How to keep the kitchen drain line clear

Kitchen Drain Line:

One of the reasons a kitchen drain line would back up is grease. We often put grease down the kitchen line when we shouldn't; it could be grease left in the pan or on dishes. After time grease accumulates sticking to the sides of the line like scum until the build up eventually clogs the drain.

Let's take for example our skin: if we never showered we would have build up on our skin from day to day and eventually we would end up with a thick layer of grime.

Well the same goes with the kitchen line, after time the build of grease turns into sludge and gets hard like cement so when you snake the line you can unclog the drain (Like picture#1) but you will still have the harden grease stuck on the inner part of the pipe (Like picture #2). Now there are two problems with the kitchen line one: is the grease build up will cause corrosion over time. Corrosion will eat up at the pipe causing it to leak. The second problem is that a kitchen line requires a 2"' drain line to work properly. Due to the build up in the line, the line has reduced to about 1". What I recommend is using a high water pressure cleaning method this will remove most of the sludge stuck on the walls of the kitchen line. This cleaning method would have your kitchen line working properly.

Kitchen drain with hardened grease sludge on inner pipe.

Corrosion ate away at pipe causing leak

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