Bayrampaşa Balcony Drain Unclogging

Most of these blockages come from soil, sand and leaves hardening in the bend under the strainer. At Cantley, we first inspect the inside of the pipe with a drain camera on site and explain where the blockage starts, then we move on to clearing the drain. The bend and the horizontal pipe are cleared with a motorised drain snake without breaking the balcony floor, and if the blockage extends down to the downpipe, the line is flushed with high-pressure water jetting.

In the attached, wall-to-wall apartment buildings of Bayrampaşa, the shared downpipe and horizontal connections are long, and the gradients are often insufficient. Ground floors converted into shops and floors added later increase the load on the line, so a fault is noticed first in the lowest flat or in the basement. In older buildings the line often blocks at the building outlet or at the junction under the pavement, so looking only at the balcony drain is not enough and the line needs to be inspected all the way to the street side.

For example, someone running a small workshop on an upper floor of a building on the main avenue can end up blocking the drain with fabric dust and thread residue that collect in the balcony strainer. In a student flat or a dormitory in Bayrampaşa, the balcony is wetted and washed down often, so the bend under the strainer can fill up easily. In the managed buildings around Forum İstanbul, the problem usually comes from how the drain is used, which is why the on-site camera inspection decides which connection is opened first.