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Here at MIlbur Plumbing, we understand how frustrating a repeatedly blocked sink can be. Not only is waiting for a sink to slowly drain frustrating but the odour and noise of a malfunctioning drainage system can turn an annoyance into a serious cause of stress within your home.
While plungers and over-the-counter powders can help, often blocked drains are caused by deeper underlying issues such as tree roots and non-degradable blockages that need professional services to resolve. It’s important then to get a professional diagnosis of your sink blockage to prevent further damage to your property.
Milbur Plumbing are Sink Unblocking Specialists in Sydney
Fortunately, for those in Sydney and the surrounding areas, Milbur Plumbing is here to help, offering free estimates over the phone, upfront pricing, and quick turnarounds, all with a 24/7 emergency service.
Milbur Plumbing has decades of combined experience helping people with their plumbing, gas, and drainage problems. We stand by our work offering lifetime workmanship guarantees, with a commitment to providing quality customer service.
Tips to Unblock a Sink
Traditional remedies for a blocked sink will have you digging through the kitchen cupboard for the long-forgotten rubber plunger and pouring baking soda down the plug hole. While these solutions can sometimes help with minor blockages, the truth is they are largely ineffective and often neglect to address the cause of the blockage.
Milbur Plumbing uses the following professional sink unblocking techniques to make sure the problem is truly resolved:
High-pressure Water Jetting
Often, toilet blockages are nothing more than too much toilet paper being flushed at once. These clogs typically resolve themselves after a short time but in the meantime you can run the risk of overflow, damaging your bathroom floor and potentially creating an unsanitary environment.
Chemical Drain Cleaners
In some cases, Milbur Plumbing technicians may also employ the help of chemical drain cleaners in addition to high-pressure water jetting. These industrial-strength chemical agents are not available to the general public and are useful in the case of hair, food scraps, soap and scum buildup.
Cabling
Another technique Milbur Plumbing employs that can also be used at home yourself is cabling, also known as a drain snake. This coil of wire has a brushed end that is gradually inserted into the drain of a sink and then rotated to dislodge any blockage.
We Provide Unblocking Services for Many Types of Drains Including:
Toilets: Unclogging a toilet is not pleasant and runs the risk of causing unhygienic overflow if left improperly treated.
Sinks: We can service the kitchen, bathroom, vanity, and all other types of sinks in your home. We also offer unblocking services for commercial and public sinks.
Showers: Most commonly blocked by a buildup of hair, Milbur Plumbing can treat showers, cubicles, and wetroom blockages.
Bathtubs: Sometimes featuring multiple drainage holes, identifying the cause of a blockage in a bathtub can be difficult. With Milbur plumbing’s CCTV inspection devices, we can easily diagnose the problem.
Grease traps: A particularly messy job if unprepared, declogging a grease trap is best left to professionals who will ensure no grease re-enters your system.
Floor drains: Built-in floor drains are one of the most commonly blocked drains with debris entering the drain regularly. With the drainage system underground, it is also one of the more difficult blockages to fix without professional help.
Stormwater drains: Keeping your stormwater drain blockage-free is vital to protecting your property from water damage. At MIlbur Plumbing, we not only recommend calling us to resolve any problems you are having with your storm drain but also to book a maintenance visit if yours has never been checked.
We Provide Emergency Unblocking Services in Sydney
Even the most careful homeowners will, at some point, encounter a blocked sink or drain. While these are often minor and are easily resolved yourself, there are also times when blockages pose something of an emergency.
If you find yourself in need of sink unblocking services in Sydney, you can call Milbur Plumbing any time of day. With our 24/7 emergency sink unblocking service, we will make sure your bath, kitchen sink, shower, or drain is working correctly with a professional service and a quick turnaround.
Milbur Plumbing: Specialists in Blocked Sinks
Milbur Plumbing understands that the people of Sydney have a choice of different plumbing services in their time of need. By using Milbur Plumbing, however, you place your home’s plumbing in the safest hands possible, with a workmanship guarantee giving you peace of mind that your sink will be unblocked correctly.
How Does a Sink Become Blocked?
In our experience, we typically find three main causes of sink blockage. These are:
Grease, oil, and fat: While these are often liquid when poured down the drain, upon hitting the water in the pipework these congeal and solidify. Not only does a build-up of this fat and grease cause a blockage in itself, but also catches other debris compounding the issue.
Food scraps: Often, those little bits of food left on the plate after dinner get washed away down the sink. While these are often washed away, it’s good practice to ensure all scraps are scraped off plates prior to washing and to use a plug “catcher” to prevent blockages. It’s also important to not wash smaller scraps such as coffee grounds down the sink as these can also cause blockages.
Soap and hair: Typically affecting bathroom sinks, soap and hair can often form significant blockages in your pipework. Long hair especially is prone to causing blockages tangling with other hair and soap in the drain. A drain hair catcher is therefore recommended.
Unblocking a Sink Can be a Challenging Task
Why Choose Milbur Plumbing Over Regular Plumbers?
Milbur Plumbing is proud to form part of Sydney’s plumbing service community. What sets Milbur Plumbing apart from the competition, however, is our decades of experience resolving all manner of plumbing, gas, and drainage problems, our fully licensed and insured technicians, our workmanship guarantee, unbeatable customer service, and the use of cutting-edge technologies to fix your problem.
As a family business with a professional attitude, you can be sure of receiving a trustworthy service that will have your sink unblocked in no time.
Milbur Plumbing is Available 24 Hours a Day With $0 Charges on Call-outs
We understand that a blocked sink can sometimes pose an emergency situation for families. Whether you need to use a sink for medical or care reasons, or there is a risk of further damage to your property, we can help fix your sink any time of day.
Not only do we call our 24 hours a day, seven days a week but we do not charge for doing so, with $0 charges on call-outs.
Areas in Sydney Milbur Plumbing service
Our main areas of coverage in Sydney and the surrounding areas include
- Sydney CBD
- Northern Beaches
- Eastern Suburbs
- North Shore
- Inner West
- Sutherland Shire
F.A.Q
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to unblock a sink?
The cost of unblocking a sink varies depending on the scale of the problem. Milbur Plumbing offers over-the-phone estimates depending on the blockage symptoms you are experiencing in your home.
After a visit by one of our technicians, we can better quote the price of resolving your blocked sink.
Call Milbur Plumbing now to receive a free estimate.
Who do you call when your sink is blocked?
What happens if a sink is blocked?
Can I unblock my sink?
Does insurance cover blocked sinks?
What do I do if my outside drain is blocked?
Is a blocked sink an emergency?
Is there a difference between commercial and residential drainage systems?
What to do if there are tree roots in my pipes?
What should I not put in my sink?
To avoid blockages, never put the following down your sink:
- Fat, grease, and oil (even if liquid)
- Coffee grounds
- Eggshell
- Rice
- Labels and stickers
- Floury products
- Pasta
- Milk
- Fruit stones
- Bones
If your sink is blocked, get in touch with Milbur Plumbing now, 24/7 with a $0 call-out charge.
