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When you have a clog in a sink within your home, your first instinct is very likely to reach for a plunger\u2026 or that bottle of store-bought drain cleaning solution you keep on hand.<\/p>\nWhen you have a clog in a sink within your home, your first instinct is very likely to reach for a plunger\u2026 or that bottle of store-bought drain cleaning solution you keep on hand.<\/p>\n
A plunger is always a good start. If the clog is superficial enough, you may very well be able to relieve your drain pipe with the plunger and a little bit of \u201celbow grease. The latter option though\u2014the store-bought drain cleaning solution, is no solution at all.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll dive into the \u201cwhy\u201d behind this a bit more below, but for now, we\u2019ll just say that store-bought drain cleaners have a lot of caustic chemicals in them, meaning they eat through the clog, then keep on going to eat through the lining of your plumbing pipes over time. Read on as we uncover some more reasons this is no solution.<\/p>\n
Store-bought, liquid drain cleaners are basically a compound of acids, designed to eat through inorganic and organic waste that can be clogging up your drain pipes. They actually leave behind much of what was creating the clog itself, so even if you temporarily relieve the clog, you\u2019ll find yourself looking for a solution again in 3-6 months.<\/p>\n
Think about what we just called drain cleaners in the point above\u2014compounded acids. <\/em>Naturally, pouring acids down your drain time and time again can be a bad idea. These acidic chemicals stay in the pipes for a long time after the initial treatment and each treatment thereafter, slowly eating away at the pipelining and contributing to pinhole leaks and a shortened lifespan for your plumbing system as a whole.<\/p>\n The residue inside the bottles of store-bought liquid drain cleaners is caustic, and toxic. That residue ends up in landfills, where it has the ability to seep into the ground and poison ground water and even water lines. Additionally, the bottle is just one more piece of trash filling up the landfill.<\/p>\n The toxicity of these types of drain cleaners shouldn\u2019t be underestimated. They\u2019re poisonous to consume of course, but they can even leave chemical burns if they come into contact with your skin, and the vapors from them can burn your eyes as well as your lungs.<\/p>\n When you have a stubborn drain clog or two that can\u2019t be relieved with a plunger, then it\u2019s time to call our team. We have access to tools such as drain snakes and hydro-jets that will effectively remove the clog, and in many cases even prevent clogs from forming in the future.<\/p>\n At Dalton Plumbing, Heating, Cooling, Electric and Fireplaces, Inc., your comfort is our promise! To set up an appointment, give us a call at the number above, email customerservice@daltonphc.com or schedule an appointment online<\/a> to get in touch with a Waterloo, IA plumber<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Store-bought drain cleaners can actually do more harm than good, as they’re very caustic and can damage your pipes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[324,81],"tags":[228,316,138],"class_list":["post-2640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cedar-falls","category-plumbing-service","tag-plumber","tag-professional-plumbing","tag-waterloo"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daltonphc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daltonphc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daltonphc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daltonphc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daltonphc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2640"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.daltonphc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2644,"href":"https:\/\/www.daltonphc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640\/revisions\/2644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daltonphc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daltonphc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daltonphc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}They Are Bad for the Environment<\/h2>\n
They Can Be Harmful To Your Family, Too<\/h2>\n
So, What Is <\/em>the Solution?<\/h3>\n