Vikan Drain Unblocking in Warsaw: Brushes for Shower Drains

Vikan: what kind of tool it is

Vikan is a Danish maker of professional cleaning tools: brushes, scrapers, squeegees, many of them colour-coded for different areas. Restaurant kitchens and food plants use them, and the range includes brushes for drains and pipes. The bristles are stiff and stand up to cleaning chemicals.

What that means at home: a brush does a good job on the gully grate, the cup underneath and the first few centimetres of the drain, where your hand won’t reach. As regular upkeep it works well. Sludge doesn’t get the chance to turn into a plug, and the smell goes.

A real blockage is another matter. If water is standing and the plug sits further down the pipe, you need a drain snake or the trap taken apart. Plumbers who take these jobs come with a snake, and a brush clean can be the last step once the plug is gone.

How often? Every couple of weeks, lift the grate, pull out the hair, brush the cup and the walls, and flush with hot water. It doesn’t take long, and the sludge never gets the chance to build up. In a flat where several people share the shower, do it more often.

The request, step by stepDrain cleaning: what the request looks like in the appFirst the service and a photo: just show the shower drain. A price range appears right away. All that’s left is the address and the day. Handymen see the job and each decides whether to take it. Offers with prices land in the app. You pick the one that suits you.Service and a photoAddress and a day that suits youOffers from handymen, you chooseStep 1 of 5BathroomDrain cleaning200–800 zł · per jobEstimate≈ 200–800 złPhotos: show what needs doingNext Step 2 of 5Where?Warsaw, MokotówWhen suits you?WeekdayWeekendAny dayDescriptionWater drains slowly in the showerSend request 3 offersDrain cleaningWarsaw, MokotówSentVMViktor M.330 złI’ll remove the old fittings on site.ChoosePWPiotr W.460 złHappy to use your materials.ChooseKBKrzysztof B.510 złI’ll check the wall is dry on site.ChoosePost a request

Rather hand the job over? More here: drain unblocking in Warsaw.

Mistakes when cleaning a drain

• Forcing the brush deeper than it’s made to go. It can get stuck in the bend.
• Cleaning the gully without lifting out the water-seal cup. Dirt stays underneath and the smell comes back.
• Putting the gully back without the seal cup, or with it crooked. Sewer smell goes straight into the bathroom.
• Pouring chemicals in and going straight in with a brush. Corrosive splashes end up in your face.
• Waiting until the water stops draining altogether instead of cleaning a little and often.

Before the plumber comes

• Lift the gully grate and photograph what’s under it.
• Clear mats and bottles out of the shower.
• If you’ve poured in a drain product, photograph the label and don’t pour anything for a few hours before the visit.
• Check whether it’s only the shower, or the basin and bath too.

When using drain chemicals, wear gloves and glasses and keep a window open.

How to book drain clearing

1. Photograph the gully or drain and describe what’s happening in the app.
2. Plumbers who take blockage jobs in Warsaw will send bids at their own price.
3. You choose by price, rating and reviews. The phone number and address are shared after you choose.
4. You pay the plumber directly, and he issues the invoice.

The plumber answers for his own work: if he put the gully back wrong, he’ll fix it. Pipes under the screed, an old stack or blockages in the building’s shared plumbing in Włochy or anywhere else are not on him.