Blocked toilets, blocked stormwater drains, blocked drain pipes, and blocked drains, in general, are such a nuisance. Whether in your bathroom, floor, sewer drains, or kitchen, a blocked drain can wreak havoc in your home and cause overflowing drains or flooding.
First, a blocked drain often has a highly unpleasant smell. Then, a blocked drain won’t drain properly — showering up to your ankles is never pleasant. Additionally, a blocked drain may start overflowing completely, which causes a whole new raft of issues.
In an emergency, what do you do? Call Fixed Fast Plumbing, and our Sydney blocked drain specialists, of course! You don’t have to try clearing blocked drain pipes on your own. Our blocked drain plumbers are licensed technicians experienced with blocked drains in Sydney to do the job for you.
Why Blocked Drains Occur
Unfortunately, blocked drains in Sydney are not uncommon. Older homes are more likely to experience a blocked drain as there has been more time for debris to build up in the pipes. Generally, people only notice that their drain is blocked when it’s already too late and there’s a big mess to clean up.
Here are some of the reasons why blocked drains can occur:
Grease
Think about all those frying pans covered in bacon grease you’ve cleaned out over the years. Add it to all the hair, food, and other substances that go down the drain in your home. These can build up over time to create a clog in your drain.
Think twice before pouring that expired oil down your sink and cleaning your plumbing.
Small Items
As you know, plumbing systems are built to drain away water, toilet paper, and human waste. Anything else that goes down them can increase the risk of getting blocked.
For example, many people pour their used coffee grinds down the sink. These do not dissolve into the water; over time, they catch up with other food scraps that make their way down there. The outcome is completely a drain blockage.
Shower and Bathroom
Although it may not occur as often in the bathroom as in the kitchen, bathroom sinks can become blocked, too. With toothpaste and face wash, it’s no surprise it gets blocked sometimes. Hair and soap scums can also cause a clogged shower drain.
We specialise in drain blockage problems and can have this sorted for you quickly.
Trees
Yes, it’s true — tree roots can grow into your pipes, cracking and breaking them. Unfortunately, the moist underground environment of your pipes is the perfect place for tree roots to grow.
Even a tiny crack in your pipe can let tree roots in to start growing. As they grow and expand, this puts massive pressure on your pipes. They can then burst or crack further, causing more plumbing problems.
How to Tell If Your Drain Is Blocked
Sometimes it can be hard to tell if your drain is blocked or not. Identifying your Sydney blocked drains before having a fully-fledged flood on your hands is best. Detecting the issue early will save you time and money in the long run. Here are some tell-tale signs of a blocked drain:
The toilet Flushes Slowly and Backs Up
If your toilet has been taking longer than usual to flush, this is a common symptom of your toilet starting to clog up. The slow draining toilet will often be paired with the water rising in the bowl when it shouldn’t.
This is commonly caused by too many paper towels getting flushed down there or other items being flushed that shouldn’t be.
Stinky Kitchen Sink
Unpleasant smells in the kitchen are hard to ignore. When you’re cooking up something delicious and notice a nasty odour from the sink, you will know something is wrong. But what?
It is likely to be the result of a blocked drain like a clogged sewer drain or sewer lines. The smell is expected from some decomposing food caught somewhere in your drain. This is a prime spot for food accumulation with the many corners in our drains.
Gurgling Drains
Hearing a strange noise after you have a shower or run a tap? That’s likely to be from gurgling drains. This noise occurs when the drain is getting blocked.
What’s happening is that grease, food, and debris can create pockets of air that are trapped. This creates a gurgling sound as the air and water try to escape from the blockage.
Pools of Water on Your Front Yard
Ever wake up to find a pool in your front yard? Maybe you’ve always wanted a pool, but not like this! When water overflowing from your drains, that’s a sure-fire sign of an issue with your pipes somewhere. Perhaps they are broken or blocked in some way. And this is a plumbing nightmare.
Contact a licensed plumber or blocked drain plumber from Fixed Fast Plumbing now; our top-notch local plumbers will fix your plumbing issues in no time.
Sydney Drain Repair Options
You may have several options depending on the severity of the drain blockage and the type of plumbing pipes you have:
Jet Blaster
We clear blocked drains with care and accuracy using our power jet blaster, our in-demand plumbing service. Our CCTV camera system allows us to identify drain blockages making it easy to clear blocked drains when we perform our blocked drain-clearing process.
Drain Replacement
We could replace the damaged, corroded or cracked parts of your existing pipes if the clogged drain destroyed them. This is one of the top-quality plumbing services we provide.
Pipe Relining
A plumbing service on relining pipes is a “no-dig” method where we insert a lining into an existing pipe and seal it, repairing any cracks or other damage.
This is often used in sewer pipes and is more cost-effective than replacing your pipes.
Get In Touch
Contact our expert team of blocked drain plumbers if you need Sydney emergency plumbers to clear your clogged drain (blocked shower drains, sewer drains and stormwater drains, clogged bathroom drains and blocked sink, sewer pipe, blocked toilet, etc.). We are the experts in blocked drains Sydney residents and business owners trust!
Here at Fixed Fast Plumbing, we are passionate about customer service. Give us a call, and with no call-out fee, our professional plumbers will be at your door in no time to provide you with friendly and professional service and a lifetime labour guarantee.
No matter what your plumbing emergency is, including emergency blocked drains in Sydney, our trained technicians can fix your plumbing system.
No job is too big for us, so get in touch now!
