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11.30.2010

Garbage Disposals & Septic

My recent actions and a story, call for a good update...

The other day as I was making breakfast {pancakes} my husband- who is one of Schlomka's driver/operators wasn't very happy with me as he was witness to me putting egg shells down the garbage disposal.

I was instantly ashamed as I tell people on a daily basis "limit the use of your disposal." and "put nothing foreign down drains that will end up in your system."

ok, I know all of this, but I figure- "I work for a septic company, if anything goes wrong we can handle it."

ehhhhhhhhh wrong answer!!!

Our conversation went like so:


Me: "but i have heard that the egg shells sharpen the blades..."
The Mr: "no.... no no no.... egg shells float, which means they are twice as likely to float right out into the drainfield, plugging things up..."


Maybe now would be a good time for me to brush up on my septic knowledge: www.septic.umn.edu

ok so lesson learned here, although we might be a septic company- we are not an excavating company which is what we would need if my eggs shells were to wreak havoc to the the drainfield system. doh!

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What have you recently learned about your septic system as far as the dos & don'ts?

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