Garbage Disposal
Sherman Texas Plumbers Can Install and Repair Disposals
The garbage disposal may seem like an essential characteristic of today's kitchen, but they've only been around since 1938. These time- and labor-saving kitchen gadgets were seen mostly in affluent homes up until the late 1970s. Now, however, disposals are a typical American kitchen icon and the staple of our Sherman TX plumbing company.
Your local Spencer Plumbing technician can explain how this kitchen fixture works, help you select the right one for your home, install it and maintain it over the life of the appliance. Common parts our Sherman area plumbers work with on garbage disposals include:- Turntable
- Blades (preferably stainless steel)
- High-torque insulated electric motor
- Shredder ring
Sizes and Types of Disposals
Typically, a garbage disposal runs a one-quarter to one horsepower motor rated at 200 to 750 watts. Heavy duty or commercial grade garbage disposals may offer motors with up to 10 horsepower. The two main types of garbage disposals include:
- Continuous feed - run the water and start the garbage disposal prior to putting in food
- Batch feed - designed to be loaded prior to starting up
Disposals also run at RPMs that vary widely, depending on the make and model you choose. Our Sherman plumbers can show you a wide range of garbage disposal brands and styles.
Maintenance Tips for Garbage Disposals
Keeping your garbage disposal healthy and happy is vital to keeping a smooth-running kitchen. Remember that no garbage disposal is designed to shred every type of food waste. If you’re not sure, it's safer to just drop the food in the garbage or compost it. Typical materials you do not want to feed into your garbage disposer include:
- bones
- popcorn kernels
- hard shellfish
- banana peels
- celery
- corn husks
- potato peelings
- rice
- flour
- pasta
- corn meal
- bread
To help maintain your disposal unit, we recommend running cold water down the drain during use to help prevent overheating the moving parts. On a regular basis, run hot water through the disposal side of the sink drain to help melt fat trapped inside the mechanism or solidified farther down the drainage pipe. In addition, ice cubes can actually help remove any buildup on the disposal's blades, especially if you freeze a combination of pure lemon juice and vinegar.
Once your local plumber at Spencer Plumbing of Sherman installs your garbage disposal, we can also repair it if anything goes wrong. With proper installation and effective maintenance from our Sherman area plumbers, your garbage disposal should provide years of trouble-free service!
Our experienced Spencer plumbers look forward to solving all your plumbing repair, installation and service needs. Contact a Sherman Texas plumber online, or call (972) 924-9505 or (903) 207-4102 any time!