Just wondering, I pushed my tea leaves, rice, small food scraps down the sink.
Would it block my pipe eventually or there is some sort of blades that will cut them down to smaller pieces?
What Can Goes inside Kitchen Sink?
[Deactivated] on 06/11/2018 - 07:11
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Yeah pretty sure I don't have that. But I live in strata apartment. Perhaps the building have one?
I have been pushing these stuff for years, and pretty sure other tenants do too.
It has to go between the trap and the drain, it won't be something your building has
VB, Fosters and anything light, go straight down the sink.
Is that mean I can't puke on kitchen sink either?
wow
you've never heard of driving the porcelain bus?
.What if someone inside?
And is vomit allowed to go into the toilet? I thought only poop and toilet paper.To answer your question, I haven't. I had to goggled it
And is vomit allowed to go into the toilet? I thought only poop and toilet paper.
You've broken the law then. Only urine is allowed. The FBI will come arrest you now.
Why would you want to vomit down your kitchen sink?
to push the tea leaves and rice through
Didn’t do it in a kitchen sink but did in a bathroom sink. Not to be recommended. Took a while to clean up and certainly didn’t help my nausea.
That is why. Of course toilet is first option, second is the kitchen sink, bigger pipe i think.
@[Deactivated]: Young, inexperienced and the middle of the night from food poisoning. I learnt a very valuable lesson that night.
@[Deactivated]: I'd go for a bucket, mixing bowl, saucepan etc rather than the sink. You can just flush it down the toilet after.
@Mattmattmatt: I would really have a hard time using the saucepan knowing I had thrown up in it at one time. I agree the toilet is the go to receptacle.
Of course toilet is first option, second is the kitchen sink, bigger pipe i think.
Second is a bucket. They're cheap, easily emptied into a toilet later and hosed out.
Most homes have at least one. I have eight.
I did it in the shower. DO NOT RECOMMEND. Even harder than a sink :(
Carrots or not?
There is always carrots.
She'll be right mate
Have you got a Piranha? lol
Yes
Scrape into the bin. We have a worm farm for our vegetable peelings, etc.
Compost you mean
You really should get a sink strainer. That way any large food scraps won't go into the pipes and clog your drains.
https://www.bigw.com.au/product/wiltshire-sink-strainer-stai…
It costs only a few dollars and a tiny bit of your time during dish-washing to just scrape whatever is collected in the strainer into the bin.
The cost of calling for a plumber to unblock your drainage pipes can run in the hundreds, I'd much prefer to take the time to do things properly rather than pay a huge fee later on for someone to fix the problem.
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Considering OP seems Asian - how have they not heard of the sink strainers before?!
I have thank you very much. Just don't like using it.
Then you run a higher chance of your pipes getting clogged.
Why are you wasting rice anyway?
I bet if this was OP's own house and had to pay a plumber a ridiculous amount of money to unclog a drain, he wouldn't be putting things food scraps down the drain.
anyhow some draino, or baking soda and vinegar should keep the pipes clean,
pretty sure other tenants do too.
plenty of people don't either, why choose the wrong people to follow
Draino is considered a no no, can damage/corrode your pipes.
Tea leaves, rice and small food scraps are fine…
I suspect, making sure you run a fair amount of hot water down the pipe, each time you have finished with the sink, would help.
not if you use it correctly.. but having said that I used a bucket once to dissolve some draino, tipped the mixture out and forgot to wash the bucket.. there was one small undissolved chunk of draino left at the bottom of the bucket and the next morning there was a hole at the bottom.
I think a red bull can might fit.
Do what a lot of people I know does and have a kitchen sink strainer and separate bin for food scraps.. Some use a compost in the back but if you are in an apartment with no space for one then just put it in with the red bin regular waste no plastic bag needed just the scraps but the best way is to just start a compost area somewhere in your yard maybe ask the owner about the idea to implement one they might like it because it will prevent future plumber bills.
The main problem isn't small food scraps like a few grains of rice but rather oil. Try to minimise the amount of oil going down the drain - pour it into containers and put the containers in the bin, or wipe out a pan with some paper towel before washing. Fats once cooled will congeal and attach to other stuff that goes down the drain creating fatbergs.
does your kitchen sink smell?
When you say pushing, are you using a tool to wedge it in there?
your landlord would definitely hang their head in shame at such poor consideration for plumbing
Water.
This is so halarious.
All I can suggest is that OP better call the plumber real quick!
Not really, he's been doing it for years…
It will block unless you get a garbage disposal. If you don't have one you should scrape your plate into the bin not the sink.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_disposal_unit