Why Drain Cleaning is Important

It’s springtime and homeowners in Fort Lauderdale have been going through their closets, mopping the floors, and giving the house a deep scrub. But did you remember your drains? 

You most likely have a liquid 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 situation often won’t make it disappear. Plumbing troubles that appear minor usually end up being serious problems if they aren’t properly resolved. Even if you think this issue is just a slow drain, it’s recommended that you have an expert drain cleaning to make sure it doesn’t harm the entire system and leave you with a giant (and expensive) problem. Keep in mind, no plumbing situation is ever too insignificant to have a drain cleaning. 

There are many reasons why tub, sink, and toilet drains get clogged. For kitchen drains, the typical reasons are going to be fats and oils. Make sure you run your garbage disposal and don’t put things like oils, bones, and pasta down the drain because they will all make mayhem for your pipes and other plumbing components. For bathroom sinks, tubs, and showers, the main reasons for drain clogs will be hair build up, soap scum, and foreign objects. (Is your kid missing some action figures or have you found that you can’t find your favorite bracelet?) An annual drain cleaning by a local Fort Lauderdale expert will help keep these minor situations from accumulating and resulting in a huge plumbing nightmare. 

Your toilet can also get clogged by the typical issue of using an excessive amount of toilet paper, but also from putting things like hair, diapers, cotton swabs, or flushable wipes into the septic system. 

If the pipes become clogged, by napkins, hair, or anything else, it will possibly also affect the water pressure balance of your complete plumbing system. If you don’t resolve these issues quickly by calling for an expert in drain cleaning, it could leave you with cracked pipes. Or worse, your pipes could completely burst leaving you without running water in your home. 

Also, what flows down can occasionally come up. Sadly, you may know this already with past incidents with a clogged toilet, but it can also happen in your home’s sinks. Have you ever been washing dishes after a big meal and realized the water wasn’t draining and that piece of meat you stuck down there a couple minutes ago is now swimming around? A routine drain cleaning, or an emergency drain cleaning when you first realize the back-up, can avoid these issues completely and prevent your drains from clogging and causing odor 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.