{"id":1158,"date":"2021-05-10T11:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.relianceplumbing.com\/blog\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2021-05-10T13:47:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T17:47:46","slug":"dont-ever-items-down-kitchen-sink-drain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.relianceplumbing.com\/blog\/plumbing-service\/dont-ever-items-down-kitchen-sink-drain\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Ever Put These Items Down Your Kitchen Sink Drain!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relianceplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Don\u2019t-Ever-Put-These-Items-Down-Your-Kitchen-Sink-Drain-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"drain-with-water-going-down\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relianceplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Don\u2019t-Ever-Put-These-Items-Down-Your-Kitchen-Sink-Drain-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.relianceplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Don\u2019t-Ever-Put-These-Items-Down-Your-Kitchen-Sink-Drain-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.relianceplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Don\u2019t-Ever-Put-These-Items-Down-Your-Kitchen-Sink-Drain.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Before you toss that banana peel down your kitchen sink drain and turn on your garbage disposal system, read on! Although garbage disposals are very convenient and simply to use, they\u2019re not designed to chew up <em>all <\/em>uneaten scraps. In fact, there are many items that homeowners wouldn\u2019t even think are damaging for their garbage disposal system or their kitchen sink drain, however, they can do a lot of damage.<\/p>\n<p>So, we\u2019re here this week to provide homeowners with a quick guide on what should and should not go down the kitchen sink drain. Hopefully, you and your family can avoid some plumbing catastrophes with these tips.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>What NOT to Put Down Your Kitchen Sink Drain<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>FOG: <\/strong>FOG stands for fats, oils, and grease. They should never be put down your kitchen sink drain! These cooking byproducts aren\u2019t going to break your garbage disposal system or anything, but they can do a lot of damage otherwise. What happens is that they congeal as they cool off, easily clogging up the drain and enabling other food particles to get caught up in it. It\u2019s better to let these liquids cool in a separate container and then dispose of them in your trash can.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anything Unchewable:<\/strong> It\u2019s a good rule of thumb that if you cannot chew it, neither can your garbage disposal\u2014and so it shouldn\u2019t be thrown down the kitchen sink drain. This can include things like popcorn kernels, meat bones, and other solid or fibrous food products like celery stalks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Food That Expands:<\/strong> We\u2019re talking rice, pasta, and coffee grounds. These are all things that expand with water. They seem harmless enough, but they can get trapped in the drainpipe and clog it up, plus make it easier for other particles to get stuck on the way down.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Actual Garbage:<\/strong> We get it, your garbage disposal seems like something you\u2019d be able to throw small pieces of <em>garbage <\/em>down, right? Things like candy wrappers, napkins, etc. should be fine. Unfortunately no. Your garbage disposal won\u2019t break this up enough and it can get stuck in the drainpipe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What\u2019s Left?<\/h2>\n<p>Maybe you\u2019ve read this blog post and are now wondering what you <em>can <\/em>put down the sink drain. We get it! Here\u2019s what\u2019s approved:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Non-fibrous vegetable and fruit scraps<\/li>\n<li>Citrus peels (in fact grinding this up with your garbage disposal can help with odors!)<\/li>\n<li>Soft foods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please don\u2019t hesitate to reach out to our professional plumbers for more information about your kitchen sink, garbage disposal system, or any section of your plumbing. Knowing the difference between what can and what shouldn\u2019t go down makes a huge difference in the overall performance of your kitchen sink.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, the best way to avoid a problem with <em>any <\/em>part of your plumbing system is to invest in routine plumbing maintenance and drain cleaning. This allows our plumbers to use tools such as video pipe inspection to spot problems before they grow into big emergencies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>For professional <a href=\"\/plumber\/garbage-disposal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glenview, IL garbage disposal<\/a> and kitchen plumbing services, <a href=\"\/contact\/send-message\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact Reliance Plumbing Sewer &amp; Drainage, Inc.<\/a> Our knowledgeable plumbers serve the North Shore and Northwest Chicago suburbs. Rely on Reliance!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These items can harm not only the kitchen sink drain, but also your garbage disposal system. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[81],"tags":[192,99],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.relianceplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.relianceplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.relianceplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.relianceplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.relianceplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1158"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.relianceplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1162,"href":"https:\/\/www.relianceplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions\/1162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.relianceplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.relianceplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.relianceplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}