Things to check for the perfect plumbing set up in your home

plumbing set up in your home

There is no way you can underestimate the importance of a plumbing system in any building. The sad part is, you cannot claim to have the perfect and reliable plumbing system ever, because it would require continuous maintenance and up-gradation. You cannot just have it while building your house or office, and then forget about it. However, the duration of those plumbing joints and structures depends on the quality of the steel parts used. If you are about to upgrade or change the steel pipes and Flange guards. Searching down a credible manufacturer and vendor is also an art, and one will have to struggle a bit initially. 

In this article, we will share a few tips with you to check the plumbing system and to maintain it properly. These are comprehensible, and anyone who was there observing the plumbing set up while his house was under construction can understand these. Even if you do not know anything about plumbing or the drainage systems in your house, you better learn these so that you can conveniently check the issues without worrying much. 

Drainage tips for kitchen

For each section of your house, there will be a different set of instructions. You must be wondering why that is so, well, the main reason is the type of liquid being poured from different sections of your house. For example, in the kitchen, the riskiest thing that would happen is the over-clogging with oils, and other thick slimy stuff. So you need to be careful with that. 

One cannot help but use oil, butter, and other greasy things to cook. However, while doing so you can always go for some alternatives, if not daily then on a weekly basis so that the drains must not clog, and you can easily work in your kitchen. 

You must use baking soda and detergent to unclog the kitchen drains every few days. Especially when you feel that you have cooked a lot of sweet and oily dishes, then it will be better to do that thorough cleaning. Otherwise, you might need to call the plumbers when you would be unable to wash dishes. 

Next thing is to take care that you are not letting the fibrous materials such as banana peels or remaining tea in the drain. Wash the dishwasher every few days too, as it may also contain some grease. 

For the bathroom 

The next most crucial area where the drainage system matters the most is your bathroom. No one wants to stay in a wet and pool-like bathroom. It makes it seem very dirty and filthy. A few simple and easy-to-follow tips can help you keep your bathroom functional for as long as possible. 

The first thing which everyone needs to follow is using a sieve and covers for the gutters. So that any solid thing such as bottle caps, and hair must not get inside the drains. Do not waste anything else in the toilet except human waste. 

You must wait for some time and let the water pressure get stable before taking a bath. You can inspect your bathroom meanwhile to check the pressure. 

Do not use the chemical clog openers in the bathroom, these are concentrated solutions which can make the pipes rust and thus reduce their lifetime which can be very risky for the entire drainage system.

What to check on a weekly basis? 

One needs to check the drainage system of the entire house once a week. But most of us do not know what they should check. So here is a list of the things which you should consider. 

• The first thing you need to do is check the leaks. If you find or observe any immediately call the plumber. 
• Keep an eye on the speed of the drainage and water pressure. Lower pressures and slower drainage speed means something is wrong, probably the drains are clogged. 
• To avoid unnecessary rusting it would be better that you check the flow of water. It must not come out of other valves. If that is so then you need to fix some nuts and bolts. 
• Clean the taps with a dilute solution of vinegar.