Tips for Choosing the Right Kitchen Sink and Faucet

Probably the most important kitchen choices are the sink and the faucet because once it is there, it may be difficult to move it and may affect your daily life for many years to come. Moreover, it helps you in many different tasks wherein a functional and durable pick is important. Hence, here are some important factors to consider in selecting the best kitchen sinks and faucets for you.

Things to Consider in Choosing a Sink

1. Sink material

• Stainless steel - A versatile type of kitchen sink installation that compliments with the different style of kitchen, from traditional to modern. It can scratch, but you can buff it out with a stainless steel brush. Highly recommended for people who tends to throw everything in their sink. However, for areas that have hard water, stainless can show water spots.
  
• Porcelain - Available in wide variety of colors and goes well with vintage style kitchens. However, sharp objects and heavy use can chip it and leave a permanent black mark.
  
• Granite Composite - Mixture of granite particles and polymers. It can withstand scratches and chips as well as water spots even in hard water. However, lighter-colored granite is susceptible to stain and requires special cleaning.
  
• Natural stone - Creates a smooth area that can match your countertop material. But some of its downsides are it can chip and scratch as well as expensive.

Common Causes of Garbage Disposal Problems

During the trash removal, there are a lot of things affects it like, the backup, foul or clog odor. People might think what will be wrong on their garbage disposal even if they perform it well. In this article, we will show the common cause of waste disposal problems. By understanding this type of challenges, it can help you prevent and fix it in an early time. It might also take a few minutes each day to know how to stop it.

Here are some of the problems you might encounter during garbage removal:

• Improper use of waste disposal - human error is one of the things why a machine will start to malfunction. Disposing of it without running any or enough water can create a clog and pile up the waste in an area. If you put too much waste at the same time, it may back up the stack.
• Stuck non-biodegradable materials - there are times that we are not aware what our children are doing, particularly when they put their toys. Kitchen utensils or even dish cloths might also fall accidentally. This objects might fall on the disposal area and create a clog in a pipe or even in the unit itself. To prevent this type of problem can be avoided by using a sink strainer.
• Foods with starch - foods that contains starch like pasta and rice can become bigger when got wet. It can become thick, gummy and stick on your pipes. Stop draining this type of foods in the pipe but instead, pick it all up and put it on the composting unit or waste can.
• Thick grease - oil can become thick and robust because of room’s temperature. The thick oil on the pipe can block the waste on its pipe. If this happened in your house, drain the greasy foods into a glass or metal container. You can also use cloth, paper bags, or paper towel rather than dumping it down on the drain.
• Stringy and fibrous foods - foods like banana peels, celery, large nuts, raw carrot, and seeds can stick on your pipes and create clogs. It can tangle up the other waste too.
• Sink Flange - the drain flange is located at an upper part portion of the garbage disposal. It is the place where the sink drain and the disposal meet. Remove rim might leak because it might be not screwed tightly or because of the plumber’s putty.
• Dishwasher connection pipes - drain pipes in the dishwasher can also be connected to the garbage disposal. It will help to remove all of the leftover foods from the plates. It can cause a problem during the placement or even create more mess.
• Discharge pipe - the discharge tube is located at the bottom of garbage disposal. If there is a problem, you can contact a plumber or a trash removal service to help you in disposing of the stuck garbage.
• Crack on the disposal body - crack can happen anytime on your garbage disposal. Maybe you haven't change it for years. 
• Loose under the sink - most of the disposal system usually found under the sink. When we are putting things under the sink, we didn’t notice that we hit many times and make it lose.