Plumbing Tips For The Kitchen

Stopped up sinks, clogged drains, foul odors and garbage disposal failure are some common plumbing problems in the kitchen that require licensed plumbers.

The following plumbing tips should help maintain a trouble-free kitchen:

• Never put stringy or fibrous waste into garbage disposals to avoid stubborn obstructions or motor failure. Avoid putting noodles, potato peels, banana peels, etc down the disposer that can cause a disposer to jam.

• Switch on cold water flow before and after operating your garbage disposer. This will help flush waste through the drain pipe.

• Don’t rinse liquid grease down the drain. Collect congealed grease into a tin and dispose of in the wastbasket.

• Kitchen faucets may spray low water pressure or leak water from their handles because of lyme and sediment buildup inside aerator. Carefully unscrew the aerator from the faucet. Use an old toothbrush dipped in vinegar to remove sediment. reassemble the faucet.

• Periodically run your dishwasher empty with a quart of vinegar to maintain a free-flowing drain. Clean the sprayer assembly from food particles to avoid backups that can hinder performance or even shutdown the dishwasher.

• Keep the refrigerator coils, vents and gasket (seals cold air in the refrigerator) clean at all times. Vacuum the dust off the coils and vents behind the unit. Use warm, soapy water to clean food or dirt that can damage the gasket.

• Without an automatic defroster, be sure to defrost the freezer yourself no later than when ice accumulates to one-quarter-inch thickness.

• Before purchasing water filters check the contents of your water supply for adequate filtration.

If you find that you are having any plumbing issues in the kitchen or other parts of the house, call us today at 843.236.7142 @ Four Star Plumbing & Air Conditioning.

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Matt Black – Patch Media Corporation 5/2/13