Drain Cleaning
Professional Drain Cleaning in Northern Utah
Clogged drains are a frustrating occurrence, keeping you from everyday tasks like showering, doing the dishes, or washing your hands. More than just annoying, clogged drains can cause bacteria and mold growth, attract insects and rodents, create water damage to your walls, cabinets, or floors, and create pipe system failure. Drain cleaning keeps your pipes clear, your home safe, and your sinks, toilets, and tubs functional.
At Nook-N-Kranny Home Services, we cover drain cleaning services for all bathrooms, kitchens, garages, main sewer lines, and any drain emergency that you might have. With regular drain cleaning maintenance, we can keep your plumbing clear and help improve its lifespan. Schedule an appointment with our experts for a plumbing and sewer inspection today.
Why Your Drain Might Be Clogged
Clogged drains are inconvenient and can lead to flooding, broken pipes, and mold damage. Common culprits of a clogged drain may include:
- Grease: Cooking oils, fats from food or soaps, and grease that collects in pots and pans will stick to the inside of your pipes and harden as they cool. The grease builds up over time and collects other small food particles, creating tough blockages that are hard to clear out.
- Hair: Human and pet hair will collect in drains and pipes, knotting together to create big clumps that catch other debris and block any water from flowing through.
- Soap Scum: Soap particulate made up of oils can bind with dirt, body fats, and hair that will build up in the drain and solidify as it gets cooler.
- Debris: Pebbles, synthetic fabric fibers, sand, twigs, and plastic particles all find their way down the pipes and cannot easily be broken down over time.
- Objects: Great blockage can be caused by bigger objects such as shards of broken glass, a child’s toy, plastic wrappings, utensils, jewelry, and anything else that might fall into the sink, toilet, or bathtub.
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Preventative Drain Cleaning and Maintenance
Help prevent small blockages in your drains, caused by everyday buildup, with a few simple habits:
- Strainers: Install mesh strainers that catch pieces of food, hair clumps, and other debris that are large enough to be blocked by a strainer.
- Flush With Soap: Try running soap, baking soda and vinegar, or a store bought detergent down the drain to clear away buildup from grease, body fats, and soap scum.
- Run Hot Water: After you have just used the shower or washed the dishes, keep the hot water running for just about 30 seconds. This will help break down and clear out debris, pushing it further into the drain before it sticks to the pipe walls.
Professional Drain Cleaning Techniques
Although home remedies can help keep your pipes from clogging regularly, over time, the small particles stuck in the pipes accumulate and create blockages that need professional attention. Special services that you can access when working with expert plumbers include:
- Augers or Flexshaft Machines: These motorized or manual tools use small metal cables with blades, coils, or chains that are fed down a pipe to cut through blockages or attach and pull out any obstructions.
- Chemical Treatments: Industrial-grade cleaners with concentrated enzymes or acidic solutions can be used to destroy material that is clogging the pipes, but because of toxic fumes and corrosive qualities, these chemicals must be handled by certified professionals.
- Hydro-Jetting: Using a high-pressure hose, hydro-jetting clears the entire pipe by releasing water at extremely high pressures that blast through clogs and clear out debris.
- Video Inspection: In order to locate obstructions in the pipes, discover any cracks or damage, and decide what method to use when clearing clogs, we use a waterproof camera that allows us to see far into your piping systems.
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Drain Cleaning With NooK-N-Kranny Home Services
When you work with Nook-N-Kranny Home Services, you get the best home inspectors and plumbers in the state of Utah. With a dedicated team of plumbing professionals that prioritizes providing customers with the highest quality of service, you can count on a job well done. Whether you’re looking for routine drain cleaning maintenance or you need emergency plumbing services, Nook-N-Kranny is the team for you. Call us today or schedule an appointment online!
Frequently Asked Questions
Drain Cleaning FAQs
Are chemical drain cleaners bad for my pipes?
Yes, absolutely. Liquid drain cleaners you buy at the grocery store use harsh chemicals (like lye or sulfuric acid) that generate intense heat to dissolve clogs.
- The Risk: This heat and chemical reaction can easily warp or crack PVC pipes, soften older metal pipes, and eat away at the glue holding your plumbing together.
- Alternative: Use a physical plunger, a mechanical drain snake, or biological/enzyme-based cleaners that use bacteria to safely eat away at organic gunk without harming the plumbing.
How often should I clean my drains?
- Routine Maintenance: Once every 2 to 4 weeks, pour a kettle of boiling water down your metal pipes (use just hot tap water for PVC to avoid melting the glue) to flush away accumulated oils.
- Deep Cleaning: If you start noticing slow drainage or a slight odor, do a baking soda and vinegar flush (see below) to freshen things up.
Does the baking soda and vinegar trick actually work?
It works incredibly well for minor maintenance and deodorizing, but it won’t bust through a rock-hard clog. When you mix baking soda (a base) and vinegar (an acid), they react to create carbon dioxide gas. That fizzing action physically loosens sticky grease and soap scum clinging to the pipe walls, making it easier to wash away.
What should I absolutely never put down my drain?
Even if you have a powerful garbage disposal, your pipes aren’t invincible. Keep these out of your sinks:
- Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG): They look liquid when hot, but they solidify inside your cold pipes, acting like glue for other debris.
- Coffee Grounds: They don’t dissolve; they clump together like wet sand and form dense blockages.
- “Flushable” Wipes: They do not break down like toilet paper and are the number one cause of major sewer backups.
- Starchy Foods: Pasta, rice, and potato peels swell up in water and create a thick, starchy paste that chokes the line.
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