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A common service we often recommend to our customers is routine drain cleaning as part of your overall plumbing maintenance. Our plumbers will come to your home and use the best in current technology\u2014such as a hydro-jet system\u2014to thoroughly clear out the drainpipes throughout your household.<\/p>\n
This removes buildup that leads to frequent slow and clogged drains, and also helps prevent your plumbing system from suffering other damage too. With winter almost behind us, why not make a drain cleaning appointment as part of your spring cleaning plan?<\/p>\n
Let us tell you something about these store-bought cleaning \u201csolutions.\u201d The thing is, they\u2019re designed to rid your drainpipes of very specific clogs, such as hair. While this is <\/em>one of the most common bathroom drain threats, which we\u2019ll touch on more below, chemical liquid drain cleaners aren\u2019t the way to go.<\/p>\n First off, they may not even remove the entire clog, so it will just build back up. Additionally, the ingredients in these cleaners are caustic, eating away at the plumbing and leading to eventual corrosion, which we\u2019re certain you don\u2019t want! The best thing you can do when you find yourself facing a stubborn clog that can\u2019t be remedied with a good ol\u2019 fashioned plunger and some elbow grease is to call a professional plumber.<\/p>\n In the meantime, we\u2019ve shared below some of the most common threats to your bathroom plumbing, and what you can do to prevent clogs.<\/p>\n As promised, we\u2019ll talk about hair first. Your bathroom sink drain and especially your shower drain are susceptible to clogs from hair. It catches easily in the curved pipe section right below your bathroom sink\u2014this is called the p-trap. When this occurs, it starts to catch other hair follicles.<\/p>\n Eventually, a tangled clog will close off water flow, and this can resist plungers very well.<\/p>\n Drain covers are a great way to help stop hair form going down the drain! You can find mesh, metal, or even rubber drain covers that will do the trick.<\/p>\n More and more individuals are turning to oil based cleansers and self-care products such as coconut oil for teeth whitening and facial lotion or bath bombs for softer and healthier skin. These are all great, but <\/em>can do a number for your drains!<\/p>\n This is particularly true if your home suffers from hard water, which is water with a high level of minerals like calcium and magnesium\u2014minerals that make it hard for even soap <\/em>to break down as it flows down the drain, let alone oil-based products. It\u2019s worth mentioning here that soap scum is another common threat, for this very reason. A water softener can certainly help with this!<\/p>\n What happens is that unless you\u2019re using very hot water, these products don\u2019t get flushed fully down your drainpipes. Instead, they go partially down, stick to the walls of the drainpipes, and harden once they cool off. Then when you use that beauty product again, the same thing happens until it builds up into a stubborn clog.<\/p>\n Just like with hair, the best way to combat this is with a drain cover. Simply wait until the drain cover dries and wipe off and dispose of the residue left behind by your product in the trash can.<\/p>\n To get in touch with quality plumbers in St. Charles, MO<\/a>, reach out to Performance Plumbing<\/a> today! <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With winter almost behind us, why not make a drain cleaning appointment as part of your spring cleaning plan?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[112,97],"class_list":["post-847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plumbing-service","tag-plumbers","tag-st-charles"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceplumbinginc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceplumbinginc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceplumbinginc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceplumbinginc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceplumbinginc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=847"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceplumbinginc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":852,"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceplumbinginc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847\/revisions\/852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceplumbinginc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceplumbinginc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceplumbinginc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Hair<\/h2>\n
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