Top Signs of a Blocked Drain

Most of us take our drainage for granted; often we assume any issue that arises is definitely the responsibility of the water supplier. However though, in most cases, you're usually responsible for drains in the boundaries of one's property, while the sewerage company is in charge of lateral drains, which are outside of property boundaries, and sewers. Although most sewers are actually publicly owned, there are still some private or unadopted sewers. If your premises is served by one of these, you may be responsible for maintaining it.

So when there is  Blocked Drains Halifax  with the drain within your property boundaries then it really is your responsibility, plus they, unfortunately, do block up for a range of reasons.

Some signs that will assist identify a draining issue include:

1. If your toilet, shower, bath or sinks are draining slowly this is likely a concern with the drain itself. Independent drainage issues will undoubtedly be a concern with the fixture itself. The bathroom . is often the primary driver for a blockage - if flushing the toilet causes water to go up in the shower, or running taps causes the water in the toilet to rise, then there is a blocked drain on your hands.

2. Foul smells are a dead giveaway for a blockage, if something has blocked the drain and begun to rot, you will certainly find out about it.

3. Finally gurgling noises from pipes, drains and plug holes are indicators of a potential blockage. That is created once the air is trapped in the pipes and waste water displacing it.

Typically the 2 biggest causes of drain issues will undoubtedly be grease/fat build-up and tree root ingress. Fat build up is a large cause for blockage in the national sewer system and it will affect homes too. When you wash your plates or just pour fat down the sink, the warm liquidated fat will hit the cold outside water in the drains then solidify, over a period of time this will build-up causing a blockage.

Root ingress is harder to avoid, and most likely the biggest cause for blockages in homes. Root issues can be extremely serious and a large cause of subsidence related problems. Older clay pipes are particularly prone to root ingress because they are joined with just sand & cement these joints offer little resistance to fine tree roots which once inside develop into tap roots and root masses which in turn decrease the internal bore of the pipe.