Kitchen sink
Grease, food scraps and coffee grounds build up in the trap and in the line behind the cabinet. A cable or a water jet clears the run back to where it joins the main.
Drain Cleaning in Garland
Water pooling around your ankles in the shower or a kitchen basin that takes minutes to empty is a clog announcing itself somewhere along the pipe. Clearing runs from the fixture back toward the main.
Call and describe which drains are slow, because one slow fixture and every fixture at once are different problems.
Which drain is giving trouble
Bath and shower drains
In a bathroom, look for a mat of hair knotted with soap just below the stopper. Pulling it out and cabling the trap stops the tub from filling around your feet.
Washer and floor drains
A laundry standpipe that overflows, or a floor drain that backs up when the washer empties, points to a blockage in the shared line below.
The main sewer line
A gurgle from the toilet while the tub empties, or every sink slowing on the same afternoon, puts the blockage out in the main line beyond the branches. That run is cleared through the cleanout, and the camera can then look for what started it.
City smoke tests and dry traps
Garland Water Utilities sends a non-toxic smoke through the wastewater system to find openings and defects that let water in. The city says smoke may also appear inside a home where there is a plumbing problem, so smoke in a bathroom during a test points to a defect worth having checked.
A drain that has gone unused for 10 days or more can lose the water in its trap. The city asks residents to pour a little water into those drains to refill the trap.
Keeping drains clear
Grease, wipes and food scraps are the things to keep out of drains. A strainer in the kitchen sink and in the shower catches scraps and hair before they reach the trap.
A camera that finds cracked pipe hands the job to sewer repair. A sink that drips while draining slowly needs fixture repair as well. Every service is on the homepage.
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