What Not to Put Down Your Drains
The items behind most blocked toilets and sinks in Hampton Park homes, and easy habits that prevent them.
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Toilets
Flush only toilet paper and human waste. Wet wipes, including flushable ones, do not break down and snag on roots and joints. Paper towel, tissues, cotton buds, floss and sanitary items belong in the bin.
Kitchen sinks
Fat and oil set solid in cool pipes. Wipe pans with paper towel and bin cooled fat. Use a sink strainer for food scraps and coffee grounds.
Bathrooms and laundries
Hair catchers in showers and lint catchers on laundry troughs prevent many blockages.
Chemicals
Harsh drain cleaners can damage pipes and burn whoever opens the drain later. Avoid pouring paint, solvents or oils down any drain. Small changes in habits prevent most of the blocked drains we clear, and they cost nothing. A bin in the bathroom and a strainer in the kitchen sink are the two best tools you can have. If a drain does block, stop using water and call a plumber rather than reaching for chemicals.
Hampton Park soil and pipes
Hampton Park sits on heavy grey clay over sandier ground towards Lyndhurst, and that clay swells in a wet winter and shrinks and cracks in a dry summer. The older homes west of Hallam Road were mostly connected with earthenware sewer pipe in short lengths, and every joint is a place for roots to get in once the ground moves. Galvanised steel water pipe from the same era rusts from the inside, narrowing the bore and eventually leaking. On the newer estates, PVC drains are tougher, but trenches that were not compacted properly can settle and leave dips that hold grease and paper. We use a drain camera and pressure testing to see what is actually happening rather than guessing.
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Questions on this topic
Are flushable wipes really flushable?
They pass through the toilet but do not break down quickly in pipes, so they cause blockages.
Is boiling water good for drains?
It may move grease further down where it sets again. Keeping grease out works better.
What should I do if my toilet blocks?
Stop flushing, try a plunger gently, and if that does not clear it, call a plumber. Avoid chemical cleaners.
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