At some point in the course of your stay in your house, you may have blocked drains. Clogged drains can be costly especially because they lead to water problems such as overflowing. Luckily, unblocking your clogged drains is a simple task that you can finish within a couple of minutes provided you have the right tools and you follow the correct procedures. However, making mistakes is costly because you may end up causing even more drain problems. For this reason, when unblocking your drains, avoid the following mistakes.

Plunging Excessively 

Plunging could be the first thing you think of when you notice your bathroom or kitchen drains are clogged. The good thing is plunging is actually a quick and effective solution. The bad thing is, doing it excessively can lead to more problems. If you have severe blockage in your drains, forcing air into your drain pipe will only exert more pressure on it instead of pushing the blocked materials away. Excess pressure on your drain pipe can cause it to break, calling for costly repairs.

Overusing Chemical Cleaners

Chemical cleaners can be effective in clearing your blocked drains. However, they may not always work. In most cases, the chemical cleaners are ineffective on solid blockages. Since the chemicals are usually highly concentrated, using them excessively can corrode the insides of your drain pipes.

Hosing

If your first response when you realise you have a blocked drain is to run to your garden hose, watch out! While some plumbers may use hydro-jetting to clear blocked drains, it is completely different from using a garden hose. Garden hoses don't have as much pressure, which means they will be ineffective. First, you may only end up with flooding because you'll only be adding more water down your drain pipe. In some cases, the build-up of pressure inside the drain can cause damages to the drain pipe.

Using Hot Water

Pouring water down your drain is only effective when you have grease blockages. In most cases, drains will be blocked by things such as hair that hot water won't dissolve. Therefore, pouring hot water inside the drain only serves to increase flooding.

While avoiding the above mistakes will save you from costly repairs, prevention ensures you don't have to deal with any mistakes at all. Therefore, always use drain covers on your kitchen sink and filters on your shower drains. This will prevent things like food particles and hair from finding their way down your drain.