Sinks that are equipped with a garbage disposal unit are very helpful in a household because they allow you to quickly shred and dispose of your food remains. The only downside that these units have is that just like all household and kitchen appliances they require regular cleaning and maintain in order to function properly. Even more if you neglect your garbage disposal cleaning duties the unit will commence to emit an unpleasant scent which will quickly poison and ruin the overall atmosphere within your home. If you have never cleaned a garbage disposal unit before, keep calm and simply follow our instructions from down below.
The simplest way to maintain your garbage disposal unit clean and to prevent the appearance of a nasty odor is to clean the unit on a day to day basis. You can do this by turning on the disposal unit and running a thick stream of hot water through it for a period of 40 to 60 seconds. Then turn off the garbage disposal, block your sink with your rubber sink stop and fill the sink with hot water. Next add several drops of grease-cutting dish washing detergent into the water and allow the detergent to sit in the water for approximately 30 seconds. Now remove the rubber stopper and quickly turn on the garbage disposal unit. Let the unit run only all the water is drained from the sink. Then stop the garbage disposal and clean the rubber flaps of the unit with a nylon brush. End the garbage disposal cleaning by running clean fresh water through it from another 30 to 40 seconds.
On the other hand if your garbage disposal unit has already begun emitting a nasty aroma, you can remove the odor by lifting the rubber flaps of the unit and pouring directly into your sink’s drain baking soda. Pour baking soda until to soda covers the drain. Next pour ½ a cup of vinegar into the drain. Vinegar is a natural deodorant so it should eliminate all nasty scents that are coming from your garbage disposal unit. Allow the baking soda and vinegar to sit for no more than an hour and then wash clean the unit by running cold water through it for a period of 40 to 60 seconds.
Also at least twice year hire a professional rubbish removal company that provide junk removal services to come and remove all waste residue from your disposal unit. You won’t have a hard time finding such a company that nowadays there are numerous clearance companies in the city of London that provide waste removal services.
As you see the maintenance of the garbage disposal unit isn’t as hard as you may think so from now on don’t neglect your cleaning duties.