Why Drain Cleaning is Important

It’s that time of year when homeowners in Calgary have been cleaning out their closets, mopping the floors, and giving their home a good scrub. But did you forget to clean your drains? 

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

There are many reasons why tub, sink, and toilet drains become clogged. For kitchen drains, the usual reasons are going to be food and grease. Make sure you start your garbage disposal and try not to throw things like fats, eggs, and rice down the drain because they will all wreak havoc on your pipes and other plumbing components. For For your showers, tubs, and bathroom sinks, the main reasons for drain clogs will be pieces of hair, soap scum, and foreign objects. (Is your child missing some puzzle pieces or have you noticed that you are missing a necklace?) A seasonal drain cleaning by a local Calgary expert will help keep these minor situations from accumulating and creating a huge plumbing nightmare. 

Your toilet can also become clogged by the usual issue of using too much toilet paper, but also from depositing things like hair, diapers, cotton balls, or flushable wipes into the septic system. 

If the pipes are clogged, by toys, kitty litter, or anything else, it will probably also affect the water pressure balance of your entire plumbing system. If you don’t rectify these issues quickly by calling for an expert in drain cleaning, it could leave you with cracked pipes. Or worse, your pipes could totally burst leaving you without working water in your home. 

Don’t forget, what drains down can occasionally come up. Unfortunately, you probably know this already with previous experiences with a clogged toilet, but backing up can also happen in your home’s sinks. Have you ever been cleaning dishes after dinner and realized the water wasn’t draining and that vegetable you rinsed down there a minute ago is now back? A routine drain cleaning, or an emergency drain cleaning when you first notice the problem, can avoid these issues entirely and prevent your drains from becoming clogged and causing foul smells to back up into your home along with the water. 

For expert drain cleaning in Calgary, call Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning. We are available 24/7/365 for all your plumbing needs, so if you have an urgent problem at 8:00 in the evening or it’s just been too long since your last drain cleaning, we are just a call away.