Blocked Sink in Sheffield — Kitchen & Bathroom Clearance

Kitchen Sink Blockages

The primary cause of kitchen sink blockages is cooking grease and fat. Every time oil, butter, or cooking fat enters the drain it cools and solidifies as it travels through the pipe — gradually building up a lining that narrows the bore. Over time this combines with food waste to form a solid mass that stops water from draining.

In Sheffield's Victorian terraces and older housing stock, the kitchen drain pipes are often smaller in diameter than modern fittings specify, and grease accumulates faster. Commercial kitchens and takeaways face the same problem in a compressed timescale.

High-pressure water jetting is the most effective treatment for a grease-blocked kitchen drain — it cuts through the blockage and scours the pipe walls clean at the same time, preventing rapid recurrence. Rodding alone creates an opening but leaves the grease coating on the pipe walls.

Bathroom Sink Blockages

Bathroom basin blockages are almost always caused by a combination of hair and soap residue accumulating in the trap — the curved section of pipe beneath the plughole — or just below it. The trap is the first place to check, and in many cases a simple clear of the trap is all that is needed.

Where the blockage is further into the drain run, or where the basin has a pop-up waste mechanism that makes access difficult, we use rods or a small jetting lance to reach and clear it without dismantling the plumbing.