This holiday season, many are preparing to host guests and spend hours in the kitchen as a family cooking holiday meals. However, the increased use of bathrooms and kitchen space that often comes with guests and the holiday season leaves you at higher risk of a holiday plumbing emergency. At All Ways Drains, we offer 24/7 emergency plumbing, 365 days a year. However, if you want to avoid requiring an emergency plumber in Arden Hills this holiday season, consider these 4 tips to keep your home running smoothly!
1. Take short showers
This tip especially applies if you have guests, as you likely understand the capabilities of your shower. However, guests may not understand the amount of hot water you have available. It is best to suggest that guests try to keep their showers short and to allow 15 minutes between showers so your drain and water heater can both keep up with the added stress.
2. Use a mesh screen
Especially during the holidays, it is important to make sure that waste isn’t going down your drain. In the shower, extra hair from guests may slip down a normal drain. Meanwhile in the kitchen, there are probably plenty of food bits that could accidentally get washed down. With the added people and the busy kitchen that most homes experience over the holidays – protect all of your drains with a mesh screen to catch waste.
3. Increase amount of trash cans
If there aren’t sufficient trash cans around your home, guests may be tempted to flush some trash to dispose of it. This can lead to clogged toilets and additional headaches during the holidays. One simple way to combat this is to ask your guests to avoid flushing anything but toilet paper and providing enough trash cans that there is one within reach of each toilet in your home!
4. Prevent drain clogs
As your kitchen and bathroom become busier from guests and cooking extravagant holiday meals, preventing drain clogs is as important as ever. Whether you want to have them professionally cleaned before your guests arrive or not, keep in mind some holiday drain cleaning tips from the professionals.
If you still experience a holiday plumbing emergency…
Call All Ways Drains today at 612-922-9422 or request a free estimate! We have an emergency plumber available 24/7, 365 days a year. No one deserves to suffer through a holiday plumbing emergency. We will work quickly and efficiently to get your holiday in Arden Hills or the surrounding Twin Cities area back on track.