Your home’s plumbing system disposes waste and provides your family with clean water for showering, cooking and washing. One of the most critical components of your plumbing system is the drains. If your drains clog, they can cause a serious mess, damage your property and even impact your health. Here are three easy steps homeowners in Hightstown, New Jersey, can take to prevent clogged drains in their home:
Don’t Pour Grease Down the Drain
Grease is one of the worst things that you can pour down a drain, and many homeowners still do it. Hot grease from cooking will flow down your drain easily. But when the grease cools in the pipe, it’ll solidify and form a clog. As the other stuff you pour down your drain gets stuck to it, the clog becomes bigger. Instead of pouring grease down the drain, collect in a jar and throw it into the trash when it’s full.
Use Mesh Screens in Your Drains
A few strands of hair won’t clog a drain. But years of hair collecting in your pipes can cause a clog that requires professional drain unclogging. You can avoid this by catching the hair before it runs down the drain. Mesh screens come in all shapes and sizes.
Remember Your Toilet Isn’t a Trashcan
It’s tempting to throw waste like used cotton swabs, wet wipes and other personal care products into the toilet. But just because these items will disappear when you flush your toilet doesn’t mean they make the journey to the main sewer. They can get snapped on something in your plumbing system and cause a significant clog. What’s more, many of these items don’t decompose quickly, which burdens your water treatment facility.
Are you have drainage issues in your home? Contact R.A. Nichols Plumbing & Heating today to repair your clogged drains right away.
