The kitchen is the most used area in our homes – especially during the holidays.

We all want our holidays to run as smoothly as possible,
and your neighborhood ACO Hardware is here to help.

Here are a few tips to remember when using your garbage disposer:

1. Run cold water when ever you are using your disposal
2. Make sure you feed small portions down at a time – try not to overload.
3. Watch out for utensils and other non food items.
4. After running your disposal; flush with cold water for 30 seconds.
5. On occasion, toss a lemon down your garbage disposal to naturally keep it smelling fresh.

Garbage Disposer Problems:
Garbage disposers have traps similar to sinks. If the disposer is clogged, it probably will be in the trap.

You can avoid disposer clogging problems by using plenty of water during the disposer’s food grinding cycle.
Don’t skimp on water. The water flushes away the ground-up debris in the disposer.

If the deposer is connected to the sink drain, you will have to remove the connection and pipe and clean
out the pipe or the sink trap/pipe.

Because a slurry of garbage tends to stick to the inside of the disposer drain line and hold moisture, the drain from the disposer to the main drain tends to rust or corrode much more quickly than, for example, the drain from a sink. It’s a good idea to remove the drain line of a disposal unit every two or three years and clean it out. It is a messy job, but it will ensure a longer life for the drain line and save you clogging problems. You will have to replace the gaskets in the slip joint when you disassemble the drain, and some of the slip couplings may have deteriorated and also require replacement.