Blocked Drains Bradford take our drainage for granted; often we assume any issue that arises would be the responsibility of the water supplier. However though, in most cases, you're usually in charge of drains inside the boundaries of your property, as the sewerage company is responsible for lateral drains, which are outside of property boundaries, and sewers. Although most sewers are actually publicly owned, there are still some private or unadopted sewers. If your premises is served by one of these, you may be responsible for maintaining it.
So when there is an issue with the drain within your property boundaries then it is your responsibility, plus they, unfortunately, do block up for many different reasons.
Some signs that will assist identify a draining issue include:
1. If your toilet, shower, bath or sinks are all draining slowly that is likely a concern with the drain itself. Independent drainage issues will be an issue with the fixture itself. The toilet is often the main driver for a blockage - if flushing the bathroom . causes water to go up in the shower, or running taps causes the water in the bathroom . to rise, then you've got a blocked drain on your hands.
2. Foul smells are a dead giveaway for a blockage, if something has blocked the drain and begun to rot, you'll certainly find out about it.
3. Finally gurgling noises from pipes, drains and plug holes are all indicators of a potential blockage. This is created when the air is trapped in the pipes and waste water displacing it.
Usually the 2 biggest factors behind drain issues will be grease/fat build-up and tree root ingress. Fat build-up is really a large cause for blockage in the national sewer system and it will affect homes too. Once you wash your plates or just pour fat down the sink, the warm liquidated fat will hit the cold outside water in the drains then solidify, over a period of time this will build-up causing a blockage.
Root ingress is harder to avoid, and probably the biggest cause for blockages in homes. Root issues can be extremely serious and a large reason behind subsidence related problems. Older clay pipes are particularly susceptible to root ingress because they are joined with just sand & cement these joints offer little resistance to fine tree roots which once inside become tap roots and root masses which then decrease the internal bore of the pipe.