Blocked Kitchen Sinks in Manchester

Kitchen sinks block for a very consistent reason: fat, oil and food waste cool and harden inside the pipe, narrowing it a little more every time you wash up, until eventually nothing gets through. Shop-bought drain unblockers rarely shift it properly and can make a proper clear harder.

We clear the blockage mechanically rather than relying on chemicals, so the pipe is genuinely open again rather than just temporarily softened.

Kitchen sink blockages look different depending on where you are in Manchester — older terraces in Chorlton tend to have narrower pipework than the newer apartment blocks going up in Salford, and the cause of the blockage usually reflects that. We clear the line based on what's actually there.

Signs you need this

• Water draining very slowly from the kitchen sink
• A bad smell coming from the plughole
• Water backing up into a second sink or the dishwasher outlet
• Gurgling when the washing machine empties

How we handle it

• 1 Check whether it's the sink trap, the waste run, or further down
• 2 Clear with rods, an auger or jetting depending on severity
• 3 Advice on keeping fat and food waste out of the drain going forward

Questions people ask