Buckhead plumber, Morningside Plumbing, knows a thing or two about unclogging drains. Drain clogs in sinks, tubs, and showers are commonly made of hair, disposable diapers, feminine hygiene products, coffee grounds, toothpaste, food scraps, cooking oil, and mineral buildup.
To remove drain clogs, pour about half a standard size box of baking soda down the drain. Next, pour ½ a cup of vinegar down the drain. The baking soda and vinegar will bubble up naturally. After 30 minutes, pour a quart of boiling water down the drain. This is an all-natural way to remove clogs.
When grease clogs the kitchen sink, pour ¼ cup of dish soap down the drain. After 20 minutes, pour a quart of boiling water down the drain to remove the clog.
Do not pour chemicals down the drain. They corrode pipes. The new thick drain-clearing chemicals on the market do not remove drain clogs. In fact, these products often worsen clogs.
Another chemical-free clog removal technique involves a long plastic barbed clog removal tool to help you remove drain clogs of hair and other debris. Also, you can suck out drain clogs with a wet/dry shop-vac.
Garbage Disposal Best Practices
Do not stuff your garbage disposal with heaps of food all at once. Use plenty of hot water when you run the garbage disposal to avoid clogs. Do not ever put rice, pasta, bones, corn cobs, or beans down the garbage disposal. Eggshells are a great way to clean garbage disposals.
Sprinkle salt in the bathtub, then use a lemon or grapefruit half to scrub away the dirty bathtub ring.
Clean your dishwasher with pour ½ cup of white vinegar into the detergent cup and run the empty machine for one full cycle.
Rub off hard water stains on your faucet with half a lemon.
The easy way to clean your toilet is to drop in a denture-cleaning tablet.
Buckhead Plumber Professional Toilet Advice
In one year, a toilet leak wastes enough water to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool. That is because a leaky toilet can increase your water usage by more than 40%.
Use coffee grounds or food coloring to test for a toilet leak. Place a few drops in your toilet’s tank. If you see color or grounds in the bowl after a few hours, you probably have a leaky flapper.
If your toilet does not flush, it means you have a loose handle or valve. Please turn off the valve on the wall behind your toilet if it begins to overflow. This will stop it from overflowing.
Toilets tend to run at night. But why? It is because fewer people use water at nighttime. With fewer users, the water pressure for the entire water system goes way up at night. The toilet tank water level may be high if the toilet runs at night. Open the tank and check the water level.
Low flow toilets perform as well as regular flow toilets. WaterSense labeled toilets either meet or surpass standards and work quite well. High-efficiency toilets come in many different styles and do not cause problems with home plumbing systems.
When you need a new toilet, To create more space in your bathroom, install a corner toilet.
Natural Toilet Clog Removal Remedies
For a clogged toilet, do nothing except leave it alone overnight. After you let the toilet sit undisturbed overnight, try to flush it again. The toilet will flush – problem solved. Or it will overflow, so be ready to turn off the toilet wall valve if it does. If you still have a toilet clog, pour buckets of hot or boiling water into the bowl.
Do not use the new toilet flushing tablets. These ruin toilets and cause major problems down the road. Adding dish soap to the toilet bowl can remove clogs. You can use a wet/dry shop-vac to retrieve items that fall into the toilet.
When 20 to 30 plunges do not unclog a toilet, it is time to call the professional Buckhead plumber, Morningside Plumbing.
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