Drain is purposed to carry off liquid surplus by causing it to flow, without solid particles and therefore should be a very fast process. Grease clogs poses great damage to the kitchen sink if cooking grease disposal is made through the sink. One of the dangers include expenses in carrying out repairs.
Why plumbers say it’s a bad idea to pour grease down the drain
Grease clogs are damaging.
During our young age, a lot was told about dairy products, food scraps, cooking oil that if they are flown through drains, it will obviously cause sink blockages. This happens when the substance get mixed with hot water that will cause hardening inside the drainage pipes once it cools down, hence becoming expensive to repair. Other types of greases such as thick grease causes back up in other parts of the affected area, for instance toilets making the whole compound nasty and messy.
Solutions to clogged sewers
Call a plumber to handle grease clogs.
By all means one has to get to a plumber to fix the problem if he/she cannot handle even the minor grease clogs. Major clogs definitely need a professional to undo the mess since some wastes drained through the sinks could be containing chemicals that can destroy the whole pipes. What plumbers do is that, they use auger to trace the situated buildup of the substance in order to unclog it.
Routine maintenance.
Prevention is better that cure. If the user ensures that proper disposal of waste materials is done, a plumber could not be having more calls here and there to fix clog issues. One of the routine maintenance practices is by pouring bleach through the drains, which is sodium hypochlorite, to sanitize working surfaces hence ensuring that such clogs do not buildup that can cause blockage by keeping the pipes clean. Furthermore, common sense also could work in that when washing dishes, food remains should be properly disposed in a trash and not through the drain, this can be achieved by use of paper towel to remove grease and food debris and pouring it in a container that will be easy to empty into a trash.
Lastly, filling sinks with hot water and letting it to flow after every use of the kitchen is a very important practice that will discourage clog buildup. Such practices therefore ensures that only pure water flows through the drains and hence serving an intended purpose.
Prevention is better that cure. If the user ensures that proper disposal of waste materials is done, a plumber could not be having more calls here and there to fix clog issues. One of the routine maintenance practices is by pouring bleach through the drains, which is sodium hypochlorite, to sanitize working surfaces hence ensuring that such clogs do not buildup that can cause blockage by keeping the pipes clean. Furthermore, common sense also could work in that when washing dishes, food remains should be properly disposed in a trash and not through the drain, this can be achieved by use of paper towel to remove grease and food debris and pouring it in a container that will be easy to empty into a trash.
Lastly, filling sinks with hot water and letting it to flow after every use of the kitchen is a very important practice that will discourage clog buildup. Such practices therefore ensures that only pure water flows through the drains and hence serving an intended purpose.
