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04/13/2016
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The kitchen sink clogged or the water is slow to drain? This may be a sign that you neglect the maintenance of grease trap. But you know what it is and what it is for this equipment? It is like a big bucket, which is below the floor, revealing only the cover. Its function is to prevent the fat from food - that goes with the water literally down the drain - come to the sewage system.
The grease trap has measures calculated by the engineer, the building project of the moment, taking into account the number of people who will use the kitchen. In the box there is a predetermined amount of water, which serves as a "filter" the greasy water coming from the kitchen sink and dishwasher. This oily liquid enters through a tube, falls into the water that is already on the device and out the other side without the fat. "As oil and water do not mix, due to the time of passage, the float fat and only water passes," says civil engineer José Roberto Alves Scarpetta.
Maintenance
The grease traps are commonly made of concrete or PVC plastic. They have removable cover for easy cleaning. In it, the dirt is presented as a kind of "shell" and should be removed, bagged and thrown into organic waste. The procedure should be done every six months at home, and three months in buildings, and can be performed by specialized companies or with the use of bacteria that "eat" fat. These bacteria are sold in dry bran format packaged in plastic pots and are found in specialty stores. It is important to note that the waste left over from the cleaning of the box should not be thrown in the water supply again - as in the toilet. This may cause system clogging.
The alert engineer who, even with the use of special bacteria, is required to make at least one annual cleaning the grease trap.
To facilitate the removal of fat from the box to the garbage bag, some device models come with a cleaning basket.
Fat in the sink drain
Care with the fat in the sink drain is important because excess material can lead to slow flow of water, clogging the pipe and the stench. In extreme cases, there may be overflow of grease trap - when the cleaning is not done at the right time - or around the dirty liquid by the sink drain - what happens when the box is full and the water that comes in it can not move forward ie return where entered.
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But worth saying that no dirty is better than clean. Scarpetta explains that the box only retains the fat that can get to her. Before that, however, the oil that goes down to the water in the sink accumulates in the pipeline. Thus, pieces of food, such as rice grains, may end up adhering to the pipe wall also in a process that is repeated. "This material ends up creating a kind of ball, which decreases the flow pipe and makes the sink water take to drain," continued the engineer.
The advice to avoid this is not to throw food scraps in the sink, discarding what is left of the dishes and pans in the trash before washing the dishes. "Spending paper towel on the surface of the tool, removing any excess fat before washing it also helps to avoid this situation, in addition to saving water," he explains.
Another tip is to play about two liters of boiling water in the sink after washing the dishes - "the tube resists," says the engineer. The hot liquid will detaching the fat stuck in the pipeline.
The unblocking can be done also with products caustic soda base (available in specialty stores and large supermarkets cleaning section). The chemical is thrown into the sink drain, acts for a few minutes and is then cleaned with water, without the person touches it. "It's kind of dangerous and toxic and should be used away from children and very carefully," says Scarpetta. And using soda soda basis as colas, work? "It is not scientifically proven," he says.
Cash fat siphoned x box
Scarpetta points to a situation where the water flow problem may be more difficult to solve than a simple cleaning: the case of siphoned box. The equipment, which is used to collect water from the shower at home, for example, is sometimes used to replace fat box as a cost-saving measure, since it is cheaper. The expert warns that it is "totally inadequate". "The retention volume is very small and there is a tendency to fill up faster, and the two boxes work in different ways," says the professional. "The siphoned housing inlet pipe is also lower than it should have, and the speed at which water passes is not enough to separate water and fat, ie becomes inefficient box" full.
According to the engineer in the event of blockage or delay in the flow of water from the sink, the displayed is to clean the grease trap. If you can not, or if the box is siphoned off and there is no possibility to replace it by fat, he advises playing direct hot water in the box. "And avoid filling the fat sink again," he concludes. (Source: Hagah)
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