Eyüpsultan Balcony Drain Unclogging

The mouth of a balcony drain faces the open air, so soil spilling from plant pots, leaves and sand carried in by washing water settle in the bend under the strainer. This mixture gets heavy when wet and hardens when dry. Because the drain pipe is narrow and joins the downpipe through a horizontal section with very little fall, once a plug has formed it will not clear by itself.

In the older buildings around the Eyüp Sultan Mosque and on the slopes running down to Haliç, some structures have been renovated while others have not been worked on for a long time. In historic lines, built-up sediment makes it hard to clear the drain without breaking the floor, so the first step is to locate the narrowing with a camera. Because the slope is steep, water runs off quickly, but solid waste can be left behind in the strainer.

In multi-storey buildings around Alibeyköy, water seeping from a balcony shows up first on the ceilings of the floors below. In a new residence, silicone or cement that slipped under the drain during construction can cause a blockage. In an elderly couple's flat, an uncleaned strainer and a damp patch appearing in the living room are often the first signs. In the villas in Göktürk and Kemerburgaz, tree leaves fill the strainer often.