The school year is over for the summer, and your home is getting quite packed. The plumbing system will be more strained when more people are at home. Your garbage disposal, water heater, wash machine, and bathroom will likely be doing triple (or triple) duties during the summer. Therefore, let’s ensure they’re running at a high level.
Water Heating Device
The recommended temperature for water heaters is 120 degrees Fahrenheit. We suggest you speak with a technician to ensure your water heater gets regularly cleaned to provide the best performance. Also, here’s an interesting informational point: the first four numbers in the serial code that appears on your water heater will be the year and month it gets built. If your water heater is more than fifteen years of age, you may want to think about replacing it shortly!
Garbage Disposal
When utilizing your garbage disposal, it’s critical to maintain the water running. Also, ensure you leave water on for 10-15 seconds after the food is gone into the drain to help carry the food down the drain. It would help if you tried to avoid pouring large pieces of food into the drain simultaneously. Be sure to stay clear of these items: pasta, potato skins and skins, pasta, coffee grounds, watermelon rinds, grease, and corn cobs or husks.
Bathroom
You can adopt preventative steps to ensure that your sewer system runs smoothly. Regular maintenance such as rodding can help stop clogs from forming before they become more significant issues. It’s also worth considering using an organic drain cleaner to ensure drain lines flow. To avoid the temptation of flushing everything, keep a trash can beside the toilet. It’s essential to have a plunger on hand in an emergency! Be sure that everyone in your household is aware of what to not flush into the toilet, and that includes
- Female products/sanitary napkins
- Any wipe (cleaning/baby/facial)
- Cotton balls/swabs
- Cooking oil/grease
- Diapers
- Paper towels
Washing Machine
Do you ever see a conclusion to laundry once the kids are home? Most likely not. Suppose you have kids staying home all day long and various clothes changing. In that case, your washing machine may be getting quite the exercise. When you wash your clothes, you’ll need to concentrate on the hoses feeding the machine. Check for kinks in the damaged hoses; it also looks like they’re in good condition. When you load up your washer with laundries, the machines can be prone to “walk,” so make sure that your wash is 4 inches from the wall to ensure that you don’t stress your hoses.
Contact Ottawa Plumbing Service for Your Plumbing Needs
These steps will aid in avoiding plumbing issues that could result from more time spent together at home! We’ll always be there for you when you need us to handle all of your plumbing issues. For More Information, contact Ottawa Plumbing Service at (613) 317-1682 or email at info@ottawaplumbingservice.com.
