There is nothing better than after a long day of being in work, than getting home, pouring yourself a nice glass of wine and a warm, bubbly bath! With the rise of products now available for personal health care, we thought we'd look into a few and how they can affect your drains. In particular, we're going to focus on bath bombs.
Those little fizzy balls that can help you relax could actually be harmful for your drains! How, you might ask? Pay attention class, it's time for a lesson!
Bath bombs core ingredients are baking soda (this creates the fizz), bubble mix, citric acid and a mix of essential oils. These oils create that luscious smell. You may also find glitter, dried petals, and other fancy tidbits lurking in there too. All is well and good when you're soaking out those aches and pains of the day, certain ingredients in there can cause you blocked drains!
Lets break it down! Those essential oils, whilst they may smell nice, are a big contributor to blocking pipework in your tub. When warm oils cool in the pipes, they solidifying against the walls and create a scum like substance. If you're using bath bombs often, this layer of dried oil will thicken and eventually block the pipe altogether.
Now, add in those particles of glitter and petals. These can add to this wall of oil and you've certainly got a recipe for disaster!
The salts in your bath bomb can also contribute to blocking up your pipework! Sometimes, dependent on the type of salts used, they don't completely dissolve. If they catch on hair or any other debris in your pipes, you've got another contributor to that blocked pipework.
Fizzy Wonders - Those Bath Bombs Could Be Causing Your Blocked Drains!
We've got some handy tips to help you carry on enjoying those bath bombs! All without destroying your drains, too!
Our specially trained engineers come across issues with plumbing, pipework and blocked drains on a daily basis. So, we're equipped to help get your drains flowing freely again!
For that pipework that has become clogged with oil, we have our handy Electro-Mechanical Cleaners (EMC) a special drill type tool which gets right down into the pipe to clear it from the inside! We have so much more we can offer to help ensure that your pipework is kept free flowing for evermore!
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