Beware the FOG
Families these days are eating healthier diets with less fried foods and fatty meats.
Yet many people don’t realize we must remain diligent in preventing fats, oils and grease discharges down our drains.
Cooking fats, oil and grease (FOG) are leading causes of clogged drains, back-ups, and sewage spills.
Keeping FOG out of your drains will keep the plumber away, save you money, prevent embarrassing backups, and inconvenient messy cleanups.
So where’s the grease? How can we trim the fat from our sewers and keep our pipes running smoothly?
Below is a list of many typical pipe-clogging foods to avoid washing down Oklahoma City drains:
• Oil and butter
• Mayonnaise and sour cream
• Cheese
• Sauces and dips
• Salad dressing
• Cake frosting
• Pie dough
• Gravy
• Turkey and chicken pan drippings
• Fat remaining on plates from BBQ steak
Eating a healthy diet, low in fat is great for our bodies.
By also placing our drains on fat-free diets, we help protect the environment and do our part to keep city costs down. Now that’s got to make you feel good all over!
Tips for fat-free drains:
Scrape food and grease from plates into the trash – garbage disposals don’t remove grease.
Place a strainer in your sink drains.
Pour off cooking grease from pans and bake ware into a resealable can. Let it cool before placing it in the trash.
Collect turkey frying oil and take it to a Oklahoma City household collection facility for free. The tallow company picks it up and recycles it.
Of course, we are all human - and being such may forget or overlook some of the offenders and wind up with a clogged drain. If that’s the case, rest assured that your Oklahoma City plumber can have your drains cleared in no time.
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How Often Should You Have Your Oklahoma City Drains Professionally Cleaned?
If you want to keep your drains clean and working, regular drain cleaning is a must. For sewer lines and basement drains and other bigger drains, your Oklahoma City professional plumber recommends regular inspections approximately once every two to three years depending on the proximity of typical clogging culprits like roots and the age of the system. It will greatly help you to ensure the longevity of your drains and drain pipes.
Drains can become clogged for many reasons most often due to an accumulation of things like grease, hair, scale and dirt.
The most common remedy used by Oklahoma City homeowners for attempting to unclog drains is the chemical drain cleaners. Most homeowners see it as the most convenient way to relieve clogged pipes. This method just requires that you pour a solution down the drain and leave it alone for a while. Please be advised this method poses many health risks for anyone who uses it. Chemical drain openers are very corrosive by nature and present the risk of damage to any part of the skin or the body that will come in contact with it. The fumes from these chemicals are very potent and can cause severe damage to the respiratory tract. This damage to the respiratory tract can be permanent and can happen easily without you realizing it.
An emergency drain cleaning situation is a nightmare for most Oklahoma City homeowners. Your main sewer line can also become clogged from debris the other household drains wash into it and also by tree roots that penetrate pipe joints from the surrounding soil. Of course, if there is a recurring issue with one of the smaller drains in the house, like a toilet or a garbage disposal, this could be a sign of a more troublesome blockage in the sewer line that needs immediate professional attention.
Like many other things today, drain cleaning technology has also become state-of-the-art and highly efficient. High pressure water jetting equipment sometimes is needed for your home, but more often for commercial businesses and municipalities and isn’t owned by many drain cleaning businesses. Because the equipment is so expensive and potentially dangerous to use, it’s important to find a professional OklahomaCity plumber that has a good reputation, professional workers, and fair prices.
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