08/28/2026
Kitchen sink backing up again? Here's what's really going on down there.
Kitchen drains clog more than any other drain in the house, and the culprit is almost always the same: FOG — fats, oils, and grease. It goes down the drain as a warm liquid, which feels harmless, then cools and hardens on the pipe walls a few feet in. Layer by layer, that buildup narrows the pipe until water can barely get past it.
The kitchen habits that help most are simple. Don't pour cooking grease, bacon fat, or oil down the drain — let it cool, then scrape it into the trash. Wipe greasy pans with a paper towel before washing. And skip the "hot water and dish soap will flush it through" trick: it softens the grease just long enough to move it farther down the line, where it hardens again somewhere harder to reach.
When a kitchen line is already built up, we clear it with a cable machine right at the sink — like the one pictured — and for lines with years of accumulation, hydrojetting scours the pipe wall to wall instead of just punching a channel through. If a drain keeps backing up after clearing, that's a sign something structural is going on, and a camera inspection will show us exactly what.
Flat-rate pricing before any work begins. Book online — serving Alpharetta, Milton, Roswell, Johns Creek, and Cu***ng.
