In our lives, we encounter countless plumbing emergencies, such as sewer backflowing, clogged drains, burst sewer lines, overflowing toilets, and more – all of which can be avoided by taking some preventive actions.

As a homeowner, you should be careful about what you are putting down your drains. Drains and sewer lines are only designed to transfer toilet paper and wastewater. Whenever we try to dispose hard items into the drain, it gets clogged.

Here are some of the items that should never go down your drain line:

Hair, grease, medicine, feminine hygiene products, fat, oil, makeup wipes, bones, diapers, paper towels, pasta, rice, Q-tips, eggshells, seafood shells, flushable wipes, and so on.

After these this list, you would wonder what you can put down your drains. Let us give you brief on this too.

As far as your toilet is concerned, always remember the “three P rule.” Only flush pee, poo, and (toilet) paper. For your sinks, only soaps and liquids should go down your sink drains. Finally, be careful of what goes into your garbage disposal.

The more careful you are with your drains, the better they will perform. If you are looking for reliable drain and grease trap services in Cedar Rapids, reach out to us.