Toilet discharge pipes can get blocked when you put the wrong things down the toilet, such as sanitary pads, food scraps, rags, cans, bottles, paper, fat and grease. Similarly, waste water pipes from basins, sinks, and laundry tubs can also be clogged by food waste, tea leaves, grease, lints, hair and other rubbish. When hot grease is poured into your sink, grease will solidify and set in the pipe when it cools down which will then cause a pipe blockage. Blockages can also happen in your trunk sewer line because of tree roots growing into the pipe, infiltration soil via loose joints.

For your plumbing and sewer system to work properly, the pipes need to be free from blockages. If your pipes are blocked, water will not be able to flow; your toilet, shower, laundry tubs or the kitchen sink will overflow, and waste water will soil your floor and home. Waste water may cause disease and sickness when you come in contact with it.

To unblock your sink, shower or tubs, you must first remove all rubbish that you can see. Then use a large rubber cup plunger to finish unblocking the pipe. Your plunger should be of a heavy and larger rubber cup that is connected with a handle on the closed side. Place it over the opening of the blocked outlet pipe and then thrusting it up and down quickly over the hole. The suction movement caused by the plunger will help to move the blockage.