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Bathroom Fixtures are Vulnerable to Clogs

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Bathroom Fixtures are Vulnerable to Clogs

Along with leaks, clogs in your drain pipes are the most common calls a plumber needs to deal with and the bathroom is the most common place where they occur. Kitchen sinks usually see clogs caused by food, while the bathroom fixtures have more varied and tougher causes of their clogs. Never attempt to clean out a clog on your own. Store-bought cleansers and tools like snakes usually only do a partial job, and in any case cannot hope to match the skills and tools brought in by a trained plumber.  We’ve included a quick breakdown of the three most common fixtures troubled by clogs and the kinds of materials that create them.

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Toilets

The most obvious causes of toilet clogs – human waste and toilet paper – are often the most easily resolved, and you can usually clear them up with a plunger and some elbow grease. Tougher to stop are items flushed down the toilet that shouldn’t be. We’ve found everything from children’s toys to sneakers in toilet pipes, but most adults know better than the throw those down the toilet. Tougher to catch are things like cotton swabs, diapers, dental floss and women’s hygiene products, which many people assume can be disposed of in the toilet as well. They can’t, and doing so could result in a nasty clog.

Showers and Sinks

Shower and sink drains tend to get clogged up by the same things, hair chief among them. Human hair is very tough and can cause a number of things to cling to it. That makes clogs harder to dislodge than ever. Other materials include soap scum and cleaning products such as hair gel and skin lotion. In sinks, you can also find toothpaste as a common cause of many clogs.

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