Your Drains Could use a Makeover in 2018: Try Drain Cleaning Today

Do you watch home design television and enjoy watching the “big reveal” when a space is redone? Although not as glamorous, but just as important for your home is the makeover that your drains will receive with a drain cleaning.

What can you expect from drain cleaning? Free flowing water, lower water bills, and a nicer home to live in. Interested? Here are the top tips for drain cleaning.

What’s That Sound?

Is there squeaking or cracking coming from your drains or pipes? There are a number of factors that can cause those sounds to occur.

Most likely it is calcium buildup from other minerals. As water makes its way through the blockage, pressure happens and makes the sound. It’s easy to get rid of. Just get your drains cleaned and it will go away.

Fresh and Flowing Water all Year Long

How do you know if you need a drain cleaning? If your drains are bubbling, slow to clear, or if there is a musty odor coming out of them, it’s time to act.

You can try a homemade drain freshener. Sprinkle baking soda in a smelly drain and pour vinegar down. This will foam up and get rid of the clog and the smell.

Flush with hot water. A longer-term solution is to get drains professionally cleaned, which will improve water flow and hygiene in your house.

Save Your Plumbing (and Your Money)

Did you know that you’ll eventually have to replace the plumbing in your home, but that is there a lot that you can do to extend your plumbing’s lifespan?

Avoid putting commercial drain cleaners down your drains, which will cause corrosion. Other types of clogs can also cause corrosion, which will weaken drain pipes.

That means costly repair bills. Corroded pipes will leak too, which will jack up your water bills, which can be substantial here in Evansville, IN.

Clogs?

In your kitchen, you’ve probably got buildup from grease and food debris in your drains.

In your bathrooms, your drains are likely blocked up with hair and soap scum.

Either way, over time these items can bond together and cause problems.

You may try and tackle these clogs with a plumbing snake or a plunger, but it’s much easier just to get a drain cleaning done every year. This keeps you from having to deal with clogged drains at all. When giving your home a makeover, don’t neglect your drains.