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What You Shouldn’t Be Putting Into Your Garbage Disposal

Some Items Just Don’t Belong Down There It can be confusing to know what you can and can’t put into the garbage disposal. We are here to provide you with information to make sure you’re grinding food safely in your disposal to avoid garbage disposal repair or in some cases even a  new garbage disposal installation . Covid-19  is causing unexpected results in quite a few kitchens across the globe. Most people are spending much more time at home and it is putting extra strain on their garbage disposal system.  Brookfield, Illinois Plumbers,  The  Suburban Plumbing Experts  are getting more and more calls on a daily basis about broken garbage disposals and have had their most  garbage disposal repair  calls to date! Some of the items  NOT  to be throwing down the disposal shoot and that cause higher repair bills: bones, coffee grounds, carrots, potatoes, grease, oils.  You do not want to jam the garbage disposal full of items either, r...

Tips on Maintaining a Grease Trap

A grease trap is one of your kitchens most important necessities. When oils, fats or grease enter into sewer lines, it cools off rather quickly and then turns solid and gets stuck to the inside walls of pipes. This causes a trapping of food debris and particles. Within time, this solid mass of particles and debris will grow until it actually clogs the flow of water and in turn causes the sewer to become backed up. The best way to prevent these particles and debris from entering the sewer is to stop it before it starts. This is where a grease trap comes in very handy. They can very effective in controlling almost all of the particles and food debris before entering into the sewer system. This is your first step in maintaining your sewer system. Proper upkeep and maintenance of a grease trap will ensure the right amount of separation before it has the chance to enter into the sewers. Grease traps are small devices, almost always found in restaurants, that connect to the drains of the sin...

The Facts About Maintaining Your Home Water Heater Tank

What you should be looking for After months and months with your family staying at home,  most of your appliances are probably getting much more use than normal. Although most homeowners have a maintenance warranty on their air conditioners and heating systems, they don’t always pay as much attention to the water heaters in the home. Water Heaters just sit in the corners of your home usually and go unattended until a problem arises. Many  water heater maintenance  troubles require an experienced professional plumber, but there are some basic things most homeowners can do themselves. First would be to the reading of the water heater manual to understand how often maintenance actually should be done. When homeowners purchase a new water heater tank, they should be able to sign up for a maintenance plan and/or warranty. Some  licensed plumbers  also offer a water heater type maintenance plan or a home plumbing system maintenance plan that requires them to come out ...

Plumbing Issues to be on the Lookout for in your Home

Your Water Pressure Is Too Low A sudden drop in water pressure could bring on issues. This could indicate trouble with your plumbing like a buildup of minerals along the inner pipes. This could also be accompanied by rust, in which you may notice a change in the color and taste of water coming out of your pipes. Most of the time, mineralization along the inside of your pipes will lead to reduced water pressure. This problem is also common in  burst pipes  and corroded pipes. Older homes are more prone to this low water pressure issue. Hot Water is not Working Sometimes a cold shower is recommended for you, but no one wants to take cold showers every morning when it’s below 50 degrees outside. If you suddenly notice that the hot water in your home isn’t working, it’s almost always a sign that  something could be wrong with your water heater . It could also be that the thermostat is problematic or your pilot light has failed. Perhaps there is sediment buildup in the hot wat...

Vacuum Pumping Services for your Catch Basin

The Suburban Plumbing Experts have the Vacuum Pumping Services equipment that is needed to properly care for your catch basin. It needs to be maintained with the use of a pump truck in order to be prepared for severe storms and heavy rain. We are equipped with several pumping units that offer a forceful vacuum that will successfully suck all of the debris, dirt, sand, and particles from your catch basin. From restaurants and universities to homes and parking lots, we offer catch basin  Vacuum Pumping Services of all degrees and intensity.   Vacuum Pumping Services for your Septic Tank The professionals at the Suburban Plumbing Experts offer 4000-gallon and 5000-gallon pump trucks for all of your Vacuum Pumping Services needs. Our pump trucks have state-of-the-art features that are designed to create a superior performance that is unsurpassed in the plumbing and sewer industry. With the best Vacuum Pumping Services equipment, we provide our customers with h...

Flood Control Systems

Basements flood all the time when the city main sewer line can't handle the load, the prevention, Flood Control Systems. Suburban Plumbing Experts can be your plumber for Flood Control Repairs and Flood Control  Valve Repairs too. We have experienced technicians for both repairing your Flood Control Sewer System and Flood Control Replacement. There are so many reason why your basement would flood, could be from a sump pump failure, improperly sized pit, problems with your sewer line and the worst of all of them, the city's main sewer line backs up into your home. The best way to protect your home from flooding is a flood control system. Flood Control Repair or Flood Control Replacement So you have a Flood Control System but its not doing what it was intended to do, to keep the water out of the house. We can help with either Flood Control Repair in which we will send out one of our technicians to diagnose your problem for either a repair like Flood Co...

Identifying a Catch Basin or Storm Basin

A catch basin contains a storage area within your drainage system that is used to accumulate debris that has settled at the bottom of the drain. This accumulation makes catch basin cleaning vital to prevent flooding on your property. Depending on the amount of debris accumulation inside of your catch basin, there are a couple of different cleaning methods that your plumber will take part in. These include cleaning the system with a rodder and/or with a pump truck. If your system isn't working correctly you will need Catch Basin Repair or Replacement .  A catch basin rodding will clean your drainage system with the use of a large drain cleaning machine that has sharp edges and a lot of power. These machines are so powerful that they can clear out the toughest of tree roots inside of your system. In most cases, a rodding will do the job when cleaning out your catch basin. This will prevent clogs and allow water to flow freely throughout the sewer system and keep it away from your ho...