In old apartment buildings where the drinking water and sewage systems are still made of lead pipes, unclogging causes great trouble and problems even for the most experienced unclogging specialist.
Lead pipe is a very stubborn and aggressive material, despite how easily it can be worked, both cold and hot, or even in a liquid state.
But why is this soft material so aggressive?
I wrote the answer in my own question, the soft material is the key to the mystery, because it is not hard and not even flexible.
Jam removal Meanwhile, this inflexible material, which melts easily even at low temperatures, becomes plastic as the steel anti-clogging spiral rotates, so it can take the shape of the steel spiral and the two materials can stick together with this momentum. It holds the spiral very aggressively in the sewage pipe and neither in nor out. The tool can be freed by dismantling the sewage network. In many cases, when I visit old houses, I always ask the customer if he knows what material the sewage pipe is made of, since the stands do not reveal it, and can even lead you astray.
I often find that the plastic pipe in the wall ends up in a lead pipe a few centimeters from the outlet. The routine unblocker specialist Without suspecting anything, he approaches the work as if he were dealing with a plastic pipe. This is how trouble easily happens. As he moves inward, the lead pipe melts and when he pulls it back out, the pipe suddenly cools down and the tool gets stuck in the pipe. But the spiral doesn't always get stuck. Sometimes it comes back and the system leaks. Months later, you will notice that the wall is getting wet, meaning it has a hole.
Very few of us admit that it was our fault and correct the mistake.
A more routine professional, if he doesn't know what kind of pipe is in the wall, will always suspect a lead pipe and will take the necessary steps to avoid the danger. In this case, there is no need to be afraid and there will be no problems during the blockage removal.
Our professionals have encountered many such and similar cases, so there should be no surprises while we work.
If you know that there is lead in the sewage pipes in your apartment, call us with confidence and we will solve the problem!