| Garbage disposals are great kitchen appliances that | | | | they can be sliced off before reaching the trap. |
| simplify household duties. Yet we must return the | | | | - Maintain a fresh scented drain and kitchen by |
| favor by cleaning the garbage disposals regularly. | | | | grinding ice cubes with citrus fruit's rinds. The ice will |
| Trapped in the garbage disposal, food fibers that are | | | | also clean the blades. |
| not cleared out will cause emergency plumbing | | | | DON'Ts |
| catastrophes from blocked drains, clogged blades and | | | | - Don't feed the garbage disposal with non |
| burnt out motors. | | | | biodegradable food or non-food particles (plastic, |
| The easy way to prevent garbage disposal plumbing | | | | metal, paper) that can smash the blades. |
| emergencies is to prevent them from the start. | | | | - Don't pour grease, oils and fats down the garbage |
| Preventive maintenance is easy and simple to | | | | disposal. Grease build up will hinder the grinding action |
| conduct, and are attested by emergency plumbers | | | | of the disposal and form stubborn clogs in the drain. |
| as our first line of defense against costly plumbing | | | | - Don't pour hot water while the disposal is grinding. |
| fiascoes. | | | | This will liquidate grease that will only accumulate and |
| Follow the Do's and Don'ts for long lasting garbage | | | | block the drain. |
| disposals free of inconvenient plumbing emergencies: | | | | - Don't grind fibrous material including corn husks, |
| DO's | | | | celery stalks, onion skins, and artichokes. Fibrous |
| - Keep your garbage disposal clean. Pour 1.5 cups of | | | | material can wrap on blades, jam and burn out motor. |
| baking soda down the kitchen drain, and follow with a | | | | - Don't turn off motor or water is grinding is finished. |
| cup of white vinegar. Allow the mixture to sit for | | | | Leave water running 15 seconds after turning off the |
| several minutes and then carefully pour a medium | | | | motor to flush away trapped food particles. |
| size pot of water down the drain. Alternatively mix in | | | | - The grinding of too much potato peels will release |
| a clean container a gallon of water with one | | | | starch that will turn into a thick paste and stick |
| tablespoon of liquid chlorine bleach. Pour the solution | | | | together the blades. |
| down the drain. Flush the drain with cold water. | | | | - Don't use commercial drain cleaners because they |
| - Run regularly the garbage disposal to avoid rusting | | | | can hurt blades and pipes. |
| and corrosion. In addition to rust and corrosion | | | | Easy, simple and common sense preventive |
| prevention, frequent use prevents accumulation of | | | | maintenance will prevent complicated drain |
| clogs. | | | | emergency plumbing complications, and keep your |
| - Ground food waste with a strong flow of cold | | | | disposal working for a long time. |
| water that will solidify and grease and oils, so that | | | | |