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      • WATER HEATER REPLACEMENT
      • TANKLESS WATER HEATER INSTALLATION
      • TANKLESS WATER HEATER REPAIR
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    • HYDRO-JETTING
    • VIDEO INSPECTION
    • SEWER REPAIR
    • SUMP PUMPS
    • TRENCHLESS SEWER SERVICES
    • WATER LEAK DETECTION & REPAIR
    • WATER LINE REPAIR & INSTALLATION
    • EMERGENCY PLUMBING
      • PLUMBING LEAKS
      • FLOOD PLUMBING
  • TESTIMONIALS
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    • Synchrony
  • SERVICE AREAS
    • ANTELOPE
    • ARDEN-ARCADE
    • AUBURN
    • BOWMAN
    • CARMICHAEL
    • CITRUS HEIGHTS
    • DIAMOND SPRINGS
    • EL DORADO HILLS
    • ELVERTA
    • FAIR OAKS
    • FOLSOM
    • GRANITE BAY
    • LINCOLN
    • NATOMAS
    • NORTH AUBURN
    • NORTH SACRAMENTO
    • ORANGEVALE
    • PENRYN
    • PLACERVILLE
    • RANCHO CORDOVA
    • ROCKLIN
    • ROSEVILLE
    • SACRAMENTO
    • WHEATLAND
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    • $50 off New Client
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Holiday Plumbing Tips And Tricks

If there’s one thing that makes the holidays festive, it’s the food. Sure, it’s nice to meet family and talk about the year’s events, but let there be no confusion; everyone’s waiting on dinner. So whether you celebrate the holidays with a roasted turkey, glazed ham, or other treats, you can be sure that your ravenous family members will make short work of these culinary delights. Your plumbing, on the other hand, may not be quite so eager to handle the leftovers. While it might not be the first thing on your mind during the holiday season, your pipes are under near-constant attack during these festivities. Between the fats washing down the drain, food scraps lodging in your lines, and other issues, you’re practically guaranteed to have plumbing issues. Thankfully, we at Dependable Rooter & Plumbing are here to help you with a few tips to keep your plumbing flowing free and clear this holiday.

Separate Your Trash

Your sink drains can only handle so much waste, which helps separate your food waste before washing dishes. Start by cleaning compostables off of your plates and into a proper container. Next, you should place any other scraps in the trash to minimize the work your disposal system needs. While this goes without saying, don’t let plastic or other inorganic waste wash down your sink, or you will have a clog form in your lines.

Feed Your Disposal System Slowly and Carefully

When it comes time to run your garbage disposal system, avoid overloading the feed. No matter how robust your disposal is, it’ll never be able to cope with an entire sink’s worth of waste. Avoid jamming your disposal by feeding scraps with warm water flowing through them. This method will allow your system to perform more efficiently.

Avoid Certain Waste Entirely

Certain foods produce waste that is never fit for your garbage disposal. These include but are not limited to:

  • Eggs: Eggs contain membranes that wrap around some of your disposal’s components, potentially rendering them useless. Once ground down, the shells are complex to get rid of and often result in serious clogs.
  • Fats: Fats and greases coat your system’s blades, reducing their effectiveness. This same grease can also cause clogs in your lines; you should avoid it at all costs.
  • Vegetable or Fruit Skins: While they may seem harmless, vegetable and fruit skins tend to get caught underneath your disposal system’s blades, reducing their effectiveness.
  • Bones, Shells, Pits, and Seeds: These tough byproducts can dull your system’s blades, slow operation, and even result in a burnt-out motor! Avoid byproducts at all costs.
  • Stringy Vegetables: Stringy vegetables, such as celery, often congest your system, similar to fruit and vegetable skins.
  • Rice, Pasta, or Tea Leaves: These soft foods can gum up your blades and eventually form serious clogs.

Have A Plumber Service Your Home Plumbing

The best way to ensure the integrity of your plumbing during the holiday season is to call a plumber to do a regular inspection. This examination will give you an overview of your system’s health and alert you to any issues that may worsen during the holidays. That means you won’t have to worry about your disposal system shutting down on you during your celebration. Better yet, you’ll avoid any potential back-ups and the embarrassment that comes with them.

Let Dependable Rooter & Plumbing Tackle Your Projects

Hopefully, these few tips are enough to help you avoid the most common plumbing issues people encounter during the holiday season. Unfortunately, however, accidents happen. Thankfully, you have us help you whenever you run into problems. When you need help preparing for the holiday season, let Dependable Rooter & Plumbing help you with our drain cleaning and garbage disposal services. We’ll help ensure that your plumbing system is in top form so that you can confidently tackle this holiday season.

Of course, if you’re located elsewhere in the country, we can also help you find one of our reliable friends to help you. For service in California’s Central Valley, for example, rely on the Modesto drain cleaning services from Tony’s Plumbing Service!

Dependable Rooter & Plumbing offers garbage disposal and plumbing fixture services in the following areas:

  • • Carmichael garbage disposals
  • • Citrus Heights garbage disposals
  • • El Dorado Hills garbage disposals
  • • Elk Grove garbage disposals
  • • Folsom garbage disposals
  • • Fair Oaks garbage disposals
  • • Lincoln garbage disposals
  • • Sacramento garbage disposals
  • • Roseville garbage disposals
  • • And the surrounding communities!
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