Pumpkin Pulp is not Plumbing Friendly

Every year, more than one billion pounds of pumpkins or produced in America many of which are carved into jack-o'-lanterns for  home decorations each year, around Halloween.  This creates a lot of left over pulp after each pumpkin is hallowed out.  Each year plumbers spend many days removing gobs of pulp and seeds from clogged drains before the end of the Halloween season.  Local plumbers have  become as common a Halloween visitor as little vampires or ghosts thanks to sticky pumpkin pulp and seeds. 
In the weeks leading up to Halloween, calls from homeowners struggling with pulp-clogged garbage disposals and stopped-up kitchen drains seem to roll in.  Pumpkin carvers should know that the number one rule is to never dispose of the pulp, in any type of drain.  The slimy gunk is ideal for clogging plumbing.  Some believe that it is safe for disposals because it is soft and mushy, but the truth is that it will dry and harden, choking the pipes and causing clogs.  For more info on how and where to dispose of pumpkin pulp please visit http://goo.gl/fYFi4p.

If it's too late and you have already flushed some pumpkin pulp down one of your drains, call NY Plumbing & Sewer Rooter at: 516-874-7937.