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f you have a garbage disposal at your place of work you need to take good care of it for it to continue working efficiently.  Commercial garbage disposal maintenance Vienna involves the following:

Getting rid of garbage disposal clog

Garbage disposal clogs are bound to happen when you dump things that you shouldn’t. For the unit to continue working you have to clear the clog. To avoid injury, you shouldn’t put your fingers in the disposal without seeing what is inside. If the rubber gasket is removable, remove it so that you can see inside the disposal. To remove the clog you shouldn’t use your bare hands—use kitchen tongs or long needle nose pliers to do the job.

Sometimes the clogs are more than what meets the eye. If you have removed all the clogs and your disposal is still backing up or not working properly you must be having a problem with your pipes. If this is the case with you, hire a commercial kitchen appliance service provider to take a look at the pipes.

Dealing with garbage disposal odors

Garbage disposal odors come about when you don’t run the unit long enough for the food products to be properly chopped and rinsed down. The kitchen is meant to smell good; therefore, awful smell is irritating. There are two ways in which you can get rid of the odors: Citrus and volcano methods. In the citrus method, you need to cut the peels of a citrus fruit such as orange, lemon, grapefruit or orange.

You should then put two or three pieces of the peels in the disposal and turn on hot water while the disposal is running. In addition to the citrus scent freshening the smell, the abrasiveness of the rind also aids in removing the products causing the smell from the chopping blades.

In the volcano method you need to pour ½ of baking soda down the disposal and then follow it up with a cup of white vinegar. Mixing the two products results to the formation of foam that aids in getting rid of the foul smell. You should leave the foam for 5-10 minutes and then pour water down the drain while the unit is still running.

Conclusion

These are tips on how to maintain your commercial garbage disposal. If you have the skills you can maintain the unit by yourself, but if you don’t have the skills, hire a commercial garbage disposal service provider to help you out.