You don't want clogged pipes now do you?
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
United States
February 26, 2017 6:40am CST
When the weatherman said the temps would be below freezing last night I said it was time to leave a faucet dripping in order to prevent water line freeze. Such a thing could be costly and avoiding it is a simple matter.
While having plumbing on my mind I just ran across an article from from Southern Living Magazine that deals with clogged pipes and some foods that we need to be mindful of.
In order not to reinvent the wheel, I am attaching the link for the article. But just as a quick peek let's say that coffee grinds, butter and flour are bad news for pipes. You might want to check this article out as it is full of good information.
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Save yourself from calling the plumber
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
26 Feb 17
I think they are getting at the fact even a little of any of those items can do damage.
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
26 Feb 17
@AbbyGreenhill OhWell.Some people do have to use a trickle to keep not frozen.When we first moved here.We had to have a
hose out back to let the water run.This is from the town.Later in years.They fixed this and no problem.But at first it was a pain
@sallypup (69183)
• Centralia, Washington
26 Feb 17
I let the taps drip and then it got so cold at night that they froze anyway- plumber said the taps should have streams of water coming out not drips. About drains: think also about septic tanks. My hubby says I should not use bleach type cleaners cause they could harm that tank- cleaning and repairing tanks is a huge, huge bill.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
26 Feb 17
The plumber we had a few weeks ago for out outside leak - said drip - we only go low a night or two at a time here.
I don't use bleach at all but. I've never heard of a septic tank going bad due to bleach usage. They go 'bad' if you don't use RidEX.
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@sallypup (69183)
• Centralia, Washington
26 Feb 17
@AbbyGreenhill We had unexpected sudden night horrors this year- the plumber said it got down to 18 below for about a week. He fixed the freeze on the pipes then turned our taps on to pouring out water and said to leave it or he'd have to come back and our bill would reflect that.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
26 Feb 17
Well, what is it? We're waiting .....
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Feb 17
@AbbyGreenhill It is about 35 years since I managed a pub, so I cannot remember the name of it. In fact, it may not even be available to the general public.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
26 Feb 17
@Asylum OK, I'll let you slide on this....
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@LeaPea2417 (40032)
• Toccoa, Georgia
26 Feb 17
That is a very interesting article. I already knew that about cooking oil. Concerning egg shells, the thought never crossed my mind to put them down the drain. I am surprised anyone would do it. *I am going to post it on Facebook.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
27 Feb 17
I think they meant putting egg shells in your disposal. I don't have a disposal and don't miss it - when we had them I usually jammed them!
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@LadyDuck (502573)
• Italy
26 Feb 17
@AbbyGreenhill I think that some grains of rice can do no damage. Time by time I pour a cup of baking soda in the drain and then I pour warm vinegar over it.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
26 Feb 17
@LadyDuck What does the baking soda and vinegar do?
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
26 Feb 17
I don't purposely put those things down the sink, but I know for a fact a noodle and some grains of rice escape to the great unknown. Never got into composting and with our garden it's not something we need.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
27 Feb 17
I have lived in some homes where we seemed to constantly have stopped up sinks . Fortunately it hasn't been an issue in this home. Then again we are the first owners
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
27 Feb 17
This home is only 5 years old so we have nice clean pipes too!
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
26 Feb 17
One of my clients put some crazy things down her drains. I was constantly trying to unclog the drains. One thing that was the main problem was coffee grounds. Horrible to get them out of a clogged drain.
@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
27 Feb 17
@AbbyGreenhill yeah, I guess that is what the lady though too.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
27 Feb 17
You would 'assume' since coffee grinds are tiny they would flow right thru.
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@luisadannointed (11848)
• Philippines
26 Feb 17
Wow! That's too costly too water bills! And I think we all need water in draught, but anyway I don't really know what to do best. I just hope technology of today can find answer and breakthroughs to this problems. God bless.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
27 Feb 17
yeah, I have been guilty of a few of those before.
@JudyEv (382240)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Feb 17
Sounds a worthwhile read. I am very careful about what I put down the drain.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
26 Feb 17
I am too, but things do escape sometimes.
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@nottoooldtowrite (2715)
• Philippines
26 Feb 17
It is not freezing here but we do not like clogged pipes too so we better be careful.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
26 Feb 17
I guess your pipes surely won't freeze there, you are lucky!
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
26 Feb 17
oh so this is one way of clogging out the pipe. We don't experience clogging because we don't have winter here but we experience scarcity of water during summer.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
26 Feb 17
The article is about what foods not to put down your kitchen sink.
@Montecristodog (787)
• United States
26 Feb 17
Thanks for sharing. If we take care of our sinks, it will take care of us--Bottom line.
