Sanitary Sewer Maintenance

WAYS TO REDUCE DRAIN BLOCKAGES AND CLOGS

Cleaning the sanitary drains in your home periodically can help keep them running in optimal condition for a longer period of time. It’s no secret that your drains can accumulate blockages and clog over time and sometimes, it’s of no fault of your own! Your bathroom sink drain can easily clog from soap scum, hair, dirt and skin flakes, while your kitchen sink can become clogged due to grease, oil, fats and undissolved food particles. Now some of those items can be prevented from going down your drain. However, sometimes, these drains are getting clogged without you ever realizing it, due to Rochester being known for it’s hard water, which can build-up in your pipes over time. Water softeners can help alleviate some of these blockages, but they don’t necessarily keep them from occurring altogether. 

It’s important to keep your sanitary drains clean and blockage free for many reasons, such as your health and the environment. Mold growth can build within your clogged drain which can make you sick. The wastewater from your home’s sanitary drains carry sewage from underground pipes to a wastewater treatment plant. The sewage is then inspected at the wastewater treatment facility to make sure it is up to code by the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) to make sure it is safe enough to be released to the environment. 

Luckily, the routine maintenance needed for these types of sanitary drains are easy and very cost effective.


DIY Maintenance Tips

  • Try pouring baking soda, vinegar and cold water down your kitchen drain. Not only will this clean your garbage disposal if you have one, but it will clear out the pipes in your drains helping to prevent any blockages

  • Pour hot water down your kitchen and bathroom sinks once a week to help flush out any grease build up

The Power of Bio-Ross

Whenever a drain becomes clogged, whether it’s a bathroom or kitchen drain, many people like to reach for drain cleaning liquids such as Drano. However, these types of liquids actually contain some extremely harmful chemicals that can actually damage the pipes in your drains even more, causing more plumbing issues and headaches that you don’t need. Pride Plumbing recommends that you use Bio-Ross instead to pour down your clogged drain. Bio-Ross is completely safe to use and it actually works! It helps clear those clogged pipes and keeps you and your pipes safe in the process.

Bio-Ross Features

  • Non-toxic and environmentally safe

  • Digests organic wastes that causes foul odor & clogged drains

  • Contains 900 billion organisms and 4.5 trillion enzymes to remove cause of drain blockage

  • Helps remove grease, scum, sludge, soap, detergent, fat, toilet paper

Where You Can Use Bio-Ross

  • Drain systems 

  • Garbage disposals

  • Grease traps

  • Holding Tanks

  • Septic systems

Sewer Cleanouts

Having routine sewer cleanouts helps facilitate the inspection process of any clogged or broken pipes. It gives visual access to video inspection that helps pinpoint the exact location of any points of snaking or flushing any clogged pipes. 

Having Pride Plumbing do routine video inspection checks on your home’s drainage systems to pinpoint any locations of potential pipe damage can save you from a plumbing disaster down the road. We use Ridgid, cutting edge video technology, so that you have a visual representation of what the camera detects.


Potential Flooding Signs to Look For

  • Watermarks on walls

  • Mold and mildew issues

  • Sand or silt on basement floors

  • Having a home in a low-lying area

  • Slow drains

  • Accumulated standing water

  • Foul odors coming from your drains

  • Bugs suddenly love your drains

  • Frequently clogged or overflowing toilets

  • Backflow

  • Higher than average water bills

To learn more about sanitray sewer cleanouts, make sure you check out our blog article here.

Call Pride Plumbing of Rochester to do a maintenance inspection on the drainage systems in your home or to have us perform a video inspection.