| It's hard for most people to imagine today, but there | | | | Different sized drain snakes exist for different sized |
| was actually a time when any sewer drain clogs or | | | | pipes, from small hand operated units for home |
| breakages had to be dealt with by completely digging | | | | bathtub clogs to much larger electric industrial units. |
| up the affected pipe in order to repair or replace it. A | | | | Sewer drain snakes can usually solve most clog |
| drain problem that is quickly and easily fixed today, | | | | problems, unless it involves breakages or coagulated |
| thanks to unclogging chemicals and modern plumbing | | | | grease buildup. |
| equipment, posed a huge problem only a hundred | | | | For grease and oil buildup on pipes, the more effective |
| years ago. And while waste water transportation | | | | option is to use a moder high pressure water drain |
| systems such as clay pipes and aqueducts have been | | | | jetting system. High pressure water jetting isn't simply |
| around for thousands of years, it's only in recent | | | | putting a hose into a sewer drain and spraying out the |
| history that we have developed methods for | | | | blockages. Instead, it is actually a very sophisticated |
| maintaining our buried drains without doing any digging. | | | | piece of specialized machinery that uses modern |
| The drain snake, also known as a drain rodding | | | | technology to blast heated, high pressure water |
| system or drain rooter, was developed about a | | | | backwards through a drain in order to eliminate clogs. |
| century ago in the United States by a man who used | | | | High pressure drain jetting works well on oil and grease |
| a washing machine motor and roller skates to build his | | | | buildup because it literally melts the layers and blasts |
| first model. It sounds strange, but it's true! This early | | | | them out before it has a chance to solidify again. |
| model of the drain snake rooter went on to sell | | | | In ages past, a job that would have taken days or |
| thousands of units during the great depression, and the | | | | weeks to fix using picks and shovels can now be |
| machine that plumbers use today to clean tree roots | | | | completed in mere minutes thanks to modern drain |
| and other obstructions from your drains is still very | | | | snakes and sewer drain jetting systems. While high |
| similar to the original design. | | | | pressure drain jetting is usually more expensive due to |
| The drain snake allows plumbers to clear obstructions | | | | the high cost of purchasing the specialized machinery |
| from your drains by rotating a strong auger attached | | | | itself, you can almost certainly find a company in your |
| to the end of a flexible steel cable. This auger literally | | | | area that can offer you an affordable price to snake |
| slices through tree roots, clogs and other obstructions, | | | | or jet your drains. |
| allowing waste water to flow through unobstructed. | | | | |