook keeping it in place from under the sink. With respect to the bath, the screws have to be loosened to remove the plug or the overflow plate has to be dismantled.
The accumulated matter clogging up your drainpipe may be clearly visible when you have taken off the plug. You are most likely to see bunch of hair and other debris entangled in a blockage. Try to get hold of the mass and pull it out. Use a wire from a clothes hangar or some other apparatus if you have difficulties reaching the clog or grabbing the build up so that you can pull it out. This step of removing the residual clumps will remove the local blockage at your drain pipe point.
If, after exposing the drain pipe, you observe that the blockage is not close enough for removal with the wire you have, then you will need to find another way. Use a drain plunger to loosen the blockage that is deeper down the pipework. First, cover the overflow drainpipe with a wet cloth in order to make the air suction from the plunger stronger. Now position the plunger exactly over and around the drain pipe hole and push it rapidly up and down with short quick movements. You may find that this suction-push action of the plunger loosens the blocked debris down the pipe and the collected water now drains freely.
You can unblock the drains through chemical drain pipe cleaner too if a drainage plunger does not work for you. Chemical Substances should be applied only after all else fails because they are hazardous and can damage your bathroom hardware.
Bring in the Pros for a professional drains solution.
If the above methods fail to solve your blocked drainpipe problem then you may have to contact a plumber. Plumbers should have equipment that can help unclog drainage quickly and easily. It might cost you some money, but a plumber’s expertise can give quite a relief with this type of messy household problem.