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Holiday Plumbing Tips

holiday plumbing tips The Holiday Season is a happy time.

During the Holidays we enjoy visits from our friends, family and even Santa Claus.

Although you love your friendly plumber, we don’t enjoy having emergency plumbing house calls.

Here are a few simple tips to help keep your Holiday parties and pipes running smoothly:

1. Keep drains free of cooking oil and grease. Scrape food and grease from plates into the trash. Pour off cooking grease from pans and bake ware into a can. Let it cool before placing it in the trash. Collect turkey frying oil and take it to the local household collection facility for free. The tallow company picks it up and recycles it.

2. Beware of the “unflushables.” Household cleaning wipes, facial wipes, baby wipes, toilet bowel cleaning pads, diapers, dental floss, feminine hygiene products and condoms should be disposed in the trash. When flushed they can hang up on roots in sewer lines and cause a stroke of disaster.

3. Keep your sewer lines free-flowing and root free. Use a snake to clean out roots. Don’t use copper root killers. They are toxic to the environment and treatment plants where the waste water flows. If trees grow over your sewer lines you may need to schedule regular visits from a qualified plumber to remove them safely.

For more tips on how to stop The Clog, go to ClogBusters.org or visit us on Facebook to become a Clog Busters fan and receive updates.

Clog Prevention Tip: Be Grease Aware

clog prevention tip Families these days are eating healthier diets with less fried foods and fatty meats.

Yet many people don’t realize we must remain diligent in preventing fats, oils and grease discharges down our drains.

Cooking fats, oil and grease (FOG) are leading causes of clogged drains, back-ups, and sewage spills.

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Clogged Drain

clogged drain Many homeowners today prefer to fix minor clogs themselves.

However, a clogged drain can become a challenge. Most times, for simple clogs, a plunger does the job. Second line of defense is usually a liquid drain cleaner, which is not very effective.

However, a clog can be more involved and extensive.

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Drain Cleaning

drain cleaning As a homeowner, you know how important it is to keep the drains clean and free of debris.

However, drain cleaning is not always as easy to do as one might think. And, liquid drain cleaners have proven to be very ineffective.

Over the years, substances we pour down the drain eventually stick to the sides, and the drain becomes smaller.

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Yard Drains

Yard drains require proper maintenance and regular checks to insure they are operating correctly.

Yard drains prevent flooding in your yard, your basement, as well as your neighbor’s yard.

The yard drains have a storage bin that is below the sewer line. When regular checking is done it’s easy to see when the debris is too high.

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My Sink Has A Gurgling Drain

my sink has a gurgling drain Gurgling sounds made by draining sinks are the result of air trapped in the pipes.

Usually, the presence of air in the pipes signifies the need for putting a vent in the pipe.

Sometimes garbage disposals are clogged up with debris or sediment and pipes have air trapped behind the blockages.

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Hydro Water Jet Service

Hydro Water Jet Service is another method of cleaning a drain by sending a high pressure water blast through the pipes.

Sometimes when a typical electric snake doesn’t work, the hydro water system will send enough pressure through the pipes to clear the blockage.

Not every plumber has a hydro water jet system.

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Leak Detection

leak detection It’s not always easy to find a leak

In a situation like this, the best option is to call a professional plumber, rather than to try and find the leak yourself.

Leaks could be behind a wall, under a floor or ceiling. While trying to find the leak, you might cause some damage which will cost you money in the long run.

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Sewer Backups

sewer backups If you experience this problem, you know how messy and smelly a sewer backup can become.

For help, many people call a local plumber who is equipped with the right tools to fix the problem.

One of the biggest causes of sewer back-ups is a tree root that was in direct line with the sewer lines and grew into the sewer lines, creating a blockage.

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Archive for the ‘clogs, drains, leaks’ Category

Holiday Plumbing Tips

Clog Prevention Tip: Be Grease Aware

Clogged Drain

Drain Cleaning

Yard Drains

My Sink Has A Gurgling Drain

Hydro Water Jet Service

Leak Detection

Sewer Backups

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