The most common problem we all face is of the drain or sewage blockage. No matter how clean you try to keep your kitchen sinks or avoid hair fall in washrooms, you cannot avoid it completely because even without your knowledge the solid waste in the drain pipes or the sewage gets accumulated and blocks the flow of drain water. The only solution is to clean the washroom or kitchen sinks periodically to avoid major damage to the entire sewage system of your house. Normally, there are two options in cleaning the drainage- firstly do it yourself and secondly take the help of professional drain cleaning service providers.
How can you clean the drain yourself?
When you do it yourself, you will have to use some drain cleaner manufactured only for this purpose. Normally a drain can be cleaned either mechanically, by using chemicals or by using electric drain cleaners or sewer jetters. Even before you start with drainage cleaning, you will have to analyze how big the problem is. If the blockage is very close to the drain openings interior in your house, then you can clean it using the chemical treatment. You have the option of using plungers, handheld drain augers, air bust drain cleaners, etc. provided you have the right equipment in your house.
If the right equipment is not available, a simple procedure putting some drain cleaner with chemical mixture into the drain and pouring some water into it will solve the problem. This sort of treatment will be effective when the kitchen sink has to be cleaned. This procedure is also effective in cases of toilets, or tub/shower drains are clogged. There are two types of drain cleaners, namely.
- Alkaline drain cleaners: This contains chemicals such as sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide. It is available in solid or liquid form. The solid form of drain cleaner consists of the caustic substance of sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, aluminum particles and some wetting agents such as alkyl aryl sulfonates. Sometimes it depends on the product manufacturers who keep this wetting substance as the product secret to capture the market. Due to the reaction between these chemicals after mixing them, the clogging in the drain gets cleared easily. The liquid form of the drain cleaner consists of sodium hypochlorite which is also called as bleach and any of the chemicals – sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide. The ratio between both the chemicals will be 50% each.
- Acidic drain cleaners: These contain sulfuric acid which can easily dissolve cellulose, fats or hair-like particles.
If the blockage is found somewhere in between your interior opening and opening outside your house, then the option of using electric drain cleaners or sewer jetters is the best. When this equipment is used, it tries to clean the whole sewage/drainage system of your house. Normally these are used by professional drain cleaning service providers.
Always ensure that you make the best choice in choosing what sort of treatment you want for cleaning the drainage system.
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