​Its very important, when buying a home, that you find out all you can about the history of it.  Throughout the years, a house can be subjected to all kinds of things and, on occasion, experience some type of disaster.  For example, a good question to find the answer to is: Does the home you’re looking to purchase have any history of flood damage? If it does, should you go ahead with the purchase?
 
In order to answer that question, we have a video on this very topic for you to consider.  It will give you a better idea of what can happen to a flood damaged home if it has not been taken care of properly.  It will also help you see that it often depends on the source of the flood to know if the property is worth buying or not.  We are here to help you make the best decision when it comes to the purchase of your new home by providing the most detailed, thorough home inspections. 
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​A garbage disposal system can be a very useful thing to have in a kitchen.  It is intended to grind up food scraps so that they are small enough to drain away into a sewer or septic tank, this, in turn, helps to reduce the amount of garbage the household produces which plays a part in lowering the amount of waste sent to landfills or waste treatment facilities.
 
So, can anything be placed in a garbage disposal unit? No, not at all.  Much care should to be taken with regards to what can be put down there.  There are a lot of items that can damage the garbage disposal system and, if your home uses a septic tank, they can cause issues there also.  Nonfood items should never be placed down a garbage disposal unit.  While you may think that seems like an obvious statement, it’s amazing how many nonfood items make their way into the sink, things like aluminum foil and beer bottle caps etc. can all do damage to the unit.
 
How about food items? Are there any foods that should not go down the garbage disposal? Yes.  Anything hard that could damage the blades such as meat bones should not be placed into the unit. Even food items that are highly fibrous like corn husks and potato peels can be a problem and can clog up the garbage disposal system or drainage pipes.  Other items that should not be put down there are grease, oil and chemicals.  When the garbage disposal unit is turned on, make sure you have the water running also, in this way, food will move easier through piping.  It’s not a bad idea to have the water running for a little while after you have shut off the garbage disposal also.
 
So, we can see the advantages to having a garbage disposal unit in a kitchen but, as is the case with all appliances, they should only be used for the purpose they are intended for which, in this case, is smaller food scraps.