For superficial clogs in sinks or washbasins, a cheap manual hardware store rod and half an hour of patience are usually enough. If the water starts to move, keep going. If after 30-45 minutes it's still blocked, call us. Insisting only makes the situation worse because you push the blockage to a deeper point. The plumber's first step is to find out where the blockage is. There's no point blindly inserting a rod if the blockage is two floors down. For this, we use an endoscopic inspection camera, a thin camera mounted on a flexible cable that travels through the pipe and shows the exact point of the blockage and its nature on screen. Hair, grease, plant roots, foreign objects, fragments of old construction. Sinks, bathtubs, toilets and external downpipes. Professional high-pressure equipment and rods. Diagnosis before action.

The most complex case is a blocked downpipe. A downpipe is the vertical pipe that collects wastewater from several floors in the same block. When it gets blocked, it usually affects several neighbours at once. This is when the high-pressure machine comes into play, capable of pushing water at 150 bars and clearing everything. It's the most effective equipment but also the most delicate. If the pipe has cracks or weak joints, the pressure can make things worse. This inspection lasts between 15 and 30 minutes and allows us to choose the correct method. It's a very useful intervention when the blockage is recurrent and we want to know if there's a structural problem behind it, such as a broken pipe or an incorrectly calculated slope. For downpipes and multiple blockages (more than one bathroom affected, water rising in one when you use another), always call a plumber. It's a common installation problem that requires professional tools and often coordination with neighbours.

The most common is the sink or washbasin trap. Solidified grease and soap form a soft plug that can be removed with a manual rod or with a gentle chemical clean if the material is PVC. Caustic soda should not be used on old lead or copper pipes. It corrodes the metal and creates worse problems than the original. For toilets, a quality plunger is worth having at home. It's the first intervention. If it doesn't move after five to ten plunges, call a plumber. Forcing it further will break the toilet's wax seal and you'll have an added problem. In my case, he did a good value-for-money job painting tiles and walls.

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