Bleach - The Magic Trick to Cleaning Your Saint Cloud, FL Pipe Drain
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Having a clogged HVAC pipe drain in your Saint Cloud, FL home can be a disaster. Clogged drains often emit water leakage, which can ruin carpet, wooden floors, walls, and possessions. Also, excess moisture is the perfect place for mold and fungus growth, which is harmful to your health in addition to the damage in and around your home. Mold and fungus growth can build-up so much that your drain becomes clogged. Preventing a clogged pipe drain is essential to averting premature air conditioning and heating repair or installation, and bleach is your ticket to avoiding pipe drain build-up.
First, spray or run hot water through the drain pipe to loosen or eliminate any existing clogs. Then, pour a cup or two of household bleach into your HVAC pipe drain. Note the place outside where the drain tube ends. Consider making a simple dry well of decorative stones for the water and bleach to drain. Bleach can harm your plants, so you may also want to relocate plants that are within the immediately proximity of where the bleach drains. If you are unsure where to specifically pour the bleach, our Saint Cloud, FL air conditioning and heating repair and installation technician can show you, or can install a special fitting on the drain which will allow you to access the drain without difficulty.
The number of times you complete a drain pipe cleaning may vary. Our Saint Cloud, FL air conditioning and heating repair and installation technician can come to your home to evaluate the status of your current drain pipe and suggest how often you should perform drain pipe cleaning. Maintaining a clean pipe drain system is essential to preventing unnecessary mold and excess moisture, and to sustaining the life of your air conditioning and heating system.
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