Tip of The Week

April 21, 2007

This week’s tip comes from our “Serve it on the Rocks” file.

It’s not uncommon to have a cocktail on the rocks but did you know that ice can make more than your favorite drink better?  Some of our callers have complained about slow draining garbage disposals or bad odors coming from the garbage disposal.

Garbage disposals, like a few other things in life, can benefit from a good flushing out.  Over time some food particles can build up in the discharge of the disposal unit.  If you take a couple of cups of Ice (Cubes, not crushed) and drop them in the disposal and then turn it on you can clean the residue up and eliminate the odor. The hard ice moving quickly through the system knocks the deposits loose. You could say it is similar to roughage or fiber for the disposal.  So once a month or so you should serve the garbage disposal “garbage on the rocks".

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