Tips to Have a Functioning Garbage Disposal
For those people who have a garbage disposal in their kitchen, there’s little doubt it is one appliance that gets plenty of use. While it can make many kitchen chores far less demanding, it can also lead to many unnecessary plumbing problems if it is not used properly.
To ensure this does not happen, there are many common sense tips that can be followed to guarantee the garbage disposal will work just fine during the fall season.
Use the Disposal Regularly
While this may sound like a no-brainer, it’s actually a very important tip. Garbage disposals that are used on a regular basis, perform much better than those used only occasionally.
By doing so, rust and corrosion do not have time to form on the blades or other parts of the grinding mechanism, making sure they stay sharp and able to grind up various types of food scraps. In addition, frequent use keeps food particles or other debris from accumulating in the blades or motor.
Grind Waste with Cold Water
While this may sound like something that may not work well, it actually does the job much better than expected. By using cold water, any grease or oil that has been put into the disposal will solidify rather than melt.
This will then keep the grease or oil from going down the drain, and instead let it get chopped up by the disposal’s blades before reaching the trap.
Considered a good way to avoid the possibility of clogged drains, it’s a technique that is used by very few people but is highly recommended by plumbers as a way to avoid future repairs needing to be made.
Throw Away the Fiber
If there is one thing that is almost guaranteed to make a garbage disposal break down, it’s putting high-fiber foods inside it. Foods that contain extremely high fibrous material, such as banana peels, corn husks, celery stalks, onion skins, and artichokes are all likely to create many problems for the disposal.
The fibrous material can become tangled up in the disposal’s motor and blades, jamming them and bringing things to a halt. Along with this, drains and pipes can become clogged with the material, which will lead to needing the services of a plumber to correct the problem.
For foods that fall into this category, plumbers recommend throwing them away in a trash can to avoid any potential disposal problems.
Time to get your home garbage disposal ready for the holiday season. Call Nixco Plumbing at (513) 398-5907 today.