Why do urinals suffer from build up in traps and pipes leading to blockages?
Our clients tell us that the unpredictability and frequency of blockages causes offence to both customers and staff alike. Uric salt and limescale build up every litre of urine contains some 5 grams of uric salt ,which builds up into sludge . This mixes with the limescale, from the water flushing though, resulting in both bad smells and blockages. Because uric salt is insoluble in water, usually continual flushing is required to physically move this slurry along waste pipes to the drain. Urinal blocks – these are supposed to mask the smell of urine and bacteria. Traditional urinal blocks reduce in size while exposed to air then stop shrinking when submersed in water. Pieces of the blocks fall into the waste trap, collecting in the uric sludge until they eventually cause a blockage.
