You can encounter some common problems in your home and blocked drains are one of them. You cannot stay in your home with clogged drains and it can spread some foul smells in your home. In this regard, you need to hire a trained plumbing service to clean your drains. Severe blockages can lead to burst pipes, which will destroy your property. So do not avoid potential issues of your drainage system and fix such problems by a trained blocked drains service.

5 DIY Tricks to Clean Your Blocked Drains:

#1. Hot Water: You can apply some DIY tricks to clean your blocked drains. You can pour hot water in your drains to clean the grease and oils from your pipes. If you have metal pipes, then you can use hot water to clean your metal pipes. But you cannot pour hot water in your PVC pipes. In this regard, you can use warm water in your PVC pipes. Hot or warm water can loosen the food build-up and remove the grease from your pipes, but it cannot remove hard substances from your sewage lines.

#2. Soda and Water: You can mix bicarb soda with hot water to clean your drains. Use two to three teaspoon vinegar with hot water to clean your drains. It will create some chemical reaction and produce oxygen inside the drains, and you must cover the outlets of your drains after pouring such liquid. It is better to use this chemical in your drains and leave your drains for 10-12 hours. Then you can flush your drains with normal water.

#3. Caustic Cleaners: There are caustic cleaners available in the hardware stores and you can use them for cleaning your blocked drains. These chemicals can dissolve the grease, hair and food particles from your drains, and they can clean your drains in an effective way. But if there is any tree root penetration in your underground drainage lines then you cannot remove such blockages by caustic soda. In this case, you need to hire trained professionals to clean your drains. Nowadays, you do not need to excavate your ground to clean your drains and you can reline your drains with PVC materials to keep them save.

#4. Plunger: If you have any clogs in your sewage lines, then you can use a plunger to remove the deposited garbage from your sewage lines. Plunging is an effective way to remove the solid substances from the drains and you can easily bend a hanger to make your own plunger. Make sure, you should not push the plunger toward the drain, and you should try to plug-out the hard substances from your drains.

#5. Snake: Similar to a plunger, you can use a plumber’s snake to clean your drain. Before you use a snake, you need to identify the clogged area of your drains. In this case, you need to hire a trained plumber to identify the clogged area. He will use a snake with CCTVs and identify the clogged areas of your drains. After identifying the area, they will clean your drains with their advanced tools, and you do not need to deal with the mess. Hiring such plumbers can save your time and cost.

Hydro jet is a powerful tool to clean the drain. If you have solid blockages in your drains, then you can use this tool to flush out the hard substances. Butit is an expensive tool and you do not need to buy this tool for your occasional uses. You can simply hire a plumber to clean your drains. Such plumbing services specialized in blocked drains cleaning technology, can clean your drains in a professional way and they can provide limited warranty on their services.