Avcılar Drain Unclogging

Next we run a water test to tell whether the blockage is in the shared stack or in a single trap. If needed, we use a thin-cable camera to show you on screen exactly where along the line the blockage sits. After clearing it with a motorised drain snake or high-pressure water jetting, we run water through every drain and check the flow together with you. At Cantley, our priority is never to push a tool into the line without seeing what is blocking it.

In Avcılar, apartment blocks from the 1980s, buildings put up after the earthquake and blocks that have gone up through urban renewal stand side by side. Because most multi-storey buildings are connected to a shared stack, from Ambarlı to Firuzköy a blockage in one flat can also affect the neighbouring flats.

That is why, when we arrive, we also ask about the state of the stack and, if necessary, check the drain of the neighbour on the floor below. In student flats around the İstanbul Üniversitesi Avcılar Campus, grease poured down the kitchen sink, hair in the bathroom and wet wipes flushed down the toilet are the most common causes of blockages. When landlord and tenant disagree about who is responsible, the camera footage gives both sides a clear answer. In the flat areas near Küçükçekmece Lake and the Marmara coast, water can come back into basements when the street line fills up in the rain. In that case, installing a backflow valve often gives lasting relief.