Be Careful What Foods You Pour Down the Drain

Thanksgiving has come and that means that many residents will be hosting get-togethers with family and friends. Thanksgiving also means a lot of cooking, and the last thing you need in the middle of family and turkey and football is to have to deal with a clog in your kitchen sink. We get a high number of clogged drain calls this time of year, and we’d like to help you stop such issues before they start if we can. The best way to do that s simply to pay very close attention to what you pour down the drain. The list of foods that should be placed in the garbage instead is as follows:

• Bones. These are well-known to most homeowners as something you should never toss into the garbage disposal. They will cause the gears to seize up.
• Fruit seeds. This usually includes things like peach pits and cherry pits, which the garbage disposal can’t grind up properly.
• FOG. The term refers to fats, oils, and grease, which are liquid when hot, but will solidify if it cools in the pipe. That can make them very tricky to deal with if you accidentally pour them down the drain. instead, pour them into an empty can and wait for them to cool. then dispose of them in the trash.
• Coffee grounds. These can increase friction in the garbage disposal mechanism, and can also cause bad clogs in the pipes themselves.
• Vegetables. Fibrous vegetables like carrots and potatoes can wrap around the gears in the garbage disposal, as well as tangling up in the pipes and creating a clog.
• Pasta and Rice. Like coffee grounds these can swell when wet, which can clog up the drains very easily.

Call Wm. Henderson Inc. today for quality kitchen plumbing services!