St Paul Drain Cleaning

How do drains get clogged?

Hair Human hair, as well as animal fur and other stringy substances like dental floss can lead to serious clogged drains. Typical locations are bathtubs, bathroom sinks, showers, and laundry tubs. These stringy substance can combine with grease, soap, and other solids to form a matrix to can produce very dense clogs. Hair clogs can be minimized by decreasing the amount of substances sent into the drain.

Why do Drains have U-Shaped Pipes?

The u-shaped drain under a sink, otherwise known as a “p-trap”, keeps sewer gas from coming backwards into your home. It does because it traps water in the piping. When water drains out of a sink, it runs down the drain piping and into the main sewer pipe where it leaves your house. Water is left behind in the p-trap. If a sink is not used for an extended period of time, the water in the p-trap may dry up.

What are Roof Vents?

Drain pipes transport water from sinks throughout homes to main sewer line underneath the yard and out to municipal sewer systems. It is not quite that easy. Roof vents are needed to help facilitate the drainage of water throughout homes. Without roof vents water sinks will appear to to have clogged drains. Roof vents work alongside drain pipes. Every drain in a home is connected to a roof vent pipe.