Keeping Your Drains Happy

Submitted by Tony Silva on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 5:37pm

There are many things you can do to keep your kitchen drains fresh and flowing freely. Among them:
 

  • Run citrus peels through the disposal -- after squeezing into the non-disposal sink

  • Put a quarter cup of baking soda in the sink once or twice a month

  • When running the disposalo, use cold water and let the water run for half a minute after turning off the disposal

  • Avoid running fibrous material in the disposal, such as corn husks

  • Avoid running bones and fruit pits in the disposal

Any of these will seem like common sense to most of us, but it's surprising how often things get clogged up because we forget the basics.

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