Bahçelievler Kitchen Sink Unclogging
Bahçelievler Kitchen Sink Unclogging calls usually start the same way in older buildings in Siyavuşpaşa and Soğanlı: water standing at the bottom of the sink. The sludge in the trap is only the surface. The real build-up is often in the building's thin horizontal shared stack. Grease that comes down with washing-up water clings to the pipe wall as it cools and thickens layer by layer.
We first run a camera along the line at your address and show you where the blockage is, then we strip the grease layer out along the pipe with a motorised drain snake and a robotic machine. If water backs up in your restaurant or café during busy service, we can plan the work for a quieter time of day. For site management, seeing which stack is affected first matters, because it keeps the disruption to neighbouring flats as small as possible.
Why kitchen drains narrow in Bahçelievler's older buildings
Most of the district is made up of apartment buildings put up between the 1970s and 1990s, and many in Siyavuşpaşa, Soğanlı and Kocasinan still run on their original plumbing. In these buildings an old cast iron pipe and a later PVC section can sit side by side. The steps at the joints catch grease, and the shared stack narrows over the years.
In buildings renovated through urban transformation, a new line connected to the old street connection with a reverse fall shows up on the camera straight away. Around Şirinevler square and Yenibosna, along the D-100, restaurants, bakeries, cafés and business centres use a lot of water and grease all day. In buildings with shops below and flats above, a blockage in a shop can quickly become a problem for the whole building. That is why we first look at where the shop line meets the residential stack. It avoids unnecessary work and helps us do the job at a time that disturbs the flats least.
Frequently asked questions
What should I do first if my sink drains slowly in Bahçelievler?
The first step should be to open the trap and clear out the greasy sludge inside. Then run lukewarm water from the tap, because boiling water can damage a plastic trap and its joints. If it is still slow, do not pour in a chemical drain opener: it carries a risk of reaction and can cause splashing or damage the pipe.
If water rises in my neighbour's sink, is the problem in the shared stack?
Most likely yes. When the kitchen stack blocks, greasy water comes up in the sinks of the flats on the lower floors. Opening your own trap will not fix this, so the stack needs to be inspected by camera together with the building management. In Bahçelievler's older buildings, it makes more sense to assess the shared line as a whole than to look at a single flat.
How often should the kitchen drain be cleaned in a restaurant or café?
Rather than a fixed schedule, it is more accurate to decide based on how busy service is, the condition of the grease trap and the length of the line. For businesses around Şirinevler and Yenibosna, we share the camera findings and set the time of the next cleaning together.
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Call us if your kitchen drain is blocked
If water is standing in the sink, or you have noticed a sour smell from the kitchen stack, call 0212 923 66 85 or write to us on WhatsApp. We first look into the cause at your address and explain it to you, then we unclog the drain.