Category: Septic Cleaning

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Get the Devil Out of Your Pipes and Let Angel Plumbers Drain Pipe Clean at Your Home

When the devil builds a stronghold in your sewer pipes, Angel Plumbers is your only hope! Imagine you’re having a good time at a party or some other occasion with friends or family then suddenly, your bathrooms backup. This can be a really big deal if no one can use your bathrooms during an event! More so if the sewer begins to give off bad odors.

It’s a good thing that we at Angel Plumbers are always ready to respond to these emergencies!

What to Do If It’s Too Late

If you do not make the call on time, you may try a few things to get to solve the clog problem. Here are some solutions you can try on your end:

  • Make sure your toilet does not overflow or you get yourself another disaster and a big mess to clean up.
  • A plunger will come in handy if the obstruction is not as serious as having to dig up the whole pipeline.
  • Use your toilet cleaner. It is made up of chemicals that essentially cleans and melts solids before they get into the drain. But you need to be cautious in using these excessively, though, as the chemicals can cause damage to the pipes.
  • It is also said that a half gallon of hot water poured into the toilet will help unclog it. This may work if the obstruction is not too hard or big to break with hot water.

Prevention Will Save You Money, Time and Frustration

To prevent the devil from making itself comfortable in your drain pipes, proper maintenance is advised.

Here are some of our recommendations:

  • Always clean the areas around the drainage whether it is in your bathroom or your sink. This will prevent hard objects getting into the drains without you noticing.
  • Do not flush away used cooking oil as they may cause buildups in the drainage path and will eventually cause blockage.
  • It is also effective to run hot water once in a while or after every use of your sink. This will break beginning buildups before they become harder for hot water to break.
  • Once a week or once a month, your choice, conduct a general house cleaning that involves cleaning the pipelines or inspecting for possible damages. This may require the assistance of experts. Feel free to reach out to us if you are near our area.
  • Teach your family members how to probably dispose of particles that do not fit into the drains. If you have to write some rules and post them around the house, then do so to remind everybody, including yourself, about taking care of the house without excluding one of its most important parts – the sewers and pipes.

Keep your Drain Pipes Clean

Don’t allow poor maintenance or a drainage clogging to stop you from having parties at home or from inviting some friends over! If you know how to prevent bad things from happening, then you are all good to go! Let the devil out of your pipes and be the angel of your own home with the help of Angel Plumbers!

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Septic Tank Cleaning and Your Home

Imagine leaving for a weekend getaway and coming back to find a pungent smell of rotten eggs has taken over your home.  Or worse, your yard is swamped in pools of sewage.  If not properly maintained, your septic tank could fail and leave a huge mess for you and the environment.

Take Luxemburg Wisconsin for example. Up to 60 percent of sampled wells in a Kewaunee County study contained fecal microbe, the type that are capable of causing illness and even fatalities for humans and calves.

According to the La Crosse Tribune, they study found “microorganisms including Cryptosporidium, a parasite that comes from both people and animals. Researchers estimated Crypto in drinking water is likely infecting 140 of the county’s 20,000 residents each year.” The cause of this contamination is bovine and human waste that enters groundwater through cracks in failed septic systems.

Even in Santa Maria, California, where the water report came back as overall safe, they found certain contaminants that cause residents to avoid the tap entirely.

“Definitely no, we would not drink the water out of the tap,” Santa Maria resident Agkash Lakshmanan said.

Big Problem

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, septic tank failures are one of the main causes of water contamination in the United States. In fact, approximately one in four homes in the United States rely on septic tanks to dispose of their waste, so while one broken septic tank may seem like a non-issue, the spills add up. The EPA states that when a septic system is improperly sited, designed, constructed, or maintained, it can contaminate ground water with bacteria, viruses, nitrates, detergents, oils, and chemicals.

Fortunately, there are key measures you can take to avoiding septic tank failures. First, conserve the amount of water you use. By reducing your showers and using water-saving fixtures you can reduce the amount of water the soil has to absorb.

You should also never dispose of anything down the drain or toilet that doesn’t belong there, such as chemicals, solvents, cleaning fluid, orange peels, coffee grounds or paint. These could clog the drain and potentially kill the good bacteria in the tank. In addition, you should make sure the drainfield is covered well with grass to prevent soil erosion and keep gutters and other drainage systems away from your drainfield and septic tank to avoid excess water.

Finally, regularly pump your tank. This prevents solids from clogging the drainfield. Your tank should be pumped every 2 to 4 years to properly maintain your system.

Septic Tank Cleaning for your Home

At Angel Plumbers Inc. we can help you pump your septic system, or fix any other plumbing problems with ease. We work 24 hours for emergencies, so if you ever do come home to a swamp of sewage in your backyard, you can trust us to be there. Call today and get the reassurance of having a  family-owned business with trusted experts keep your system in shape.