- No property owner likes to be dealing with pipes that are continually misbehaving. It’s absolutely frustrating especially when a problem happens when you least expect it. In the worst case, plumbing issues can exhaust your time, energy and money. Good thing, keeping your home’s plumbing in the best shape possible is not as hard as you think. You just have to follow our advice below.
How to Keep Your Plumbing in the Best Shape
- 1. Use a drain filter – Whether you have a Rapunzel at home or not, drain filters will come in handy in your shower. They’re great at catching slippery, tiny, and stringy items just like soap scum, hair, and other tiny debris. But if you don’t want to give these particles an opportunity to hit your drains, encourage a habit of brushing hair first before hitting the shower. Doing this will help minimize the chances of these particles getting caught up in the drain and slipping through. Hair and debris can ball up, while soap scum can gum up the pipes, therefore putting drain filters over the drain opening can be a life-saver from unnecessary and controllable causes of clogs.
- 2. Manage your rubbish – You may not know it but the greatest threat to your plumbing is likely you and your careless plumbing habits. Garbage disposals provide convenience in many kitchens, but it is also because of this that some homeowners can get reckless about what they put on it. While it is helpful for crushing food leftover scraps into pieces before it reaches the drainage system, you could be cutting your system’s life short by putting the wrong items down. Your toilet is also the same. There are certain limitations of the things it takes in. If you throw just about anything you like, you’re increasing the chances of your toilet jamming up and developing leaks over time.
- 3. Ditch the drain chemicals – Using a de-clogger with harsh chemicals to attempt to clear a clog is like throwing a grenade down the drain. They will only harm your plumbing rather than address the problem. Instead, make it a habit to clean your drains regularly with a half cup of baking soda and one cup of vinegar. Let it sit in the drain for ten minutes, then pour in three to four cups of boiling water. Combining both of these kitchen staples will produce a foaming effect that will help dislodge a clog, while the boiling water can help clear any remaining grease and debris off. But in the worse case, contact the blocked drain professionals to clear clogs safely and properly.
- 4. Never trust the myth about some home remedies – Another tip, don’t believe the myth about using coca-cola to clear clogs, or putting lemon peels in the disposal to make it smell better. The bomb effect of the coca-cola is never enough to clear clogs, especially when it already has a blockage down the line. Lemon peels on the other hand can only jam up your garbage disposal. Instead of trusting these remedies, speak to the professionals right away to look into the problem.
- 5. Pour boiling water from time to time – If your plumbing system does not have plastic materials that warp with too much heat, flush it with boiling water at least once a week. Even if you’ve managed a way to dispose of cooking oil properly, over time, you can still get a fair amount of grime and grease that can force you to call the professionals to get rid of. Pouring your drains with boiling water will decrease the chance of this grease to cake the pipe and trap other food scraps and debris to make an enormous clog.
- 6. Do something about those tree roots – Huge trees provide shade when summer sets in and are a great addition to your landscape, but when you have the kind that grows massive roots you must call the Revolution Pipe Relining. The roots of any tree are a huge threat to sewer lines especially when you have old plumbing or it has leaks where roots can squeeze through. They can penetrate your sewer line to the extent that they can cause it to completely break down. So, give your plumbing a huge favor by contacting us. We can cut those roots for good and clear any remaining clogs to make your sewer lines as seamless as possible. We have a range of pipe relining services Sydney that can permanently fix fractures in pipes caused by tree roots.
- 7. Never assume a clog will resolve itself – It’s easy to assume that clogs that happen once in a while might just resolve on their own. While it may be true in some cases, if it’s been going on in numerous instances, it’s time to take the problem to the professionals. Different things can choke the pipe and if you don’t remove them for good, they will compound and create a more serious problem down the line. Keep in mind that a neglected blockage can rapidly escalate into a burst pipe. If you don’t want to put up with such a problem, fix a clog right away the first time and let the professionals handle it.
- 8. Avoid DIY fixes – Even when you feel you can do the job, it’s not worth taking risks. Those fixes that you did can make simple issues turn into a pricey series of maintenance problems or worse, a major repiping job. There’s also a great chance that you might spend money on unnecessary materials that won’t solve the problem for good. Reporting all types of problems to the professionals like the pipe relining Sydney specialist not only prevents misdiagnosing problems, but you can also sleep soundly knowing your plumbing problem will be fixed right.
- 9. Sign up for routine plumbing maintenance – Your plumbing does a lot of work daily. It endures daily wear and tear and regardless of how superb the quality of materials it’s made of and how good the workmanship is, it’s inevitable that it will experience different problems during its lifespan. While there isn’t much that can be done when it comes to reducing the wear and tear on the system, you can speak with the professionals for regular maintenance to catch potential problems before they turn into a costly repair.
- 10. Go for Pipe Relining – Don’t leave your plumbing to chance. If you’re concerned your pipe is not in the best shape you expect, contact Revolution Pipe Relining right away. Our Sydney relining solutions such as pipeline relining, sewer pipe relining, drain pipe relining, cast-iron pipe relining, and trenchless sewer relining, fixes damages in your piping system for good. It makes your pipeline more seamless to allow wastewater and debris to travel through without a hitch, making clogs and leaks less likely to occur.
What should you do?
As most parts of your plumbing are concealed within walls, ceilings, floors and even underground, it becomes difficult to identify when there’s something wrong with them. Hiring our team is the best way to ensure your plumbing is functioning as it should; that any damage to the pipes are seamlessly fixed. If we feel the pipe relining cost is only a fraction of the cost to replace your pipe, and it’s a more logical solution, we can do that too.
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