As a home owner there are some basic steps you can take to avoid having to unblock drains. Use these plumbing maintenance measures to avoid drainage problems:
- Promptly repair any damaged pipe sections.
- Ensure that workmanship and materials used in your plumbing, drainage and sewage systems all comply with all local code requirements.
- Remove trees that are growing near drains to prevent the roots damaging the nearby sewer drains.
- Avoid placing new trees near existing sewer or storm water drains.
- You can install root barriers.This prevents tree roots from getting to the pipes.
- Fully flush all toilet paper.
- Sanitary items, nappy and face wipes should not be flushed down toilets because they create blockages.
- Adjust the toilet cistern water level to ensure a full flush.
- Replace old terracotta pipes with PVC pipes.
Unblock Drains The Traditional Way
A plunger is a commonly used to unblock drains. It has a rubber cap and a stick shaft that is pushed down against the cap causing it to flatten. When the plunger stick is released, it creates a vacuum which can help in unblocking drains, drain cleaning, unblocking sinks and toilet bowl openings.
Hand tools such as hand rods are sometimes used to clear blocked drains manually.
Electric eels (the snake) are often used to unblock drains. These long, narrow, flexible metallic lengths unwind from a spool. The coil is inserted into blocked drains in an effort to dislodge or cut sections off obstructing matter. Unfortunately, when tree roots are involved, the eel can only cut a small section off the total root in the line.
Such “self-help” methods can be hazardous. Electrically powered devices may perforate a PVC sewer or storm water drain, making the damage worse.
The Technology We Use To Unblock Drains
At Jim Paris Plumbing we make use of the following technologies to understand the reason your drain is blocked and also to manage or clear your blocked drain:
- High pressure water jet (can cut all tree roots inside a drain).
- Specialist drainage services tools that we invented to make our job more efficient.
- Colour closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV / drain camera).
- Pipe locating equipment to locate the position and depth of drain.
An important distinction in our drain repairs service is:
- We will advise all the solutions and costs to repair or maintain your blocked drain.
- You’ll be in charge of the expense and also the treatment we employ.
We can offer:
- Electric eels (we will only use the eel on certain cases).
- High water pressure jet clearing.
- CCTV drain inspections.
- Drain pipe locating.
- Repair or replace drains.
- Pipe re-lining.
- Concrete cut.
- Core drilling.
- Re concrete or pave excavated areas.
We also offer:
- Fixed price* depending on the servicing of your blocked drain.
- Routine servicing agreements in order to avoid future, more expensive, blocked drain problems.
For quick service to get your drain unblocked to manage your blocked drain problem, phone Jim 0418 164 690. We’ll get your blocked drain cleared speedily and also at a price that won’t cost you the earth. Actually, prices to unblock drains, start from just $88 depending on the job.
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