5 Ways To Keep Your Drains Clog Free
Clearing your home’s drains of nasty clogs can be a very tedious task, and if you can avoid it you absolutely should.
1. Take advantage of mesh screens and drain catchers in both sinks and tubs.
Utilizing drain catchers and mesh screens when you’re able to can do a lot to save things like excess food, hair and other foreign objects from stopping up your home’s drain system. This way, you’ll catch all of that stuff before it even has the chance to clog your drains.
2. Brush out your hair before you bathe.
In the same spirit of the first step, if you brush out and get rid of loose hairs before you get in the shower or take a bath you avoid having that excess hair go down the drain. Rather than fix a drain clog later on, don’t even give your hair the chance to jeopardize the flow of your plumbing.
3. Take precautionary steps to care for your garbage disposal
There are some easy ways to make sure that using your garbage disposal doesn’t do any damage to your plumbing. Flushing the drain with cold water before putting any excess food particles through your garbage disposal will help to make sure nothing gets stuck on the way down. In general, however, using cold water instead of hot water while you use your garbage disposal is the best way to keep food from getting lodged in there.
4. Properly dispose of grease.
A common mistake that people make when getting rid of grease after cooking is pouring it down the drain. This must be avoided at all costs! The biggest misconception about grease is that because it’s still liquified when you dispose of it, there won’t be an issue as it travels through your plumbing. In fact, grease eventually hardens, building up and causing a stoppage in your drain. Instead, pour grease in an empty can from your recycling bin and throw it away.
5. Be careful about what you flush down the toilet.
A lot of products you can buy at the store that read as “flushable”, can in fact be the reason for clogs in your drainage system. The moral of the story here is: don’t believe everything you read! Throw away everything other than human waste and toilet paper.
Clogged up drains are extra annoyances that you really don’t need in your life. Following these five tips can save you the hassle of having to call us up and clean out your drains.
Tagline: If you have questions regarding your home’s drains or already have a clogged drain that needs some attention, Combat is just the company for the job! Give us a call at (773) 724-9272 now and we’ll be happy to help in any way necessary!
