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Voletl, Matt and David thanks for your comments and points well made. Matt, you have made some good points and we are going to liquid detergent for the dishwasher. Thanks all!

Thanks, but we do not run any grease or oil down the sink---standing house rule! And it is a brittle, solid, chalk like substance---it is not a semi-solid. It crumbles when crushed. Can't find any fibrous material in it, so it isn't paper or cloth lint. Also: All the pieces retrieved were about...

Background: We live in a rural area with a septic system. The standing rule is NOTHING solid goes down the drain, period. We have an island sink in addition to the kitchen sink. About two or three years into our new home water backed up and spilled out of the island sink vent while the kitchen...

I am not a plumber, but we had the same problem with our island sink vent. We are in a rural area with a septic system and I studied the problem and concluded that the air compressor on the septic system was blowing sewer gas back through the drainage system. I replaced the NPT cap at the...