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Household Plumbing Tips



Bathroom Helpful Hints

These helpful hints should help keep the plumbing in your bathroom running efficiently.

  • Repair leaky faucets to avoid further damage to the fixtures and faucets.
  • Tubs and showers should be fitted with strainers that catch hair and soap chips. Clean the strainers regularly.
  • To remove unsightly mineral deposits on your shower head, put one cup of vinegar in a plastic bag and place it over the shower head. Hold it in place with a twist tie and let stand overnight. In the morning, remove the bag and wipe off the mineral deposits with a damp cloth.
  • Do not use your toilet as a wastebasket. NEVER flush facial tissue, sanitary products or diapers as they do not dissolve and can clog the lines. Keep a trash container in each bathroom.


Kitchen Helpful Hints

These helpful hints should help keep the plumbing in your kitchen running efficiently.

  • NEVER put hard-to-grind, stringy or fibrous waste (poultry skins, carrots, celery or banana peels) into the garbage disposer.
  • Run cold water down the drain for 15 seconds before and after using the garbage disposer to flush waste through the line.
  • NEVER pour liquid grease down the drain. Wipe congealed grease from pots and pans with a paper towel and dispose of in the trash.



Signals That Your Sewer Main
May Be Clogged

  • Multiple backups in plumbing over a period of time.
  • Slow draining of sinks, shower drains, and toilets.
  • Bubbling or gurgling coming from drains and toilets when no water is running.
  • When your toilet backs up into another drain such as the tub drain.
  • If you have tree roots near your sewer line, they can crush or break lines and interfere with the flow of solids and water.
  • If you flush down your toilet anything besides toilet paper and human waste you are risking plugged sewer lines.





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