Do-it-yourself : Waste Trap Drain Cleaning

Tools Required:

The Ladco blaster nozzle has no click-in hose fittings so unit can fit in-to drain inspection opening. Using angle spraying blasting water it unblocks and cleans waste pipes and the inside walls of pipes.

Drain Illustration

  1. Simply click-in to garden hose.
  2. Remove inspection opening cover.
  3. Turn on hose and insert it into the inspection opening.
  4. Rotate hose as you push it in, enabling hose to go around bends.
  5. When pipe is clear, turn hose off and replace inspection opening cover.
Old Drain

Older style waste traps:

While working, place a bucket or old towel underneath the waste trap to catch any water. Unscrew the inspection opening (Older style waste traps have a inspection opening at the bottom of the trap). Flush the trap with water to unclog dirt and slug. Replace the inspection opening and the job is complete.

New Drain

New waste traps:

While working, place a bucket or old towel underneath the waste trap to catch any water. Unscrew the two nuts on the drain trap (new waste traps have two large nuts at either end of the U shape). Remove the drain trap and take outside to flush and unclog dirt & slug. Replace the U-trap, tighten nuts and check that the trap is not leaking.

Slow Running Drain

Slow running or blocked drain pipes:

To get access waste pipes have inspection opening at bend where pipe can be roded with pipe cleaner or a pressure nozzle can flush slug and dirt blocking drain pipe flushing down waste pipe.

Hose Drain Cleaner Inside of Drain

Clear vertical run-out drain pipe first.

Un-do & Remove inspection opening. Clean the down side of the drain pipe as this will flush all the slug and dirt down drain pipe and allow run-out. Push the hose down pipe up and back to all sides of pipe. In and out the four sides of pipe to remove all dirt in pipe.

Drain Cleaner 3

Clear waste drain pipe

Clean the up side of pipe slowly push hose in so water pressure can chop and flush dirt in pipe. Push the hose down pipe up and back to all sides of pipe. If there is a bend in drain pipe, turn hose and push to get around bend. Replace inspection opening.

Clear waste drain pipe

To professionally clean and unblock pipes, like new. Simply slide the hose up and back then rotate the hose to clean the side walls of the pipe, as you push in and pull back; removing all the sludge and grease clogging inside the pipe.