Always Count on a Professional for Drain Cleaning

clogged-drain-serviceOur Santa Fe drain cleaning experts understand that clogged drains are common, and your household will likely run into one sooner or later. The go-to solution for such issues is to buy a chemical drain cleaner at the store or perhaps go to the local home improvement center and purchase a plumbing snake.

In almost every instance, that’s a huge mistake. Store-bought solutions rarely address the issue properly and often force you to apply them repeatedly before the drain becomes clear. If you can’t deal with the clog via an excellent old-fashioned plunger, it’s best to call a professional plumber.

Why Don’t Store-Bought Drain Cleaning Solutions Work?

A store-bought solution like a cleanser is designed to treat any clog, which means addressing various materials. Congealed fat, potato peelings, toothpaste, soap-and-hair mixtures, even children’s toys flushed down the toiler: all of these are much different in their composition, and yet all of them can be the source of a plumbing clog. Unfortunately, chemical cleaners are designed to treat them all the same way – by breaking them down so they can be washed down the drain – while over-the-counter snakes can often punch a hole in the clog that gives the water room to flow freely down the drain.

Regardless, that constitutes an incomplete solution to the clog at best. In most cases, it leaves at least part of the clog intact, meaning it will likely re-form much more quickly than otherwise. Unfortunately, that means you’ll end up applying the same half-measures repeatedly to address the same issue.

Furthermore, store-bought measures can end up damaging the pipes themselves by scratching them up in the case of snakes or corroding them in the case of cleansers. This becomes especially problematic with stubborn clogs because the “solution” affects the exact spot of the pipe every time, which can lead to damage that requires more than a simple Santa Fe drain-cleaning solution to solve.

Professional Santa Fe Drain Cleaning Solutions Work the Right Way

A professional plumber, on the other hand, doesn’t need to adhere to a generic solution to a particular clog. Instead, they have access to high-end tools that cost more than most laymen can afford but address the clog’s unique nature.

That usually starts with a video pipe inspection: sending a tiny video camera and light on a cable to get a look at the clog from the inside of the pipe. That lets the technician know exactly what is causing the issue and select a tool that fits the need.

Such tools can include things like motorized snakes with rotating heads that can be fitted to the issue at hand and provide additional power to get the whole clog. It can also include hydro-jetting hoses that fire powerful pulses of water down the pipe and scour the clog clear without causing further damage.

Don’t rely on a store-bought cleanser if you have a clogged drain in your Los Alamos, NM home. Instead, call Santa Fe Express Plumbing & Drain for quality professional Santa Fe drain cleaning services!

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