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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Keeping a Steady Flow With Phoenix Plumbing Drain

Phoenix Plumbing Drain
Phoenix Plumbing Drain
Phoenix plumbing drain sucks.  No really, drains suck, and that's a good thing.  Hopefully the drains in your home are working their best and are sucking down whatever you are putting into them.  But we have to be careful, sometimes we put things in drains that really should go there, without even thinking about it.

Phoenix Plumbing Drain
Phoenix Plumbing Drain
The main purpose of your drain is to get water out of the sink.  Its also pretty good at getting other things out, like small food scraps in the kitchen or soapy residue in the bathroom.  But your drain can only take so much.  Most drains have a handy-dandy feature called a p-trap.  Its a pipe that with a curve in it that traps some water at the bottom.  Why do you want some water trapped at the bottom?  Well, it keeps smells and gases from the sewer or other drains in your house from coming back up the pipes and stinking up your house!  The problem is that this p-trap holds on to pretty much anything, water or not.  So when we flush food down the drain, its pretty likely that at least some of it will end up in the p-trap.  Over time, enough water should push this stuff out or break it down.  But if you do too much too often, a layer of stuff starts to build in your p-trap, making it harder for the drain to get rid of water.  If this goes for too long, your Phoenix plumbing drain can get backed up and then you may need to call a plumber to get it unstuck!
Phoenix Plumbing Drain
Phoenix Plumbing Drain

One thing we may not think about a lot in Arizona, I know I don't, is oil.  When its hot, the oil is liquid, so it should be fine to pour down the drain right?  Wrong.  When oil is near room temperature (this kind of depends, but definitely when its cool) it can harden up and turn into a nice gel.  So if you pour some down the drain and it gets stuck, it could cool down and form an annoying block in your pipes!  Be careful with your oil!

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