Plumbing — Drainage
A slow sink or a blocked WC can be cleared. But when the problem keeps coming back, the cause lies elsewhere: the fall, the ventilation, the pipe diameter. I deal with the blockage, then look for the reason.
Method
Mechanical, with no harsh chemicals
Covers
Sinks, showers, baths, WCs
Area
Paris 6th, 7th, 14th, 15th, 16th
The most frequent cases.
Grease and residue set hard in the trap and the waste pipe. Dismantling, cleaning, and clearing the run as far as the main stack.
Hair and soap in the waste and the trap. A thorough clean, and the fall checked if water still lingers.
Mechanical clearing of the WC and its outlet pipe, without breaking the pan.
A clogged trap or a jammed waste: dismantled, cleaned and refitted with new seals where needed.
A reverse fall, too narrow a pipe, no ventilation: I explain the cause and what can correct it.
When the blockage is in the building's main stack, I tell you so: it is for the managing agent to act, and I can describe the problem to them.
From the workshop's other trades
Drain-clearing products attack seals and old pipes without addressing the cause. Clean mechanical clearing, followed by a check of the waste, avoids a call-out every two months.
Five arrondissements — the Left Bank, and the 16th just across the river — covered neighbourhood by neighbourhood. It is the area I can reach quickly, which matters when water is running.
Paris 6th Luxembourg · Rue de Rennes · Saint Sulpice · Mabillon · Raspail · Notre Dame des Champs · Odéon · Montparnasse · Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Paris 7th Invalides · Champ-de-Mars · La Tour-Maubourg · Saint-François-Xavier · Rue du Bac · Saint-Germain · Solférino · Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin · Ecole Militaire · Gros Caillou
Paris 14th Brune · Didot · Montsouris · Denfert Rochereau · Mouton Duvernet · Plaisance · Pernety · Montparnasse · Alésia
Paris 15th Necker · Saint Lambert · Vaugirard · Croix Nivert · Lecourbe · Convention · Commerce · Javel · Beaugrenelle · Grenelle
Paris 16th Trocadéro · Passy · Auteuil · La Muette · Victor Hugo · Porte Dauphine · Chaillot · Ranelagh · Exelmans · Porte de Saint-Cloud
Beyond these five arrondissements: elsewhere in Paris and the Île-de-France, depending on the project.
Tell me about the situation, with a photo if you have one. I reply the same day.