Why Drain Cleaning is Important

It’s that time of year when homeowners in Winnipeg have been cleaning out their closets, mopping the floors, and giving the home an intense scrub. But did you forget to clean your drains? 

You most likely have a liquid drain cleaning product for when the bathtub is backing up or the kitchen sink won’t drain, but slapping a band-aid on the problem often won’t make it vanish. Plumbing issues that appear minor usually end up being major problems if they aren’t resolved properly. Even if you think it’s just a slow drain, you should have an expert drain cleaning to make sure it doesn’t ruin the entire system and leave you with a giant (and expensive) problem. Remember, no plumbing situation is ever too insignificant to have a drain cleaning. 

There are many reasons why your home’s drains become clogged. For kitchen drains, the typical reasons are going to be pieces of food and oils. Make sure you run your garbage disposal and don’t put things like oils, bones, and pasta down the drain because they will all create chaos for your pipes and other plumbing components. For bathtubs, showers, and bathroom sinks, the typical reasons for drain clogs will be hair build up, soap scum, and foreign objects. (Is your kid missing some action figures or have you found that you can only find one earring?) A regular drain cleaning by a local Winnipeg expert will help keep these little issues from building up and turning into a huge plumbing problem. 

Your toilet can also become clogged by the usual issue of using too much toilet paper, but also from depositing things like paper towels, kitty litter, cotton swabs, or flushable wipes into the septic system. 

If the pipes get clogged, by napkins, kitty litter, or anything else, it will probably also affect the water pressure balance of your complete plumbing system. If you don’t address these issues right away by calling for an expert in drain cleaning, it could leave you with cracked pipes. Or more severe, your pipes could totally burst leaving you without any water in your home. 

Remember, what flows down can sometimes come up. Sadly, you probably know this already with prior incidents with a clogged toilet, but backing up can also happen in your home’s sinks. Have you ever been doing the dishes after a big meal and realized the water wasn’t draining and that vegetable you stuck down there a few minutes ago is now swimming around? A routine drain cleaning, or an emergency drain cleaning when you first notice the problem, can avoid these issues completely and prevent your drains from clogging and causing foul smells to back up into your home along with the water. 

For expert drain cleaning in Winnipeg, call Winnipeg Supply Service Experts. We are available around the clock for all your plumbing needs, so if you have an urgent problem at 8:00 in the evening or it’s just been a bit since your last drain cleaning, we are here for you.