Garbage Disposers

It's the Holidays again, that time of year for friends and loved ones.  It's also that time of the year for stopped up drains!!!!

Every year we discuss how to properly use a garbage disposer with our clients who have had one installed for the first time.  And, every year there are at least a couple of angry or panicked messages on our voice mail.

Please folks.....SAVE YOURSELVES A MAJOR HEADACHE!  Garbage disposers and your plumbing system were never designed to take heavy amounts of ground waist.  Many of us have learned the hard way; lucky ones have listened to the nightmare situations of those who've experienced the stopped up drain and avoided the problem.

NEVER peel your potatoes or carrots into the disposer....these will simply slide down the sides and stop up your drain.

ALWAYS, scrape your plates and servers into the trash.  You can then rinse off the remainder into the disposer.

If you do get a clog, don't panic....it's an easy fix.  Put a pan under the "P" trap, loosen the compression fittings, remove the trap and pull the peelings out.  Re-attach in reverse order, tighten down and flush with a full sink of water.  Don't try to use liquid drain cleaners, you'll only make the mess worse.

Hopefully one of these Holidays we won't get the call....probably not.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE FROM ALL OF US AT DALCO!!!!