Drain Cleaner is kind of a trash can word these days. All encompassing, the term drain cleaner conjures unsightly images. The act of having a drain cleaner to clean your drain lines produces foul odor. Having a drain cleaner to your home to clear a clogged drain is to have a physical person, contracted to perform a service on restoring flow to your drain lines. And, finally, you may visit one of the big box stores to purchase drain cleaner for your plumbing woes at home.
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Drain Cleaning Service
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Kind of like the Koinean Greek word for "love". Drain Cleaner is very specific.
O.k, enough playing around already. Except for the Greek word for love. (Five different words).
Drain cleaning is a dirty job, no matter how it is presented. There are occasionally those jobs where a sewer bladder can be put into the line and the only mess the drain cleaner (technician) has is to clean up a little water that escaped the hose after the water was turned off.
If you are going to attempt drain cleaning on your own, try and steer clear of acids and caustic chemicals. They can be effective. However, there are a few safe drain cleaning methods the home owner should attempt before going to the acids and nasty chemicals.
One method is to just get a plunger and attempt plunging. However, you have to make effort to create a vacuum. In other words, if your clogged drain is on your bathroom sink, block the overflow of the sink while plunging. That will create a vacuum and also block any nasty stuff from being forced up the overflow, only to dowse the wood be drain cleaner (technician).
Another method, before getting into the equipment, is to add some vinegar and baking soda to the trap of the fixture with a clogged drain. Then, come back and hit it with the plunger.
I mentioned a pressure bladder. It is an oval shaped gadget that threads on to a garden hose. You can find it in the big box shops of orange and blue. Or your local hardware store.
Now, I'm about out of ideas that will allow you to safely approach cleaning a drain. So, from here, I have to refer you to the equipment and tool section of the big box. Here, you will be looking for a hand held drain snake or cable. Looks like this...
It is only dangerous if you force it to do something it doesn't want to do. The drain snake doesn't bite. However, suppose you have too much cable out of the drum. Then you may get wacked if the cable begins to wrap around itself. Or worse.
There is the Jetter. Well, these days, the pressure washer companies are attempting to sell hoses and nozzels to anyone who owns a pressure washer for the purpose of creating a make shift hydro-jetter. Not always effective for the homeowner for lack of knowing how to use the jetter. And, the pressure is not very high.
Believe me. Stay away from the chemicals. I don't want to have to show you what chemicals can do. However, a very sad thing happened to an elderly woman who was just trying to help herself and save money. Unfortunately, the drain cleaner was very strong and I don't think she knew what she was getting herself into. She allowed this picture to be published over the internet...
Enough said??? Call a
drain cleaning company if the blockage gets too difficult.
