Tips To Keep Your Waste Disposal In Top Shape

Daily kitchen duties have taught us the valuable lesson of waste management. But sometimes when in a hurry we just dump whatever we were eating or drinking down the drain. This is extremely bad for the drain as starchy food and coffee ground can clog the drain. Fibrous foods like potatoes, banana peels, celery, and broccoli can also clog the drain and stop the blades of the garbage disposal. 

Precaution should be taken to ensure the long and efficient working of your appliance. If you don’t, the appliance will break down and it will require costly repairs. But if you need repairs please contact for garbage disposal repair Anaheim, CA.

For the continuous efficiency of garbage disposal, there are certain rules to keep in mind. These rules constitute a list of what you have to do and what you should not do regarding the use of the appliance. Hire a plumber in Long Beach, CA for plumbing issues.

Given below is a list of do’s and don’ts:

What You Should Do

• Run the garbage disposal appliance daily. If you don’t have food scraps to ground, run the appliance with cold water to keep the blades running. Sometimes if food from a previous run is still stuck it will get washed off with this rerun.
•  Unplug the unit or cut power at the circuit breaker before you clean the appliance. 
• Use a wrench to pull out any spare scraps from the blades.
• While cleaning if you find ice shards or pipes ( independent of the unit ) frozen up, please contact HVAC repair Cerritos, CA to take a look at your HVAC unit. 
• To take care of odors use warm water and lemon ( a natural remedy that has antibacterial properties).
• Clean the appliance every two weeks.

What You Don’t

Now we have a list of don’ts which includes a list of materials and food that you should never put down the drain.

• Don’t pour hot water into the drain. Only use lukewarm water.
• If the drain is clogged do not use bleach or commercial uncloggers. 
• Do not use fingers, use tools instead.
• Don’t send starchy foods and other materials down the drain.

Here is the full list: 

1. Fat, grease, and oil. Even if the disposal appliance can handle these types of foods, the rest of the plumbing system may not. Therefore these foods should be thrown away in the trash.
2. Rice, pasta, and oats are very sticky and the perfect culprit for clogging your plumbing and appliances.
3. Bones and seafood shells. This is a no-brainer, they are the nemesis to your garbage disposal appliance.
4. As mentioned above fibrous foods are good for you but not good for the appliance. However they’re good for a compost pit, so if you have one put these fibrous foods in there instead.
5. No Eggshells
6. No Product stickers

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