Top Signs of a Blocked Drain

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

So if there is an issue with the drain inside your property boundaries then it is your responsibility, and they, unfortunately, do block up for many different reasons.

Some signs that can help identify a draining issue include:

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

2.  Drain Unblocking Bradford  smells certainly are a dead giveaway for a blockage, if something has blocked the drain and begun to rot, you'll certainly find out about it.

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

Usually the 2 biggest factors behind drain issues will 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'll affect homes too. Once 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 probably the biggest cause for blockages in homes. Root issues can be hugely serious and a big cause of subsidence related problems. Older clay pipes are particularly prone to root ingress as 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.