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Keeping sediment off internal household drain pipes?

irv posted a topic in Current Events

My wife was just doing laundry when I heard water splashing on the floor. I ran into the laundry room and sure enough water was pissing out of the drain hose and the wash basin wasn't draining. Long story short, the main drain pipe was clogged with sediment. She noticed in the wash basin before doing the laundry what she thought was wet cat food or vomit but didn't mention anything to me! She ran the dishwasher last night and, imo, some of this sediment fell off and clogged the main pipe. I removed the clean out and dumped 2 Drano's in there and waited. After 15 minutes, I filled the basin with hot water but it didn't drain. I then stuck the short garden hose in and down and blasted it with hot water and eventually it took but not before it backed up into the basin. The shit that came into the basin and was visible inside the main pipe was disgusting. Just chunks of sediment, which, thankfully, didn't stink. Is there anything to help control this buildup on the insides of pipes or should a person just run a bunch of hot water down the drains every so often? Edit: meant to add, we are on city water and it is not hard water.

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