Why Drain Cleaning is Important

It’s springtime and homeowners in Fort Lauderdale have been cleaning out their closets, steam cleaning the carpets, and giving their home a good scrub. But what about your drains? You can’t forget to clean out your drains! 

You may have a household drain cleaning product for when the the kitchen sink is backing up or the toilet won’t drain, but sticking a band-aid on the problem often won’t make it disappear. Plumbing troubles that seem small usually end up being major problems if they aren’t resolved properly. Even if you think the problem is just a slow drain, you need to have thorough drain cleaning to make sure it doesn’t cause damage to the entire system and turn into a huge (and expensive) problem. Don’t forget, no plumbing issue is ever too minor to have a drain cleaning. 

There are several reasons why your home’s drains can end up clogged. For kitchen drains, the typical reasons are going to be food and grease. Make sure you turn on your garbage disposal and avoid putting things like grease, eggs, and fruit seeds or pits down the drain because they will all create chaos for your pipes and other plumbing components. For bathroom sinks, tubs, and showers, the typical reasons for drain clogs will be pieces of hair, soap scum, and foreign objects. (Is your child missing some puzzle pieces or have you found that you can only find one earring?) A regular drain cleaning by a local Fort Lauderdale expert will help keep these small problems from piling up and resulting in a huge plumbing problem. 

Your toilet can also end up clogged by the typical issue of using too much toilet paper, but also from depositing things like hair, band aids, cotton balls, 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 complete plumbing system. If you don’t rectify these issues right away by calling for an expert in drain cleaning, you may end up with cracked pipes. Or worse, your pipes could fully burst leaving you without running water in your home. 

Also, what drains down can occasionally come up. Regrettably, you may know this already with previous episodes with a clogged toilet, but the same thing can happen in your home’s sinks. Have you ever been cleaning dishes after a hearty meal and noticed the water wasn’t draining and that potato you stuck down there a couple minutes ago is now back? A routine drain cleaning, or an emergency drain cleaning when you first realize the clog, can avoid these issues altogether and prevent your drains from clogging and causing foul smells 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 10 o’clock at night or it’s just been a bit since your last drain cleaning, we are just a call away.