A home’s plumbing drains typically get more use in the summer, so making sure they’re clean is vital to reduce the risk of clogs and blockages. Drain cleaning can give you peace of mind that backups and overflows are less likely to occur, and it can benefit your home in other ways too, including:
Keeping Your Living Environment Odor-Free
When your drains contain cooking grease, food particles, soap scum and hair, unpleasant odors can start to spread throughout your home. The higher temperatures during the summer months can worsen these bad smells.
Averting Costly Repairs
As debris collects in the drains, there’s an increased risk of plumbing fixture backups. The overflow from a blocked fixture can cause costly damage to your flooring and carpets. If the backup takes place in a second floor bathroom, the overflow can also harm the ceilings in the main floor rooms below. Getting the drains cleaned can allow you to avoid the high cost of water damage repairs.
Safeguarding Against Health Hazards
Built up gunk in your drains also gives bacteria an ideal breeding ground. Having your plumbing drains cleaned can keep bacteria growth in check, plus it helps you maintain a healthy home environment by lessening the likelihood of backups of bacteria-filled water or waste.
Extending the Plumbing System’s Lifespan
If you use chemical cleaners to deal with sluggish drains and clogs, these caustic products can weaken the pipes over time, leading to leaks. If your plumbing pipes suffer frequent clogs, repeated pressure from the water that gets trapped can eventually cause a rupture. When the drains are cleaned periodically, you can avoid inconvenience and expense caused by these types of preventable plumbing problems.
Eliminating Unnecessary Summertime Stress
Contending with sluggish drains, a clogged kitchen sink or blocked and overflowing toilets isn’t a pleasant way to spend your summer. By having the drains cleaned out now, you can put plumbing emergencies out of your mind and enjoy a relaxing, worry-free summer.
Contact us at Energy 1 Heating and Air Conditioning to learn more about the benefits of summer drain cleaning for your Lorain-area home.
Our goal is to help educate our customers in Lorain, Ohio about energy and home comfort issues (specific to HVAC systems). For more information about summer drain cleaning and other HVAC topics, download our free Home Comfort Guide or call us at 440-201-2959.
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