Hey guys I'm Roger Wakefield, LEED AP, "The Expert Plumber". Coming to you to talk to
you this morning about: why plumbers hate Drano, and we get that call often. It's
like look, we've got a stopped up drain, we've got to stopped up sink, we've got a
stopped-up toilet, a stopped up shower, whatever it is. If you've got a clogged
drain, Drano is not your answer. Drano leads to long term problems
because it's an acidic cleanser that comes in it doesn't dissolve the hair or
anything that's clogging drains. It kind of breaks up some of the gels. Anything
that is forming that shouldn't. But here's what it does to damage your pipes,
if you've got old cast-iron pipes, literally it does what we call channel
rot. We've gone into houses that people have used Drano forever and literally
the bottom of the cast-iron pot has been eaten away. Guys this leads to several
tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage to your house. And I know that's
not a problem that most people want, I understand they've got a stopped up
drain and they may not want to call a plumber, but a plumber is gonna cost you
a few hundred dollars. Where using Drano over and over again is going to cost you
several thousand dollars. Even if it's just the bottom of a p-trap on a tub or
shower, depending on where that p-trap is, it could cost you thousands of dollars.
Guys, instead of Drano find out what's clogging your sink. Find out what's
causing it, what products are you putting down that sink that's causing
it to clog. If it's a shower, maybe the gels that you're using,
the product that you're using on your hair, maybe you're not using hot
enough water. Maybe you need just to take a clothes hanger and put a hook on the
end of it and take that cover off your drain and reach in there every now and then
and pull the hair out. Believe it or not, this good-looking head right here used
to be covered with long hair. I actually had hair that went down to my waist. Not
a problem, problem is my tubs and showers in the
houses that I lived in would stop up. Luckily, me being a plumber
I knew how to reach inside the drain unstop it, unclog it, and then do the
things that I needed to do to help keep it that way. I used to be a hair stylist,
we used to have those plastic screens that you could drop down in the drain
that would catch hair, then you could just reach in there with your finger and
pull all that out. Guys, that's another good product to use. So there's a lot of
different things that you can do. At Texas Green Plumbing we sell a
product called Bio One, we really like it. It removes FOG, which are fats, oils and
grease. It breaks it down and basically turns it into water. It's great if
you're on a septic system and it's great if you've got lines, maybe your kitchen
line, your washing machine line, they just kind of drain slow, this is a product
that you can pour in your lines and literally clean it out make them
work well. And guys, it's not bad for your pipes so there are other product out
there we hope that you look for some of them, find them. And hopefully you'll find
something that works well for you and hopefully it's something that does not
damage your plumbing system. So, hope you're enjoying these tips and messages
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