Don’t Get Stuck With Presidentially Clogged Pipes!

Now that Presidents Day is over, it’s back to work, and your Tuesday feels like a Monday- Yuck! While 3-day holiday weekends can be a nice relaxing break, sometimes long weekend plans can be exhausting. Like having a get together with your friends and family, for example.

We all enjoy spending time with our loved ones until it’s time to clean up the kitchen, right? That’s why Cellino Plumbing has gathered some helpful tips for keeping your plumbing in working order through this long weekend and all the other long weekends to come.

The Importance of Clog Prevention

Trust us, the last thing you want to be dealing with after a fun-filled holiday weekend is a clogged drain.

That’s why it’s important to keep your kitchen sink drain clean. One way to do this is to keep an eye on what goes into your sink.

Between the cooking that goes on before your get together takes place, and the washing that happens after everyone’s gone, you could end up clogging your sink drain with food scraps and other debris.

If you do not have a garbage disposal in your kitchen sink, you shouldn’t dispose of anything other but soap and water there, but we’ll get to that in a moment. Disposal or not, never dump fats like grease and cooking oil in your sink. You may think running hot water with the grease makes it okay, but you’d be wrong. Once the water stops running, the grease will begin to harden in your pipes, eventually clogging it up.

Practice Proper Food Disposal

As we said before, without a garbage disposal, there is very little that you can safely dispose of in your sink.

Installing a garbage disposal is fairly inexpensive and can help you get rid of food quickly, without any mess or fear of your drain clogging.

With that peace of mind, you can fully enjoy your Presidents Day plans all weekend long! As easy as garbage disposals make it to dispose of food down your drain, there are still some restrictions about just what you can and cannot dump in your sink.

Rice and coffee grounds are good examples of food waste that can cause damage to garbage disposal, causing it to break and your drains to become clogged eventually.

How Professional Drain Cleaning Can Help

And the best piece of advice we can give you, in regard to avoiding clogged pipes this Presidents Day, is to schedule regular appointments for professional drain cleanings.

Getting your drains cleaned every six to twelve months can reduce odors and reduce your risk of plumbing emergencies, as well as eliminate stubborn clogs and slow emptying drains.

From our entire staff here at Cellino Plumbing, Heating & Cooling, we hope you had a fun and relaxing Presidents Day weekend with your loved ones and no clogged drain issues. If you did find yourself facing an unfortunate plumbing situation this Presidents Day weekend, make sure to schedule a drain cleaning or two to prevent it from happening again next year! Help your neighbors and friends too by sharing the information in this blog with them!