Kitchen drains
Ramadan Drain CleaningKitchen drain unclogging in Andalus
Kitchen drain unclogging in Andalus often comes from older apartment blocks stacked above one another. Andalus is a neighbourhood of older villas and residential buildings around the Andalus Co-op, close to the Fourth Ring Road. Old kitchens have narrower drains and we need to open the pipes with care.
Kitchen signs
When grease isthe cause.
A grease blockage behaves in a way nothing else does.
01
It drains, then comes back
Run the tap lightly and it goes down; fill the bowl to wash up and the water comes back and stands. The run is narrowed, not closed, and that is exactly what grease does, leaving a small channel in the middle.
02
One bowl affects the other
Empty the right bowl and the water rises in the left. Both share one trap and one branch, so the blockage sits past the point where they meet, not in either strainer.
03
The washer backs into the sink
A dishwasher or a washing machine on the same branch pushes out a slug of hot water at once. If the sink rises while it drains, the branch cannot take it and grease has narrowed it.
This area
What setsthis area apart
Apartment blocks in Andalus were built years ago with compact kitchens, and the main kitchen pipes run across the ceiling from the flat to a collection point. When the line blocks on one floor, the unit below may also feel slow drainage. We start from the sink and sometimes open an old floor trap in the cupboard if it exists. The older small villas in the same neighbourhood have more horizontal kitchen runs, so the rod slides through more easily.
Andalus sits in Farwaniya governorate, an older residential neighbourhood of apartment blocks and villas grouped around the Andalus Co-op near the Fourth Ring Road.
Kitchen pipes in Andalus's older apartment buildings collect drainage from multiple units before feeding into the main riser stack.
The kitchen, short
The kitchen job, short.
Service
Kitchen drain, sink and trap unclogging
First cause
Cooking grease cooled onto the pipe wall
Method
Trap off, small electric snake, wall scraped
Where it applies
Kitchens in houses, flats and small food units
What we advise against
Pouring caustic products down a kitchen drain
Hours
Daily, 6:00 in the morning to 12:00 midnight
How it works
From the trap tothe branch.
Four steps, all under the sink, with nothing opened up.
We drop the trap into a bucket
The trap is the first thing we open, and it tells us most of the story. If the grease has gathered only there, the branch beyond it is usually sound and the job ends at that point.
The snake goes into the branch
The small electric snake enters at the branch mouth and works in on a flexible cable. Turning it scrapes the pipe wall, instead of punching one narrow hole through the middle of the grease.
We bring the scrapings out
What comes off goes into the bucket rather than down the line, because a pushed slug of grease lodges at the first change of direction and becomes a bigger problem outside the house.
We refit and test it full
The trap goes back, both bowls are filled and released together in front of you. Testing with a real volume is what proves the bore is back, not a thin run from the tap.
Common questions
Questions about Kitchen drain unclogging in Andalus
Yes, if the units share a common line. But usually the blockage shows first in the flat whose kitchen feeds last into the main riser.
Old pipes are narrower than modern ones, but our small electric snake works in them. If it does not, we use the suction tanker carefully.
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