Essential oils can boost your mood, ease your stress and help you to sleep, but can they also make your drains smell better?
The history of aromatherapy
People have been using essential oils for thousands of years for religious and medical purposes. Over the years, the use of essential oils expanded to include perfumery – choosing oils that simply smell nice and make you feel good.
Using essential oils at home
Many natural cleaning formulas include lemon, tea tree oil, eucalyptus and peppermint as these oils impart degreasing, antimicrobial, deodorising and pest deterrent properties, helping to not only keep your home clean but smelling nice without the use of harmful chemicals.
In the bathroom, however, different oils are needed to combat bacterial smells, caused by the buildup of organic materials in the drains. It is possible to reduce unpleasant odours and clear minor blockages using bicarbonate of soda and vinegar with a little sweet orange or lavender oil.
Essential oils will not clear major blockages
While essential oils can help blocked drains to smell better, they can’t completely clear every blockage. For major blockages, you may decide to book a CCTV drain survey Wolverhampton with a company such as https://www.wilkinson-env.co.uk/drainage-services-cctv-surveys-midlands/cctv-drain-surveys/wolverhampton/ to identify and resolve the blockage before it becomes a major problem, threatening the structural stability and hygiene of your home.
Once the blockage has been cleared, there is no reason why you cannot use a regular infusion of essential oils, either neat or mixed with water, to keep your bathroom smelling fresh and welcoming.
