How to Prevent Holiday Plumbing Problems

Protect your kitchen drain and disposal

The kitchen takes the biggest hit during holidays:

• Never pour grease or oil down the drain
• Keep fibrous foods, bones, and starchy peels out of the disposal
• Run cold water while the disposal works
• Spread out dishwashing to avoid overloading the drain

Help your bathrooms keep up

With more guests using the bathrooms, remind everyone to flush only toilet paper, keep a plunger handy, and space out showers so the water heater can recover.

Before the guests arrive

If a drain is already slow or the disposal is sluggish, address it before the holiday — a quick service call now beats an emergency mid-celebration.