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Four Items That Typically Cause Drain Clogs.

If you can resist putting these four down your drains you may go a long time before you have to call E.W. Tompkins Plumbing  or another Capital Region plumber for drain service.  Drain service is expensive.  We pay our technicians and many times we are paying them overtime for evening and weekend calls.  The second reason why the service is expensive is because our machines are very expensive and need maintenance and replacement often. Never ever put the following down any house or apartment drain:

paper towels

grease

disposable baby wipes

tampons 

Lines in the home are typically about 2 inches in diameter.  There are angles to the run down to the septic tank or the sewer.  When you throw one of these items down, you start the ball rolling.  We routinely are out to homes where the first “item” was followed by 30 more making such a big mess.  To access drains, we have to get beneath sinks or pull a toilet of find the location of the larger pipe that exits the home.   Our plumbers may start off asking the client which drains in the house are affected.  If the upstairs and the downstairs are both having issues, then it could be a clog in the line going out.  If just a kitchen sink is affected, the clog might be located in the first feet beneath. We use tools called hand augers, mini rooters and very large rooter machines.  They are heavy to lug into the home.  We actually have winches to lift them back into our vans.   You may not know what the previous owner dropped into the drain — but you can maintain good drain health in the Capital Region of New York by making sure that all your family members use trash cans for the items listed above. Contact E.W. Tompkins Plumbing Heating Cooling for Albany Drain Cleaning.  Commercial and Residential Plumbing, Tankless Water Heaters, Water heater repair and installation, water line replacement and more. 518-462-6577