# Şişli Kitchen Sink Unclogging

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If you noticed the water draining slowly from the sink while washing up this morning, kitchen sink unclogging in Şişli is something to deal with without delay. This symptom usually means grease has hardened on the pipe wall and narrowed the bore.

We come to your kitchen first, inspect the sink trap and the drain connection for your appliance, and explain the cause to you. If the grease reaches beyond the trap, we open a path through the pipe with a motorised drain snake, scrape the layer off the pipe wall with robotic heads and flush the line with high-pressure water jetting. When the work is done, we check the inside with a CCTV drain camera and test the line by filling and emptying the sink.

## Shared stacks in older Şişli apartment buildings and lines in office buildings

In the older buildings of Şişli around Nişantaşı, Kurtuluş and Feriköy, the kitchen drain can be connected to an old, rusted shared stack. When the sink drains slowly in an elderly couple's flat, cleaning the trap once often seems to settle the matter, yet grease may already have built up in layers in the horizontal section of the stack.

In Mecidiyeköy and Bomonti, heavy use makes grease build up faster in the shared line. Grease from a café or an office-floor kitchen can reach the homes connected to the same line. In a detached house with a garden, the blockage usually starts in the short connection running from the sink to the main line.

## Frequently asked questions

### Can I use a chemical drain opener when my kitchen drain is blocked?

No, we do not recommend using a chemical drain opener. The product cannot fully dissolve hardened grease, it can react inside the pipe and damage it, and it makes it harder for our team to see the condition of the pipe. You can remove the trap and empty the greasy sludge from it yourself, then test the line with warm water from the tap.

### If the shared stack in my Şişli building is blocked, should I talk to building management?

Yes. If greasy water is also rising in your neighbour's sink, the problem is in the shared stack and should be handled together with building management. Opening the trap of a single flat will not solve this blockage. In older buildings, we inform the neighbours beforehand and ask them to leave the stack unused for a short while.

### How often should the kitchen drain be cleared in restaurants and cafés in Şişli?

The frequency depends on how busy the business is and how well the grease trap is maintained, so planning regular cleaning is a better approach than calling us each time it blocks. After every cleaning we check the line with a camera, and we decide the next visit together, based on how your business operates. If needed, we also review the connection of the grease trap.

## Call if the water is backing up in your sink

You can reach Cantley on 0212 923 66 85 or send a message on WhatsApp. You can also call at night and at weekends, just describe the problem.

Phone: 0212 923 66 85 (tel:+902129236685)  
WhatsApp: https://wa.me/905315687185