Holiday Plumbing Tips

Christmas happens to be one of the busiest times for affordable plumbers and drain cleaning professionals. Sewage systems can become overrun with additional house guests, causing inconvenient backups. In preparing and cleaning up holiday meals, homeowners can also clog up their sinks, disposals and dishwashers.

Below are 10 steps to help you avoid calling a plumber this Christmas.

1. Do not under any circumstance dump grease directly down your drain. Grease solidifies when it cools, and will solidify on the inside of your plumbing.
2. Always collect excess grease in spare containers. Wait for it to solidify and then dispose of it.
3. Never force large amounts of food down the garbage disposal at once. Give the unit plenty of time to grind the food before adding more.
4. Don't use your garbage disposal as a trash can. Turkey bones splinter (that's why you can't feed them to your dog), and fibrous vegetable skins can wind around the blade, causing the disposal to come to a screeching halt.
5. Always turn on the water before starting the garbage disposal, and keep it running for a minute after turning off the disposal to move the waste through the pipes.
6. Christmas dinner leftovers can do a number on your sink. Make sure all food scraps are scraped off plates before rinsing. Letting food remnants slide down your drain with cause backups in your kitchen pipes.
7. In sticking with the same theme, also make sure dishes are scraped clean before placed in the dishwasher. Food scraps can collect in the dishwasher and prevent proper drainage.
8. Keep the area around your sink and disposal clear; utensils and other kitchen tools can slip into your garbage disposal, bringing it to a screeching stop.
9. Avoid leaving paper towels in bathrooms. If toilet paper supplies run empty, guests may reach for paper towels instead; which can stop up toilets.
10. And finally, don't offer to host Christmas dinner if your sewage system tends to run slow. The sheer volume of additional guests can strain your system, and cause bathroom backups. There's no quicker way to ruin a Christmas dinner than having a main line backup in your home.

Camera Plumbing Inspections

Sooner or later, every homeowner will have to deal with a plumbing problem. Sometimes problems in a septic or water pipe system can be tricky to determine because the source of the problem is difficult to locate. Fortunately, plumbers now have access to technologically advanced devices that will allow them to view deep inside a plumbing system. One such device plumbers now use is a pipe inspection camera. When it is difficult to locate the cause of a plumbing problem, a plumber may use a pipe inspection camera.

Plumbers can use a micro-inspection camera to peer inside walls or behind appliances or objects that are obstructing the view. As well, they can use a sewer inspection camera to examine the septic system. These cameras are beneficial because they can fit in small, tight, and hard to reach places. A sewer pipe camera operates much like a snake because it is a camera that is attached to a long flexible cable. The cable is joined to a small LCD screen which will show the image that is captured by the camera.

This gives the plumber a clear real time view of the plumbing system. The small camera is sent into the pipe using the cable. As it is fed into the pipe, the plumber is able to view the video that is being transmitted. This is very beneficial for the plumber because the interior of the pipe can be seen which helps in locating the source of the problem and its exact location. This shows where to exactly to make the repair and what is needed to make the repair. For instance, a camera can easily find out if roots are clogging up the pipes and the appropriate measures can be taken to break up the roots so they can be flushed through the system.

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