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Milbur Plumbing: Sydney’s Drain Cleaning Specialists
One of the most overlooked facilities within our homes and business properties is our drainage system. Functioning correctly, our drains carry away dirty water and waste without fuss or fanfare, meaning we only tend to notice them when something is amiss.
While it may not currently be on the top of your to-do list, keeping your drains clean and free from debris should be a matter of routine maintenance and not left until a blockage forms. Allowing problems to develop until they become an emergency can lead to property damage and also subject occupants to contaminants that could harm their wellbeing.
Keeping things running smoothly involves preventative action. Milbur Plumbing offers comprehensive maintenance service, including professional drain cleaning, Sydney-wide.
Same-day Drain Cleaning Services in Sydney
Drain cleaning experts: All members of our team are qualified, licensed, professionals who take pride in what they do. We aim to be with you the same day as your call to ensure you don’t experience a plumbing disaster and your drainage system flows correctly.
Zero dig repairs: Thanks to our specialised drain relining technique, repairing any broken or damaged pipework will not involve digging up your property.
Straightforward pricing: Beginning as a family business, we pride ourselves on our honest pricing with accurate quotes provided upfront.
Drain cameras: We use the latest CCTV plumbing technology to inspect, clean, and check your pipework is in optimum condition, using our experience to advise on how best to maintain your system.
Emergency Drain Cleaning Services in Sydney
Meeting our responsibility to the families and businesses of the local area, Milbur Plumbing offers a fast and ever-ready emergency plumbing service, including fast response drain cleaning. This emergency plumbing service in Sydney and the surrounding areas is available all day, every day, 24/7.
Upon discovering an emergency plumbing issue within your property, it is important to get the issue resolved as soon as possible. Waiting not only causes further damage to your plumbing and property, but with the potential for backwater to flow into your home, the health of your family may also be at risk.
Calling Milbur Plumbing on 1300 645 287 will put you in touch with an expert, licensed plumber straight away, with an onsite inspection and repair carried out as soon as possible. We understand that these situations can be stressful and as such we aim to provide price estimates over the phone prior to calling out with a more accurate quote available once our team arrives at your property.
Why It’s Important to Have Your Drains Cleaned
Regular drain cleaning should be undertaken annually and is considered one of the very best ways to reduce the number of plumbing problems within your property. This can save you money in the long run and prevent stressful emergency situations such as water leaking into your home.
Reasons to get your drains cleaned include
Reduces the risk of blockage
Reduces hygiene risks caused by bacteria growth
Improve drainage system lifespan
Reduced bad odours
Prevents damage to the outdoors of the home
Signs You Need Drain Cleaning Services in Sydney
1. Slow draining sinks
Almost all households have experienced slow draining sinks at one time or another. After washing up, for instance, you may find that upon pulling the plug the water refuses to drain away or does so incredibly slowly.
Slow drainage is a classic sign that your drains may need cleaning and could indicate a significant blockage within your pipework. Getting the problem sorted quickly can prevent bigger problems from occurring.
2. Water backflow
Another sign your drains need cleaning is that you may notice water re-emerging from your drains, toilet, and storm drains. Water that can’t seem to make up its mind whether to drain away or return to your sink mean you need the help of a plumbing professional.
3. Overflowing toilet
One of the more unpleasant signs your drains need professional cleaning is an overflowing toilet. While this can sometimes occur due to an overuse of toilet paper and should resolve itself, there may be more significant issues causing an overflow to occur. It is difficult to tell without the help of professionals such as Mibur Plumbing who can use inspection technology to tell.
4. Bad smells coming from your drains
A bad smell is a sign water is sitting within your pipework and allowing the formation of bacteria. While this is not necessarily always caused by a blockage, it is one of the most common reasons and can cause some serious health complications if allowed to fester and backflow.
If you notice a bad smell, it’s time to call in the professionals.
5. Strange sounds coming from the drains
While we may consider a gurgling sink to be pretty normal, persistent and unusual sounds emanating from your pipework point towards partial or full drain blockages that require diagnosis and cleaning.
These sounds are a result of noxious gases being disrupted by blockages and water that not only cause a bad odour but also become a nuisance in itself.
Milbur Plumbing: Expert Drain Cleaners
Locate and inspect using CCTV
One of the tools within our plumbing arsenal is a snaking CCTV inspection camera. This appears as a reel of cable and is inserted into your drainage system using a controllable camera tip to see the inside of your pipework.
This is viewed live on a portable monitoring station allowing your plumbing professional and yourself to see the condition of the inside of your drains. Based on this information, Milbur Plumbing will recommend a cleaning solution.
Drain cleaning using eel or jet blasting
In the case of blockages and partial blockages, Milbur Plumbing will recommend the use of an electric eel or water jet blasting. Once we’ve located a problem or section of pipework that should be cleaned, we will apply one or both of these devices to your system, leaving it clean and free-flowing.
Experiencing a blocked drain in Sydney? Milbur Plumbing can help!
While we always recommend preventative maintenance of your drainage system including an annual clean, we understand blockages do occur as part of everyday life. In these events, Milbur Plumbing Blocked Drains employs the following techniques to resolve even the most stubborn blocked drain:
Drain snake
Drain snakes, also known as “electric eels” are flexible cables with a mechanical cleaning head attached. This thoroughly scrapes and dislodges any blockages within the pipework and has been a go-to tool for plumbers for decades. The forked or brushed end rubs away at anything lining or blocking your drain using considerable force to do so.
Professional drain snakes are capable of dislodging even the most powerful of blockages and are used by Milbur Plumbing in the case of particularly stubborn blockages or cleaning requirements.
Jet blasting
- Fast, zero damage to pipework
- Non-invasive, no-dig cleaning
- No chemical solution
- Suitable for all drain cleaning situations
Chemical drain cleaner
Milbur Plumbing will also, occasionally, rely on chemical reagents to dissolve residue lining drains and dislodge clogs. These power, caustic chemicals can not be bought over the counter in a store and should only be handled by professionals.
These are particularly good at dissolving drainage issues such as hair, fat, grease, and grime. After reacting with these, water is introduced to the drainage system to allow the dissolved matter to be flushed away safely.
Milbur Plumbings Tips for Preventing a Clogged Drain
1. Use a plug strainers
It’s not always possible to prevent things from falling into the sink or near a drain, In the case of a shower, for example, hair will naturally fall from our bodies and flow towards the sink hole. When washing up, small bits of food will naturally be left within the bowl and find their way into our drainage systems.
It is important, then, to use plug hole strainers. These small metal or plastic grills will prevent debris from entering your drain and can help stop the loss of earrings, rings etc. down the drain.
2. Dispose of kitchen waste in the bin
Before washing up plates or loading them into the dishwasher, be sure to scrape all food waste into the bin, including residual sauces. While a small piece of food may seem insignificant, these can accumulate and stick to residue within the pipework and contribute to blockages.
3. Never pour oil or grease down the drain
All old oil, fat, grease, and melted butter should be collected in a bottle or container and thrown in the rubbish. While these may go down the plug hole well enough, they soon solidify within the cooler pipework and form a thick, sticky coating on the inside of your drainage system.
Eventually, this stubborn mass of fat causes troublesome blockages with other debris sticking to it, compounding the issue.
4. Don't flush objects other than human waste and toilet paper down the drains
Out of sight, out of mind is definitely not the right way to think about things going down your toilet. While a toilets flush is itself quite powerful, anything other than water, waste, and toilet paper will likely cause drainage problems.
Wipes, sanitary products, cotton balls, and anything else should always be put into a suitable rubbish bin instead.
Milbur Plumbing’s Sydney Team Will Solve Your Plumbing Problem Today
Should you encounter any kind of plumbing problem or require drain cleaning, Milbur Plumbing is here and ready to solve your problem. We operate seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day and serve Sydney and the surrounding areas.
As well as drain cleaning in Sydney, we also provide professional drain unblocking, gas plumbing repair and installation, hot water solutions, and general plumbing advice.
Drain Cleaning Home Remedies
While nothing will get your drains cleaned quite as well as a water jet blast from Milbur Plumbing, there are a couple of things you can try yourself:
Baking soda and vinegar
Tried and true, baking soda and vinegar is an old-fashioned remedy for drainage problems that have stood the test of time. Acting as a mild caustic reagent, this fizzy solution dissolves gunk and grime within the pipework and allows it to be flushed away, leaving your drainage system cleaner than it was before.
Simply mix around 170 grams of bicarbonate of soda in with 300ml of vinegar. Stir this until it becomes frothy and quickly pour it down the affected drain. Let this sit overnight before flushing the mixture away by letting the tap run.
Drain snake
You can also purchase commercially available drain snakes. These hand-powered tools are not as powerful as the ones used by professionals and do not have the same reach. Nevertheless, for mild, shallow blockages and cleaning they allow you to scrape and dislodge the lining of your pipework.
If you are in a pinch and do not have time to purchase a drain snake, a bent wire coathanger can work almost as well, just remember to bend a hook into both ends so you don’t lose it down the drain. While you can’t really damage pipework in this way, it is still recommended to contact professional plumbers such as MIlbur Plumbing as soon as possible.
Contact Milbur Plumbing for Drain Cleaning Services in Sydney
Milbur Plumbing is proud to offer comprehensive drain cleaning solutions to the people of Sydney and the surrounding areas. As well the busy and metropolitan central Sydney area, our emergency plumbing service is available to the following areas:
