Your drains are an important part of your plumbing system. Drain pipes carry water and waste out of your fixtures, removing this mess from your home. Without proper care, you might have damaged drains, smelly odors, and nasty floods that wreak havoc on your home. The good news is that there are skilled plumbers standing by to help. At Summit Heating, A/C, Plumbing & Electrical, we provide professional drain cleaning services to help combat buildup inside your drains and leave your plumbing system clean, clear, and healthy. .
Professional Drain Cleaning Explained
Professional drain cleaning is a service that involves various techniques and pieces of equipment to remove buildup from your plumbing system’s drain pipes. We can begin by searching for clogs and stubborn obstructions that require special attention. To do this, we inspect your drains and use cameras or scoping equipment, which helps us find the precise location of any issues. At the same time, we inspect your drains for signs of leaks or other damage that can affect the performance of your drainage system.
For the large, stuck-in-place blockages, we may need an auger or drain snake to break them apart and dislodge them. Once we send these drain-stopping masses on their way, we work with high-pressure water to blast away all the other gunk. The process of pressure washing your drains is often referred to as hydro-jetting, with the water blasting away all contaminants in the drains and those stuck to the drain walls. This service leaves a wide-open passageway for waste to drain, giving you a clean and healthy system.
Beyond a Plunger, You Need a Professional
If you have a blockage that stops waste from emptying in your sink, toilet, tub, or other drain, you might think that a household plunger will do the trick. Plungers push air into the drain, helping create enough pressure and force to dislodge the clog. This is common for toilets and may also be useful in other fixtures. However, if your plunger doesn’t move the obstruction, you will likely need a professional plumber.
Before you do so, however, you may be thinking that it’s easy enough to run to the store and grab a bottle of liquid drain cleaner. Your plumbing system will thank you for skipping that idea and calling an expert instead. Liquid drain cleaners have harsh chemicals that can eat away at your drain pipes, leading to small holes and corrosion over time. These small holes leak waste, often in parts of the home where you cannot see it. Drain leaks can cause catastrophic water damage and leave you with a costly repair and renovation bill.
Additionally, you should never stick a foreign object down the drain in an attempt to clear a clog. Not only could the object become stuck and create an even bigger hazard, but you could puncture the drain and cause extensive leaks and water damage. Just call our plumbers when you have a drainage issue and save yourself a lot of time and hassle.
How Often Do I Need Professional Drain Cleaning?
Professional drain cleaning should be considered a routine part of your plumbing maintenance. Schedule it once a year to keep your drains clear and clean. However, if you miss the annual service, we can still help. Our plumbers offer cleaning no matter how messy your drains are.
Remove Blockages and Obstructions
Professional drain cleaning is the only safe way to remove stubborn blockages that a plunger cannot dislodge. When we snake through and power wash your pipes, it breaks apart these nasty obstructions and sends them out of your drainage system. Even if you weren’t aware of an obstruction, our professional plumbers will find them and eliminate them.
Prevent Future Clogs
As the pressurized water blasts buildup and contaminants from the drains, it leaves the structure clean and clear. Buildup-free drains are significantly less likely to become clogged, lowering your risk of a messy situation. Annual drain cleaning typically offers a quick enough turnaround time to prevent massive obstructions, especially when combined with certain other preventative measures such as strainers and hair catchers.
Improve Drainage Speeds
Your sink and other fixtures should empty quickly without water accumulating in them. If you have standing water that takes extra time to clear, you likely have extensive buildup in the drains which will eventually lead to a total blockage. Drain cleaning blasts this buildup away so your fixtures can empty much quicker.
Protect Your Drains
Buildup inside the drains can eat away at the structure of them, leading to corrosion and small holes. Further, heavy buildup can weigh on the pipes and excess pressure can cause the pipes to burst. When our plumbers clean your drains, all this buildup is removed, protecting the structural integrity of your drain pipes.
Avoid Nasty Floods and Overflows
If you aren’t aware of an obstruction in the drain, you might just walk away from your sink, tub, or toilet without a second thought as the water continues to run. You think it will eventually go down the drain. However, if the drain is blocked, the fixtures continues to fill until water has nowhere else to go but over the sides. Floods and overflows create costly damages and could leave you with a nightmare to clean up.
Eliminate Foul Odors
Food, hair, and other items sitting inside your drains can begin to smell over time. This rotten odor then comes up through the opening of the drain, leaving your home smelling less than fresh. The only way to get rid of these foul odors is to remove the offending substances through drain cleaning.
Stop Noisy Drains
Blockages in drains may be noisy. If you hear loud pops and cracks when water and waste drain, this may indicate a partial blockage. The sounds you here are created as the waste is forced to slip through a narrow passageway. Further, you might hear gurgling noises, especially in the toilet. This happens when waste is unable to move through certain parts of the drainage system.
Your Drain Cleaning Specialists
We provide top-notch drain cleaning for your home’s plumbing health. In addition, we offer skilled repairs, maintenance, and installations. Count on us for trusted upgrades with a new toilet or sink. Let us handle your pipe repairs and replacements to keep water flowing, your sewer system services for excellent waste removal and management, and water heater installation for ideal hot water flow.
We also employ a team of licensed electricians to handle all your electrical needs, from minor repairs to major overhauls. Finally, take control of home comfort with the help of our HVAC technicians. We offer professional heating and cooling repairs, installations, and maintenance to keep your home at an ideal temperature all year long.
Skip the dangerous drain cleaning chemicals and leave your plumbing system to the professionals. Hire the top plumbers in Denver, Colorado for your drain cleaning services by calling Summit Heating, A/C, Plumbing & Electrical today.
