5 Common Household Items That Clog Drains The Most

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5 Common Household Items That Clog Drains The Most
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• 5 Common Household Items That Clog Drains The
  Most
• A clogged drain can ruin a day. Unknowingly
  clogging a drain can cause major structural
  damage to such home features as flooring,
  cabinetry, appliances, walls, bathrooms,
  kitchens, pipes, roofing, water heaters, and so
  much more. While the majority of people never
  intend to clog a drain at their home it does not
  negate the fact that common household items often
  find their way into drains and pipes regardless
  of how hard we try to keep them debris free. If
  you live with a lot of people, pets or children
  the odds become even greater that your water
  systems become susceptible to household items
  that have gone astray. So what are some of the
  possessions that we have lying around the house
  that often find themselves contributing to
  clogged drains and causing the need for drain
  cleaning and repair?
• Common Household Drain Clogging Item 1 Fat,
  Oil, and Grease
• A completely normal byproduct of cooking fat,
  oil, and grease play a nemesis to drains and are
  often hard to control and dispose of properly.
  Always be sure to pour cooking oil and grease
  into a sealable disposable container with an
  absorbent such as paper garbage and discard it
  with your other garbage.
• Common Household Drain Clogging Item 2 Hair
• From shaving to pet shedding to aging hair to
  long hair to frayed fabrics to personal hygiene
  grooming and so much more there are a plethora of
  reasons why hair can find its way to home drain
  and pipe disruption. If you want to avoid hair
  drain clogs you may want to consider installing
  an over-the-top drain screen or an underneath
  drain screen.

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• Common Household Drain Clogging Item 3 Mineral
  Build-Up
• Depending on where you live and how your plumbing
  is set up the water could be hard. Drains can
  become blocked by hard water mineral deposits
  over time which can reduce flow and cause
  back-ups. If this happens pipes will often need
  to be descaled to remove build-up which is
  normally done by a professional plumber.
• Common Household Drain Clogging Item 4 Nature
• Mother Nature is unpredictable and all invasive
  and it's these types of characteristics that make
  our natural environments a threat to drains.
  Through air contaminants, roots, leaves, dirt,
  mud, trees, plants, flowers, grass, grime, rain
  runoff, particles, and other natural creations
  there are many ways nature can prohibit proper
  drain function and this is something to be aware
  of and take precautions for.
• Common Household Drain Clogging Item 5
  Disintegration
• While most of us wish to stand the tests of time,
  drains are no different than people and will
  ultimately succumb to old age and disintegration
  of structural character. Hard to detect and
  identify pipe disintegration checking should be
  left up to a plumbing expert and home drainage
  inspections and reviews should be conducted
  regularly.
• As you can read there are plenty of household
  items that can cause serious pipe and drain
  destruction. When dealing with such drain issues
  as the above which will crop up from time to time
  it is always best to have a trustworthy and
  reliable plumbing repair and diagnostics
  specialist on speed dial in case of plumbing
  emergency or general maintenance requirement.