If there is a clog in your apartment, then you do not need to panic, because the elimination of the clogging of the sewer can be done with your own hands.
Every person living in a multi-family or private home has faced this unpleasant problem.
To avoid frequent occurrence of such situations, it is necessary to adhere to some operating rules.
First of all, it should be understood that it is not allowed to throw anything into the sewer system as if it were in a trash can.
Sink in the kitchen, toilet bowl and sink are not suitable for household waste that are large, poorly soluble, or not soluble at all.
To avoid detailed negligence, a special filter plug with small holes is installed on the drain hole, which can hold up large debris.
But even the filter cork can not be saved from the appearance of clog sometimes.
If you can pour a bucket of dirty water into a street in a private house after cleaning, then you can not do it in an apartment building, the only option for draining the water in this case is the sewage system.
Over time, its internal walls are deposited fat, dirt and other organic matter.
Therefore, when installing a sewer system, it is advisable to choose high-quality pipes without unevenness and roughness so that the waste can not once again linger on their surfaces.
Contents:
- Prevention of blockages
- Clearance of clogging
- Application of chemical agents
- Application of plunger
- Application of cable
- Professional equipment
Prevention of blockages
Sewerage can be completely prevented if periodic maintenance of the sewage system is carried out.
It is easy to carry out by hand with the help of handy tools:
- fall asleep in a bath, a sink and a toilet bowl on one glass of baking soda;
- after pour vinegar( 1 glass of soda goes 1 cup of vinegar);
- wait a while until white foam appears;
- after we open the tap with hot water in the kitchen and in the bathroom and wash the sewer( in the toilet pour on and
- a few buckets of hot water, if the toilet is combined with the bathroom, you can wash it with hot water with a shower).
This preventive maintenance of the drainage system is useful to carry out both in an apartment and in a private house. Soda and vinegar, when reacting, clean the inside of siphons and pipes well from grease and dirt.
In this connection, there are no blockages in the system, which allows increasing the period of its operation.
Clearing the clog
If the clogging of pipes does occur, then such tools as soda and vinegar are unlikely to help. But do not immediately call the plumbers, and spend money on their call.
For a start it's worth trying to eliminate the blockage by hand.
First, it is necessary to determine the extent of the clog, it can be common( clogging the pipe system) or local( clogging only the siphon).
If the water is only in the sink or only in the bathroom, then the problem is in the siphon. If all plums do not work in an apartment or a private house, then there is a clogging of the sewerage system.
In the first case, the problem can be solved by chemical means or a simple plunger.
Use of chemical agents
There are a variety of chemical agents in the hardware stores and supermarkets to remove blockages. It can be a powder, a liquid or a regular gel.
To use them is extremely simple: just pour the product into the drain and wait until it dissolves the blockage.
When choosing these drugs, you need to pay attention to the following points:
- be sure to examine the composition and make sure that it does not damage the pipes installed in the house;
- for cleaning the bath you need to take funds that dissolve the hair( as a rule, draining in the bathroom is hammered precisely because of them);
- for sewage cleaning in the kitchen you need funds that dissolve fat very well.
Remember, however, that you can not use chemicals too often.
Active substances contained in them, if used frequently, can damage the internal surface of the pipes, and reduce the life of their pipes.
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Usage of air nozzle
No special equipment is required for cleaning the siphon, such a blockage can easily be eliminated with a plunger.
The Vantuz is a combination of a wooden handle and a rubber "cup" mounted on its end.
It works by the principle of double impact on the blockage.
Firstly, it creates strong pressure, causes clogging to move along the pipe, and second, it helps to break it.
After the destruction of the blockage, the waste under pressure exits or is eliminated with the flow of water through the piping system.
It is extremely simple to use the plunger:
- tightly close the clogged hole with a stopper or a rag;
- we put on top of the plug of the plunger, open the warm water, and we recruit so much that the water level to the
- half covers the rubber part of the plunger;
- remove the plug and press the rubber cup of the plunger into the drain hole;
- begin to make forward movements up and down( without taking the rubber cup from the discharge boundaries);
- after sharply tear off the plunger from the bottom of the bath up.
Water should quickly escape into the drain hole. If the water does not go away, and the particles of the blockage rise upwards from the sink, it means that the piercing of the blockage failed and the procedure must be repeated.
If there is still no result in the repeated application of the plunger, it is necessary to use a different method and apply special equipment for the pipes.
Warning! Carrying out cleaning of the blockages with your own hands using a plunger, do not press it with all your might. Strong pressure inside the siphon made of plastic can lead to its breakdown.
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Application of the cable
Such equipment for cleaning the sewerage as a cable, allows you to cope with the clog more radically.
The use of a manual spiral cable makes it possible to clean the strong clogging of pipes with your own hands, both in an apartment and in a private house.
The cable is a woven steel wire, on one side of which is a small brush or a simple tip, and on the other hand a handle for holding the cable.
Cables can be of different lengths from 4-5 m and more.
Let's see how to use such tools for cleaning the pipe system in action:
- direct the end of the cable into the drain hole( if cleaning the sink, then it is better to remove the siphon first);
- push the cable further along the pipe with the help of rotational movements( thus the movements should be smooth and not sharp, excessive pressure can lead to cable breakage or worse, damage to the inner part of the pipe);
- , having reached the blockage, it is necessary to increase the intensity of movements and try to push it or crush it( on some cables at the end there is a special hook with which you can pick up the accumulated garbage and pull it out);
- when the obstruction is eliminated, and the water begins to collect in the funnel and freely go into the sewer, you need to open the hot water and rinse the pipes under a strong pressure.
As you can see, the cleaning of the sewage sludge with the help of such a means as a cable is easy to do by oneself and does not take much time.
In this case, the cable must be rotated clockwise, in the same direction as the steel wire is twisted, otherwise the wire can disband, which will lead to the cable being unusable.
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Professional equipment
If the use of chemical agents, a plunger and a cable did not produce any result, a serious clogging of the pipe system on the face means that it is necessary to use professional equipment.
But where do you get this technique from? Do not write to call plumbers, you can create a similar machine with your own hands.
To do this, take the compressor from a normal vacuum cleaner. A brush is removed from the end of the vacuum cleaner hose, and a rubber cup of the plunger is attached to its place.
The other end of the hose is attached to the blowing opening of the vacuum cleaner( it is necessary to remove the dust bag).
After the cup is applied to the drain hole and the vacuum cleaner is turned on, which allows to push the blockage under increased pressure.
If you used this method, but the water does not pass, then you can not do without plumbers.
They will be able to eliminate even the strongest clog, using special machines with hydrodynamic pressure( the pressure in this case is higher than when using a compressor from a vacuum cleaner).
Water, released under hydrodynamic pressure, relieves the most persistent blockages and cleans the inside of the pipes from the grease and dirt that have settled on them.
