Sewer cleaning

Every modern person has ever had a problem with sewage sludge at least once in his life. Often this trouble happens at the most inopportune moment. The timely cleaning of the sewerage system will help you avoid many of the troubles associated with the comfortable and safe use of your plumbing fixtures. In this article, we will share all available ways of self-cleaning the sewage pipes, because the problem of clogging can be repeated quite often.

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Causes of clogging

In the process of using the sewage system, various foreign objects can fall into it:

• human hair;
• animal wool;
• sand.

When there are burrs or multiple joints on the inner surface of the pipe, fats will accumulate on them, soap foam, food residues will accumulate, etc. Due to such blockages, the tube clearance gradually narrows. This leads to the retention of the fluid flow.

Important! If the prevention is not carried out in time to remove the blockage, the sediment on the pipes will become sufficiently dense, and its elimination will require much more time and labor.

Quite often clogging is formed due to non-compliance with the basic rules of operation of the sewage system. These are the following limitations:

1. You can not discharge to the sewer the remains of construction debris, a large amount of which is formed during the repair.
2. Adhesive residues are not allowed to enter the sewage system.
3. Do not clog pipes with newspapers and rags.
4. Ensure that children's toys or other voluminous objects do not enter the sewer system.

Important! In contact with water, most of these waste products provoke the formation of tight plugs in the sewage system, which can cause a complete replacement of sewage pipes.

There are many reasons for regular clogging of sewer pipes, and not all of them are in violation of the rules of operation. Quite often people have to face the following problems:

• incorrectly selected pipe diameter and slope;
• installation of small sections, a large number of turns in the system.
• availability of turns of the sewage pipeline at right angles;
• joints of the system, mounted with a large number of seams and burrs;
• not enough water for flushing in the toilet.

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Prevention

To prevent blockage, it is necessary to carry out regular preventive maintenance of sewage systems:

1. Plums of sinks, baths and shower cabins must always be covered with a special grill that holds small debris and hair.
2. Once a month, preventive cleaning of the sewage system is carried out with the aid of a plunger or special chemical means.
3. After washing a very greasy container to remove the residues of fatty deposits, you need 1-2 minutes to wash the sink with very hot water.

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Sewer cleaning methods

There are two ways to clean pipes at home in two ways:

1. To remove a trash, it is preferable to use a mechanical method based on the use of special tools or devices.
2. To carry out chemical cleaning, it is necessary to purchase special means for cleaning sewage pipes. The reagents included in their composition will soften the wort and decompose it into liquid components.

What should I give priority to?

• Mechanical cleaning of sewage pipes is the most laborious, but at times the most effective way of cleaning. Such cleaning is recommended when the outflow of water is completely stopped, if a significant clog formed in the sewage system.
• The use of chemical reagents for cleaning sewage pipes is less effective, but not so troublesome as mechanical cleaning. The result of applying this method directly depends on the properties and effectiveness of the tool used.

Important! In most cases, specially designed chemicals for pipe cleaning are usually used in the case of small blockages when the outflow of water is not completely blocked.

Features of the application of "chemistry"

For the correct selection of cleaning means it is necessary to understand where and where the blockage occurred. Often the usual problem arises in the sewerage area, which connects the bathroom to the toilet outlet, a kitchen sink with a bathtub drain or a toilet with a riser.

Important! In the event of a clogged drain in the kitchen or in the bathroom - it may be recommended to clean the sewer pipes with chemical reagents.

Before purchasing a chemical cleaner for sewage cleaning, be sure to read the instructions for its use. This document should indicate the material for the manufacture of the pipeline, for the processing of which the reagent is supposed to be used.

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Folk remedies

There are a number of folk remedies that can be used for sewage cleaning. These tips were used by our grandmothers, and therefore you can try using them at home:

Method # 1 - Soda

Soda bug that is sure to be found in every home helps to cope with clogging. To achieve the best possible result, follow the following algorithm of actions:

1. Remove the drainage hole of the plumbing from debris.
2. Pour 1 liter of hot water into it and leave for 15 minutes.
3. We use air vent for partial mechanical cleaning.
4. Put a glass of baking soda inside the sink.
5. Pour into the drain hole three cups of boiling water.

Method number 2 - Vinegar and soda

Useful in the fight against blockage may be baking soda and acetic acid. Use these tools according to the following instructions:

1. Pour half a glass of vinegar into the sanitary sewer outlet and fill half a glass of soda.
2. Allow the substance to react chemically and clean the sewage system.
3. After two hours - abundantly fill the drain with boiling water.

Important! The chemical reaction between soda and vinegar causes abundant foaming, so during the cleaning process, the drain hole must be tightly closed with a stopper.

Method №3 - Salt with soda

A sufficiently high-quality cleaning effect gives complex use of salt and soda, which must be applied as follows:

• take 0.5 cups of salt and soda;
• , pour the substances into the clogged sink;
• fill the drain hole with boiling water.

Important! Applying this method of cleaning, it is advisable not to use the sewerage system within 10 hours, which are necessary for the complete passage of chemical reactions.

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Chemical exposure

Everyone knows and is the most common means for chemical cleaning of sewage pipes - "Mole".This substance can be bought in almost every store of household chemicals.

Also on sale there are many tools from foreign manufacturers.

In most cases, the product is poured into the sink, sometimes filled with a glass of warm water. Since the passage of chemical reactions takes time, then after the treatment of sewage, you must wait a certain period.

Important! After completion of chemical reactions, the pipes must be washed with a large amount of pure water.

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Mechanical sewage cleaning

For mechanical cleaning of the sewage system, the following fixtures are usually used:

• plumbing cable;
• plunger.

Cleaning the sewer with a plunger

When deciding to remove the blockage, start by using the plunger. In order to clean the clogged drain with this device, follow the following procedure:

• Pour 3-5 liters of water into the drain so that the liquid will fill the clogged pipe and reach the drain hole.
• Place the plunger in such a way that the sucker covers the drain hole.
• Perform forward motion to create a vacuum in the sewer pipe.
• With a sharp movement, remove the air vent from the sink, while removing the blockage.

If this method does not help - continue cleaning with a plumbing cable.

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Sewage cleaning with plumbing cable

One of the most effective ways of cleaning the sewage system is the use of a specially designed metal cable for this purpose.

For cleaning, the following action algorithm should be followed:

1. Open the siphon or remove the tank above the toilet.
2. Insert the tool into the sewer system.
3. To successfully push the cable into the pipe, it is necessary to constantly rotate it.

If the cleaning of the blockage is successfully completed, the water that has filled the sewage system will quickly go away.

Important! If you can not clean the sewer yourself, then you can use professional help - call plumbing. Performing services for cleaning the sewer pipes, specialists first conduct video diagnostics of their condition, determine the place of the clog and choose the way to eliminate it.

In this article we have shared with you effective recommendations for cleaning the sewer pipes and sincerely hope that from now on the clogging of pipes will not cause you any significant discomfort.