Video: 3 Ways to Prevent Plumbing Problems

One of the most commonly used drains is the kitchen drain in a home, of course. People, of course, take the garbage disposal as literally a garbage disposal. Try to minimize the amount of stuff that goes in the garbage disposal and try to use a compost for that. This always helps.

As far as using the kitchen sink properly, what I recommend as an expert, my experience is you want to have the hot water on, have it running, and the garbage disposal on at the same time. Then you apply your food leftover in there and whatever it is, grease, It's whatever it may be that you're disposing it in your kitchen drain. Once you turn off the garbage disposal, once everything has been cleared and you can hear that clear sound and the flow, then go ahead and keep the water running for an additional 30 seconds to a minute. And this will most definitely avoid you having any kitchen clogs and needing to call a plumber and spend money on it.

when it comes to bathroom clogs, another commonly used drain on an everyday basis in any household is your toilet. And so toilet clogs are extremely common. For the past 10 years or so, the toilets are now being made as 1.28 gallons per flush versus what they used to be the 1. 6 gallons per flush or even before that was a lot larger capacity. With the 1. 28 gallons per flush, what consumer does not understand or know is that after you just hit that flush handle and walk away, there's still a solid half a tank worth of water that's being preserved inside the toilet tank and it's not being flushed. We recommend for you to hold that handle down about three to four seconds. This will allow the tank to empty entirely, creating a much stronger flush and therefore avoiding any future clogs or the need to call a plumber.