Kitchen, bathroom or even utility sinks can become clogged.  Clogs are inconvenient, but severe clogs can be costly and create major problems in your home plumbing system.  They may even require a professional plumber to fix.  It’s important to understand how and why clogs form as well as preventative measures.  With proper maintenance and some simple tips, you can help avoid major clogs.

Most Common Causes Of Blocked Sinks

Food – Kitchen sink clogs are usually caused by food.  Food washed off of plates and down the drain can become trapped in the pipe system under the sink.  Sinks usually have what’s known as a P- or J-trap that catches larger items to keep them out of the rest of the pipe system in your home.  These bits of food, over time, collect and form a clog. 

Grease – Grease is a particularly common clog causing substance.  It creates sticky sediment that will trap other food and over time create a clog.  This is a difficult type of clog to remove.  Even disposal cannot dissolve liquid grease, which will easily form again and collect in the pipes.

Hair – Hair clogs are common to both bathroom sinks and shower or tub drains.  Hair gets trapped in the sludge in the pipes and accumulates over time.  This will form a very solid type mass and will need to be removed by an environmentally “friendly” drain cleaner like Rowson’s Plumbing Services that can dissolve the hair or with a pipe snake that frees the mass.