Grease is the Word!

Ask any sewer repair company and they will agree that grease is a major cause of clogged pipes. Think about it, grease is liquid when hot but when it cools it congeals.  It does that in the pipes too (and inside your pipes too but that is a whole other blog).  You are best to let the grease cool and dump in the trash.  And how about the potato peelings... No doubt they will clog your pipes at the most inopportune time too. so stick those in a compost bin as well.   Egg shells?  They turn to a fine gritty sand and sits on the bottom of the pipe accumulating until it prevents anything from passing over or through it. Food scraps??? Use the compost bin. I know...you have a disposal but that was the worst invention for the pipes. And then there is the flush. What not to flush?  Cigarette butts (but they are so little), hair, cat litter (yes, some people do?!?) and here is the one that will surprise you most: FLUSHABLE wipes. But I hear you yelling...Hey, they even say flushable on them. And yet, they are probably the number one clogger for number two jobs. 

 

Well, there you have it.  Think before you send it down into pipe kingdom and stress your pipes.  Leave the clogs for the dancers.