Don’t Do This To Your Drain!

We all know what fat does to the human body, causing clogged arteries and other problems. Have you ever considered what it could do to your plumbing? Grease is one of the worst things to send down your drain, and yet so many people do it.

It is deceptive when you end up with a pan full of liquid grease left in the pan after cooking bacon. It looks like it should run easily down the drain, but if you let it cool down, you will see exactly how it will look like after it hits the cold water in your drain. Grease and water don’t mix, and they will quickly coagulate into a water-repellent lump.

This can then get lodged in your pipes and collect more debris until it eventually turns into a clog that will be tricky to remove. Sometimes it is possible to dissolve a grease clog using hot water, but it often requires more work than that.