Dirty drains could affect your family’s health
Ensuring your drains are clean and free from debris, bacteria and pests is an important step in ensuring your home is clean, and your family is kept safe.
When it comes to cleaning, we all have a checklist that we follow, ensuring that the house is clean. But what we often overlook are our drains. When we don’t regularly give them the TLC they need, it could result in bacteria build-up and an odour that can overtake the house, creating an unclean environment that could result in illness.
“Your drains are an essential part of your household and are also the one place where a multitude of items accumulate, like food particles, hair and even dirt. Cleaning your drains and ridding them of anything that could cause bacteria to breed should be part of your cleaning checklist,” explains Bronwyn Ragavan, brand manager for trusted cleaning brand Chemico.
Dirty drains can play home to pests like cockroaches and drain flies, and bacteria, viruses and fungi thrive in dirty drains.
Other benefits of regularly maintaining your drains include:
• Improve the lifespan of the drain by minimising the damage that can accumulate over time.
• Get rid of foul odours by removing food particles and debris trapped in the drains.
• Having drains free from debris ensures faster drainage and reduces future clogging.
• Keep repairs to a minimum as minor issues are taken care of before they become big ones.
When it comes to why your drains start smelling, the likely culprit is the build-up of bacteria. When you consider everything that escapes down the drain, there is a good chance that these items will accumulate and clog the drain causing an odour. Smells often indicate a blockage, so this is a good time to clean your drains.
