Thanksgiving is a High Demand Season for Plumbers

Plumbers receive many emergency calls during Thanksgiving to come and repair overflowing toilets, blocked drains and sewer backups

Plumbers all over America report unanimously that Thanksgiving and Christmas are their busiest times. Big festive dinner preparations place a great strain on residential plumbing systems. Overflowing toilets, faulty garbage disposals, blocked drains and sewer backups are the most common plumbing emergencies plumbers are called for during Thanksgiving. The hard use and abuse of toilets and garbage disposals lead to their total failure just as your guests are waiting for the bathroom or you need the garbage disposal. Make Thanksgiving 2009 plumber free with the following plumbing tips:

1. Instead of rinsing cooking grease and fats down your sink's drain, collect in tin and throw into garbage to avoid stubborn clogs.

2. Scrape leftovers and fibrous vegetable skins into your wastebasket and not garbage disposal. Fibrous food debris can wrap around your disposal's blades and clog entire system if not burn out the motor completely. Turn on the water after starting the disposal to move the waste through the pipes. Keep rinsing a minute after turning off the disposal.

3. Run full loads of your dishwasher to conserve on water, but don't overload this appliance. Glasses may shutter and break into small fragments that can block your drainpipe.

4. Don't let your toilet become a substitute for the garbage. Your toilet will be in frequent use once your guests arrive. Provide a small wastebasket in the bathrooms so visitors can dispose diapers, paper towels, cotton balls, and sanitary products in the garbage and not flush down the toilet. Flushing away items like the above can clog your plumbing system and cause unpleasant overflowing toilets and offensive sewer backups.

5. With your household accommodating more than your nuclear family during Thanksgiving try and space showers throughout the day. Don't take showers one after the other but ensure a 10 minutes gap between each session.

Take care of your plumbing system this Thanksgiving 2009 and enjoy quality time with your family and guests instead of calling over your local emergency plumber.