The fastest way to avoid a drain cleaning service call is to keep baking ingredients out of your kitchen sink. Flour, butter, sugar, and eggshells all harden inside your pipes and can turn a sweet afternoon of baking in Mansfield, TX into a stubborn clog. Here are the 10 desserts and sweets our plumbers see causing blockages most often, and what to do with them instead. Our Mansfield neighbors trust us with a 4.7-star Google rating, and if we are ever late to your appointment, we pay you $5 for every minute.

Key Points

  • Flour, butter, sugar, and gelatin harden inside drains and cause most baking-related clogs.
  • Compost ingredients like eggshells and coffee grounds instead of rinsing them down the sink.
  • Fats and greases coat the inside of your pipes and build up over time, so never rinse butter or icing.
  • A camera inspection shows exactly what is clogging your line before cleaning starts.
  • Benjamin Franklin Plumbing serves Mansfield homeowners 24/7 for drain emergencies.

The best thing that you can do is to compost most of the ingredients or as much as you can. In this article, we’ll look at some of the more dangerous ingredients to be aware of. Make sure that you compost these ingredients instead of tossing them down the drain. If you’re concerned that your baking or patisserie needs are causing your drains to constantly become clogged, look for a Mansfield, TX drain cleaning team that includes a free camera inspection with their work. The video inspection will tell you a lot about the ingredients that make their way down the drains, so you can be more mindful of your cooking.

#1. Flour

If you’ve ever tried to make cake, cookies or any type of pastries, you’ll likely agree that there’s quite a lot of flour in the kitchen by the time that you’re done. Now, some people will collect all of the flour and put it in a jar for future use. However, in most cases, homeowners will simply just wash it off the countertops and let the flour go down the drain. After all, this is perhaps one of the easiest ways to clean up the mess.

Unfortunately, this can be a huge problem. If you’re regularly washing flour off the kitchen surfaces and letting it go down the drain, you’re opening yourself up to a lot of heartache and headache in the future. The flour can easily harden or become a ball inside your drains. When this happens, the flour will be quite difficult to remove, and you’ll likely need a professional rooter service to get the job done.

We highly recommend that you use as little flour as possible, so you don’t waste any. Try to reuse some flour that’s made its way to the countertops and wipe surfaces with a damp paper towel before you wipe it down with a cloth. The key is to get as much of the flour into the compost bin or garbage can as possible. It really doesn’t matter what type of flour you have in your home. Avoid washing any flour down the drain if possible in order to avoid costly and time-consuming drain cleaning.

#2. Eggshells

Many dessert recipes ask for eggs, so this is actually one of the most common ingredients that you’ll often find in a home. While most people compost eggshells, many others tend to just crumble it up and let it wash down the drain. While eggshells do seem rather innocent and safe to wash down the drains, they’re really not. If you make a habit of washing your eggshells down the drain, you’ll need to call us for drain cleaning services rather regularly.

While the eggshells themselves don’t usually cause a lot of problems, the problem begins when the eggshells come into contact with something else like soap scum. The eggshells basically transform seemingly innocent ingredients into major obstacles and blockages that require extensive drain cleaning services in your Mansfield, TX home.

The best thing that you can do for your eggshells is to toss them in the garden. Eggshells contain a lot of nutrients and minerals in them, like calcium, protein, magnesium, selenium, and more. These nutrients can do wonders for your yard. If you regularly toss your eggshells into your yard, you might notice that your plants look healthier and stronger as time passes. It’s also a good idea because you’ll be doing the environment some good. Bugs and birds love eggshells.

#3. Gelatin

Have you ever made jello or any type of dessert that requires some hold, like mousse? There’s a good chance that you’re going to need gelatin in the recipe. Unfortunately, it’s rather easy for gelatin to become a major clog in the drains. Have you ever tried to bloom gelatin, but let it sit for just a little too long?