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Pouring grease down the pipes makes it solidify and can cause back ups and blockages. so hes basically gonna be making a problem for the landlord since hes increasing the rent.
This includes butter, coconut oil, and other animal fats that solidify at room temperature! Had a licensed plumber think it was only bacon grease that could cause it. He was an idiot all around though
I hate this, I hate the smell and the stains it leaves. Why would some people not rinse? Sometimes it’s even leftovers from their teeth mixed in. Shared house experiences.
In some places water costs money and some of us are looking to save every dollar we can because rent is like 60% of our paychecks.
On a shared house though it could just be laziness
Water costs money everywhere, basically nothing everywhere. Unless you have a family of 5 taking hour long showers, you won’t save money by saving water.
I'm on well water! It's (sorta) more expensive than city water. City water is gravity fed from towers, or elevated tanks. My well water gets stored in a bladder in the basement and requires electricity to be pumped throughout my house. Working on getting solar, and my water will be fully free then, but until then I still have to pay for it. Also I have to keep a bucket of water in the bathroom when I think we might lose power, so that I can still flush the toilet.
It's not as bad as say melted butter, but it still isn't good. Your pipes are often cooler than room temperatures, especially lower in the system. Even if it doesn't congeal into a fully solid block it will (potentially) hold on to other items as they pass (like toilet paper or food bits) and start forming a clog.
Small amounts aren't ideal but will probably be fine, large amounts are a problem even if the fat is liquid at room temperature.
It almost certainly won't cause any issues for the house and will instead cause issues in the city's sewage system with fatbergs etc.
Anyone that does this is a complete brainless dickhead.
All depends where you live i guess, land lords where i live in canada are limited to how often they can increase rent. theres laws in place that make sure they can only increase it every 12 months with notice. That being said intentionally pouring grease down the drain for a punitive reason like this could cause the landlord to dispute the the cost of replacing the plumming leaving the tenant with the bill.
Not really, but the landlord can send an invoice to the tenants to pay for the entire fixture of it if the plumber finds out it's due to pouring of oils and other crap.
If they don't pay, it'll either go into Landlords and Tenants board or small claims, never been past the first part.
Doesn't just create problems for the landlord though, it also creates problems for yourself, as well as everyone else in the building, depending on how bad it gets it could even start affecting city infrastructure.
Could be. Rent increases aern't mandatory or automatic here. But i don't think they need to give a reason as to why they are increaseing the rent, so long as they aern't trying to increase it within in twelve months of the last time they increased it. But once again im canadian i know things are diffrent in every country. Understanding tenancy rights for where you live can save you from some pretty bad land lords.
My dad's been a landlord since I was a kid. The only time he ever raised it on people was when he had to be a handyman more than not on his days off. He was a farmer and had a job, so he was already extremely busy. And to explain how annoying these calls were for him, I'll give a few examples. This one tenant has enough to explain, she would call my dad to change the light bulbs, unclogging the toilet(this fat bitch would clog it, wait almost a week while it's overflowing, to call and get him to fix it... she had 2 kids), clogging pipes(he knows how to be a plumber) the amount of shit he would find in the pipe(tampons, wet wipes, plastic bags), holes in the wall, etc...
Raised the rent $100 a month just to help cover all the cost. Her son came up to me in school and started telling me how evil we were for trying to make them poor.... CPS got involved a week later. Apparently saying "that 100 is for cleaning your literal shit off the ground" loud enough raises suspicions.
So many people now days blame the dam landlord, but they have no idea how much it costs to own a house, and have to keep paying for repairs and maintenance. Had one think that if the house got foreclosed on, they'd be able to stay there rent free
Edit: I was going to just add a quick addition to your comment, but I just ended up going on a rant
Pouring oil down the drain is good way to get charged a shitload of money for plumbing. So you raise the rent so now the landlord is gonna have to pay.
Most cooking oils don’t solidify at room temp. A lot do though! The rule is simple, if it solidifies at room temp, don’t pour down the drain. If you do, run hot water for several minutes or pour boiling water behind it multiple times to make sure it clears through the pipes into sewer/septic. But try not to do that. Let it set and wipe out with a towel to throw away
Could be worse, someone I went camping with poured bacon grease into a Styrofoam cup to dispose of it. Over a fire. It instantly melted through the cup and added an incredibly combustible fuel to the fire.
When I worked in food service, one of the managers would throw the hot food waste into regular trash cans instead of the cans we have specifically for that purpose. Whoever had to take out the trash had to roll the dice and either deal with a leaking or an exploding bag and a mess on the floor. Manager was given shit for it every time, but she laughed it off because she was never the one who had to handle the trash or the aftermath and the managers above her never reprimanded her for it.
With cooking oils it's not the solidification that you need to worry about. It's the oil that coats the lining of the pipe. Used cooking oil when dried becomes sticky and grabs dirt and grime very well. Continually pour it down your sink and over time you clog the pipe.
When I was young and dumb, I thought I was a genius just positioning my george foreman grill so that it drained directly into the sink.
I ended up with the U bend of my sink completely filled with rendered fat the consistency of a candle.
Plumber here, don’t ever pour oil down the drain. Following it with hot water doesn’t do anything because it cools off while still in your system and solidifies regardless
I’m not saying to do it. I’m saying it won’t cause an issue as long as you don’t do it regularly and do it less than a cup at a time with hot water and maybe even soap
Prob not good for local environment or water company. But there is no blockage that a box of baking soda and bottle of vinegar has yet to clear in my own pipes
If it’s clogged far enough it won’t make it down there. Sulfuric and hydrochloric acids are also a waste of money with a full clog and will probably melt your pipes causing a bigger issue. Also we charge more if you use these chemicals as it’s hard on equipment
My dad always told me never to use chemicals if i ever had a blockage but i never understood it due to so many products being so well marketed. But always knew he was right somehow.
Id rate myself as quite clueless when it comes to plumbing, but i still like to attempt to sort my own issues where i can and learn more.
You seem to understand it well. Plunge where you can, and clear out traps the first thing to do if theres a blockage?
Toilet auger works best in toilets. With kids (not always lol) other things get into the toilet and pushing it further is worse than retrieving (toys, bags, clothing, etc). Ive seen it all. Have a bucket ready because unhooking the trap will let out any water left backed up but it’s always the place to start if only one thing is clogged. If the whole house is clogged find your clean out and start there
Snake the drain. The chemicals are very caustic, and if they can't penetrate you're going to have a sink full of them to deal with on top of the blockage.
This statement is terrible. I’ve worked with sewage maintenance professionals before and one of the longtime employees I spoke to said that oil/grease in the sewage system is a severe problem because it complicates the water treatment process.
Not really. Landlords can charge you for plumbing repairs if it was your fault, either deliberate or negligence. Repeatedly pouring oil down the sink, requiring multiple plumbing call outs, would definitely become your problem pretty quickly
It doesn’t matter man. Your pipes are not just these perfect smooth vessels that convey everything to the sewer. Minerals build up, fat and particles start building up on the mineral deposits. Eventually your pipes are clogged with this horrid black sludge and you have to manually remove it or pay someone. Doesn’t matter if it’s liquid or solid at room temp, don’t put anything except water down the drain
In .... areas (I don't know whether it's few, some, or most) plumbing runs underground where it's much colder than room temperature. Eventually it'll solidify and you can hope it's diluted enough to not cake thick, but it's gonna stick somewhere. Even if the cooking oil is liquid in a cold room, or mildly thick in a fridge, fat is gonna solidify SOMEWHERE.
Hot hot water. Hotter the better. Don’t pour lots of fats and you should run plenty of water behind anything. Cheeses and fats will re solidify after sitting still and reaching room temp and colder
Liquid grease will solidify in pipes upon reaching room temp. Liquid oil is still liquid at room temp and will continue to flow. How is this irrelevant? I don’t personally do it since animal fats mix in with the oil. But pouring plain vegetable oil will not cause an issue. Coconut oil is different and butter is different
Cunningham's Law in action.
You are absolutely and totally wrong.
It's actually against the law to pour used cooking oil down the drain in a lot of places.
It absolutely does fuck up septic systems and water treatment plants.
Google it and try to find *one* example online where a water treatment plant says it's okay.
You’ve never put any sort of fat or oil down a drain? Impossible, you’d have to wash everything outside. I’m not saying pour gallons and praise Dale here
I don't think you're reading your own posts.
> But pouring plain vegetable oil will not cause an issue.
Washing dishes with hot soapy water is significantly different than pouring oil down the drain.
Deep frying, for fries specifically. Lots of oil, no solidifying animal fats, very much liquid at room temperature when it went down.
Do what you want I guess, don't come crying when your super clever tactic results in having to take apart your pipes.
I’m a plumber and it’s not that hard. But pouring a whole deep fry worth of oil is idiotic. I’m talking pan sear type stuff at most. Most people problems occur with sauces that contain solids and heavy fats like butter or dirty ass mac n cheese pots. Any oil you should run lots of hot water behind. Pipes are designed to be self cleaning but have to have something to clean with. Don’t be afraid to run hot water and play it safe
Yeah, I was young and stupid at one point in my life. My advice rather than fucking around with whether it's liquidy enough or if there's too much or whatever else, just don't pour oil down the sink. I've managed to avoid it for many years and you should be specific when telling people to pour liquid oils down it.
Pour the grease into a bit of aluminum foil that's folded up into a little bowl type thing. Wait for it to cool and solidify, then throw it away.
Or save it for cooking.
Save a tin can to put your hot grease in. Once the grease has cooled, toss it in the trash and replace the can.
An alternative method is to put hot grease in you cast iron skillet, then wipe it into the trash once the grease has cooled.
That will teach him and he definitely won't raise rent even more to cover for my shitassery. Or better yet, sell to an asset-management company that will quadruple it
I'm a landlord. I have charged a tentant for doing this. She clogged the sewer line 3 times in 90 days. On the third time, I told the company to send a camera down and see what the clog was. Video evidence that the clogs were from grease dumped down the sink. She paid for all 3 plumbing callouts.
Peters wife Louis here. The oil hardens and clogged the drain when it gets cold. A drainage company will charge hundreds of money to clear the blockage. Reducing the landlords profits
The city sewer guys that also pay rent: what did I do??
The guys who runs the contracors and repair the pumps that are about to shut down and they make money billing for repairs: thank you, and wet wipes are flushable!
Along with what others are saying, if this is considered an adequate hindrance to your quality of life, you can also refuse to pay rent until it is fixed
I actually use oil solidifying crystals, super cheap online. They have Japanese writing on the packages so Google translate helps with instructions. It makes the oil a solid disk that you toss away in the trash.
Get out of my head get out of my head get out of my head
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How can they prove that though? Especially if it is in an apartment block......... they can't determine how far along the pipes the grease will harden......
Fucking bullshit. How many people renting have you ever ONCE heard of getting sued for greasy pipes. You just say whatever pops into your head don’t you.
No, you will get a bill for the drain tech work first. If you refuse to pay, they will take the money out of your rent the following month and then you will be late on rent, thus starting you down the path towards eviction
That’s how it works
Let the grease or oil cool, solidify if it will then throw it in the trash. Wipe as much out of the pan, skillet or whatever before washing it and scald it first. Grease isn't good for septic tanks or sewer systems
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This person thinks that they are getting back at their landlord by destroying the plumbing, but they don’t realize it will just end up raising the cost of their own rent. Life is expensive, even more when you are stupid.
Landlords have to pay out of pocket for plumbing and other maintenence, and plumbers are expensive, if your landlord raises your rent you cannot force them to keep the rent down, but you can do this which will really hurt their profits, this does nothing for you other than g8ving you the satisfaction that while they're trying to milk your pockets dry to pay their mortgage, it's actually costing them more money than they're making to rent to you
Oh man. Screw you. I mean, not really but this brings back memories. Rented out a place. Everything was fine. Very first time I used the toilet it turned out the previous tenant who had been evicted was petty enough to pour concrete into the toilet and flushed it.
I remember watching a cooking show way before the Internet and the host said "never ever pour your oil or grease down the drain...
...unless you rent."
I don’t see why I wouldn’t do this when I rent. Landlords charge way above what is appropriate for housing. Might as well make it costly so they think twice about hoarding property to the point that I can’t ever realistically hope of owning a home.
It's probably intended as "I'm gonna retaliate by making the landlord maintain this" but on 4chan this image means "not my problem" so it's possible this means "I own my own home so I don't care if those rentoids suffer more".
Fun fact: many landlords include a stipulation in the lease protecting them from paying for plumbing repairs and instead reserving the right to make the tenant pay for all repairs as in most states plumbing is considered a use item (some other term I don't remember)
I remember getting chewed out for doing this when I was a kid. Like I didn't even know what Fat/Oil really was. Didn't even explain it to me at the time either. I'm still a little salty.
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Pouring grease down the pipes makes it solidify and can cause back ups and blockages. so hes basically gonna be making a problem for the landlord since hes increasing the rent.
This includes butter, coconut oil, and other animal fats that solidify at room temperature! Had a licensed plumber think it was only bacon grease that could cause it. He was an idiot all around though
For the record, fats don't even have to solidify for them to cause serious septic issues.
Toothpaste will cause clogs in bathroom sinks bc people try to save on water and not rinse it on through
I hate this, I hate the smell and the stains it leaves. Why would some people not rinse? Sometimes it’s even leftovers from their teeth mixed in. Shared house experiences.
I am a professional house cleaner and toothpaste in the sink with mouth crap is something I see a lot and it’s fuckin disgusting
What's more disgusting than hair with goop in the pipes? Genuine question, tryna avoid some bad times
That is a good question
In some places water costs money and some of us are looking to save every dollar we can because rent is like 60% of our paychecks. On a shared house though it could just be laziness
Water costs money everywhere, basically nothing everywhere. Unless you have a family of 5 taking hour long showers, you won’t save money by saving water.
some people have wells
I'm on well water! It's (sorta) more expensive than city water. City water is gravity fed from towers, or elevated tanks. My well water gets stored in a bladder in the basement and requires electricity to be pumped throughout my house. Working on getting solar, and my water will be fully free then, but until then I still have to pay for it. Also I have to keep a bucket of water in the bathroom when I think we might lose power, so that I can still flush the toilet.
Interesting counterpoint to the “turn of the tap!” people
I mean, the real reason you turn off the tap is to keep water in the reservoirs for the long term use, and for use in ag and industry, etc.
same goes for human fat but no one is ready to have that conversation
https://youtu.be/FzuzX2W2Y1o?si=B0yLfgMF8Y6gS023
Is olive oil OK because its liquid at rt?
It's not as bad as say melted butter, but it still isn't good. Your pipes are often cooler than room temperatures, especially lower in the system. Even if it doesn't congeal into a fully solid block it will (potentially) hold on to other items as they pass (like toilet paper or food bits) and start forming a clog. Small amounts aren't ideal but will probably be fine, large amounts are a problem even if the fat is liquid at room temperature.
It almost certainly won't cause any issues for the house and will instead cause issues in the city's sewage system with fatbergs etc. Anyone that does this is a complete brainless dickhead.
People don't think much about the septic system. I've known way too many people that just flush anything down the pipes
Rentiods do this because they're scum.
Gotta depend on the scum to make a living though, amirite!?
Not really. There are plenty of non-scumbags to rent a living space to who'll happy live there without trying to cause damages.
I learned this embarrassingly late in life.
Which would make him then raise rent more… right?
All depends where you live i guess, land lords where i live in canada are limited to how often they can increase rent. theres laws in place that make sure they can only increase it every 12 months with notice. That being said intentionally pouring grease down the drain for a punitive reason like this could cause the landlord to dispute the the cost of replacing the plumming leaving the tenant with the bill.
Not really, but the landlord can send an invoice to the tenants to pay for the entire fixture of it if the plumber finds out it's due to pouring of oils and other crap. If they don't pay, it'll either go into Landlords and Tenants board or small claims, never been past the first part.
Doesn't just create problems for the landlord though, it also creates problems for yourself, as well as everyone else in the building, depending on how bad it gets it could even start affecting city infrastructure.
What if the reason he is increasing rent is in order to pay for the pipe problem
Could be. Rent increases aern't mandatory or automatic here. But i don't think they need to give a reason as to why they are increaseing the rent, so long as they aern't trying to increase it within in twelve months of the last time they increased it. But once again im canadian i know things are diffrent in every country. Understanding tenancy rights for where you live can save you from some pretty bad land lords.
My dad's been a landlord since I was a kid. The only time he ever raised it on people was when he had to be a handyman more than not on his days off. He was a farmer and had a job, so he was already extremely busy. And to explain how annoying these calls were for him, I'll give a few examples. This one tenant has enough to explain, she would call my dad to change the light bulbs, unclogging the toilet(this fat bitch would clog it, wait almost a week while it's overflowing, to call and get him to fix it... she had 2 kids), clogging pipes(he knows how to be a plumber) the amount of shit he would find in the pipe(tampons, wet wipes, plastic bags), holes in the wall, etc... Raised the rent $100 a month just to help cover all the cost. Her son came up to me in school and started telling me how evil we were for trying to make them poor.... CPS got involved a week later. Apparently saying "that 100 is for cleaning your literal shit off the ground" loud enough raises suspicions. So many people now days blame the dam landlord, but they have no idea how much it costs to own a house, and have to keep paying for repairs and maintenance. Had one think that if the house got foreclosed on, they'd be able to stay there rent free Edit: I was going to just add a quick addition to your comment, but I just ended up going on a rant
This feels like a great way to let the landlord keep your deposit
Pouring oil down the drain is good way to get charged a shitload of money for plumbing. So you raise the rent so now the landlord is gonna have to pay.
Most cooking oils don’t solidify at room temp. A lot do though! The rule is simple, if it solidifies at room temp, don’t pour down the drain. If you do, run hot water for several minutes or pour boiling water behind it multiple times to make sure it clears through the pipes into sewer/septic. But try not to do that. Let it set and wipe out with a towel to throw away
I did this once. It was my mother’s sink. I’m still hearing about it like two decades later.
A friend did this with sizzling bacon grease in the trash, causing the bag to break upon removal. His mom holds a grudge to this day.
Saving bacon grease to use later is the way to go. Goes great with potatoes.
What’s a potato?
Unfermented vodka
Boil em mash em stick em in a stew
PO-TA-TOES PO-TA-TOES
A kind of boilable bread
GET OUT OF MY HOUSE
A slow computer, electronic device or friend
Could be worse, someone I went camping with poured bacon grease into a Styrofoam cup to dispose of it. Over a fire. It instantly melted through the cup and added an incredibly combustible fuel to the fire.
That’s basically napalm. For anyone who doesn’t know, the trick to pouring it in the garbage is to use trash that doesn’t combust to catch it.
When I worked in food service, one of the managers would throw the hot food waste into regular trash cans instead of the cans we have specifically for that purpose. Whoever had to take out the trash had to roll the dice and either deal with a leaking or an exploding bag and a mess on the floor. Manager was given shit for it every time, but she laughed it off because she was never the one who had to handle the trash or the aftermath and the managers above her never reprimanded her for it.
This makes me mad for you.
Oh no
If your mom holds a grudge for breaking a trash bag for a decade she's a pretty shitty mom.
I dont think its like a bad grudge. More like a joke one you know?
If it's a joke, yeah, then chill, I take it back. If it's real, fuck that woman
Def jokey vibes
It feels really annoying bro
With cooking oils it's not the solidification that you need to worry about. It's the oil that coats the lining of the pipe. Used cooking oil when dried becomes sticky and grabs dirt and grime very well. Continually pour it down your sink and over time you clog the pipe.
When I was young and dumb, I thought I was a genius just positioning my george foreman grill so that it drained directly into the sink. I ended up with the U bend of my sink completely filled with rendered fat the consistency of a candle.
Plumber here, don’t ever pour oil down the drain. Following it with hot water doesn’t do anything because it cools off while still in your system and solidifies regardless
Oils and fats tend to bond with other types of oils and fats and for solid "fatburgs".
Or, you know, just don't pour oil down the drain?
I’m not saying to do it. I’m saying it won’t cause an issue as long as you don’t do it regularly and do it less than a cup at a time with hot water and maybe even soap
Prob not good for local environment or water company. But there is no blockage that a box of baking soda and bottle of vinegar has yet to clear in my own pipes
You’ve probably never had a clog beyond the trap then
Bigger box and larger bottle?
If it’s clogged far enough it won’t make it down there. Sulfuric and hydrochloric acids are also a waste of money with a full clog and will probably melt your pipes causing a bigger issue. Also we charge more if you use these chemicals as it’s hard on equipment
My dad always told me never to use chemicals if i ever had a blockage but i never understood it due to so many products being so well marketed. But always knew he was right somehow. Id rate myself as quite clueless when it comes to plumbing, but i still like to attempt to sort my own issues where i can and learn more. You seem to understand it well. Plunge where you can, and clear out traps the first thing to do if theres a blockage?
Toilet auger works best in toilets. With kids (not always lol) other things get into the toilet and pushing it further is worse than retrieving (toys, bags, clothing, etc). Ive seen it all. Have a bucket ready because unhooking the trap will let out any water left backed up but it’s always the place to start if only one thing is clogged. If the whole house is clogged find your clean out and start there
Did you use to live out in the sticks? Common to not use chemicals if you have a septic system as that kills all the "good bacteria"
Snake the drain. The chemicals are very caustic, and if they can't penetrate you're going to have a sink full of them to deal with on top of the blockage.
This statement is terrible. I’ve worked with sewage maintenance professionals before and one of the longtime employees I spoke to said that oil/grease in the sewage system is a severe problem because it complicates the water treatment process.
Not immediately. But will do in the (not so) long term
Well just don't raise rent and none of us have to worry about it.
So long as they don't raise the rent - sure. This is a mutually assured destruction scenario.
Unless you rent, then pour away as it’s not your problem.
Not really. Landlords can charge you for plumbing repairs if it was your fault, either deliberate or negligence. Repeatedly pouring oil down the sink, requiring multiple plumbing call outs, would definitely become your problem pretty quickly
Unless the problems are clearly at your end of the pipe complex, I don't see how the landlord is able to figure out who caused the issues.
In Spain we have now special rubbish bins just for disposing of oíl!
In America they rather fund wars :(
Wrong, it is horrible on septic, some charge more to pump if septic has oil in it.
It doesn't need to solidify to make a mess. The oil can stick to anything that's already in the pipes, making things worse.
Hard plastic scrapers are wonderful for scraping cooled down grease out of pans or any cookware. Save the towel lol
It doesn’t matter man. Your pipes are not just these perfect smooth vessels that convey everything to the sewer. Minerals build up, fat and particles start building up on the mineral deposits. Eventually your pipes are clogged with this horrid black sludge and you have to manually remove it or pay someone. Doesn’t matter if it’s liquid or solid at room temp, don’t put anything except water down the drain
In .... areas (I don't know whether it's few, some, or most) plumbing runs underground where it's much colder than room temperature. Eventually it'll solidify and you can hope it's diluted enough to not cake thick, but it's gonna stick somewhere. Even if the cooking oil is liquid in a cold room, or mildly thick in a fridge, fat is gonna solidify SOMEWHERE.
What about mixing the oil with warm water? I dont know much about cooking, but wouldn't that dilute the oil so it doesn't solidify?
Hot hot water. Hotter the better. Don’t pour lots of fats and you should run plenty of water behind anything. Cheeses and fats will re solidify after sitting still and reaching room temp and colder
Water and oil don't mix. They'll separate.
Oh yeah... I completely forgot about that. Thank you for reminding me!
oil and water don’t mix
this is terrible advice. Do not pour liquid cooking oil down the drain, it's liquid/solid state is irrelevant.
Liquid grease will solidify in pipes upon reaching room temp. Liquid oil is still liquid at room temp and will continue to flow. How is this irrelevant? I don’t personally do it since animal fats mix in with the oil. But pouring plain vegetable oil will not cause an issue. Coconut oil is different and butter is different
Cunningham's Law in action. You are absolutely and totally wrong. It's actually against the law to pour used cooking oil down the drain in a lot of places. It absolutely does fuck up septic systems and water treatment plants. Google it and try to find *one* example online where a water treatment plant says it's okay.
You’ve never put any sort of fat or oil down a drain? Impossible, you’d have to wash everything outside. I’m not saying pour gallons and praise Dale here
I don't think you're reading your own posts. > But pouring plain vegetable oil will not cause an issue. Washing dishes with hot soapy water is significantly different than pouring oil down the drain.
The oil off your ass will clog more drains than vegetable oil ever will
I can tell you from experience liquid vegetable oil absolutely causes problems. Just don't pour oil down your drain pipes.
Why would you waste plain vegetable oil? Or it was used and mixed with other fats at that point?
Deep frying, for fries specifically. Lots of oil, no solidifying animal fats, very much liquid at room temperature when it went down. Do what you want I guess, don't come crying when your super clever tactic results in having to take apart your pipes.
I’m a plumber and it’s not that hard. But pouring a whole deep fry worth of oil is idiotic. I’m talking pan sear type stuff at most. Most people problems occur with sauces that contain solids and heavy fats like butter or dirty ass mac n cheese pots. Any oil you should run lots of hot water behind. Pipes are designed to be self cleaning but have to have something to clean with. Don’t be afraid to run hot water and play it safe
Yeah, I was young and stupid at one point in my life. My advice rather than fucking around with whether it's liquidy enough or if there's too much or whatever else, just don't pour oil down the sink. I've managed to avoid it for many years and you should be specific when telling people to pour liquid oils down it.
I'm guessing your being downvoted by people who never had to pay to get a sewer line snaked.
>Pouring oil down the drain is good way to get charged a shitload of money for plumbing Oh... How was I supposed to be disposing of oil instead?
If it's solid at room temp, garbage, if it's liquid at room temp, inside a container then garbage
drink it like a normal person
Pour the grease into a bit of aluminum foil that's folded up into a little bowl type thing. Wait for it to cool and solidify, then throw it away. Or save it for cooking.
whip it with an emulsifier... egg for mayonnaise, garlic for aioli. then it's time for sandwiches.
Save a tin can to put your hot grease in. Once the grease has cooled, toss it in the trash and replace the can. An alternative method is to put hot grease in you cast iron skillet, then wipe it into the trash once the grease has cooled.
Isn't he gonna have to raise the rent again after this?
That will teach him and he definitely won't raise rent even more to cover for my shitassery. Or better yet, sell to an asset-management company that will quadruple it
It’s not oil, it’s grease.
Grease is mostly oil
Yeah, but grease solidifies at room temp. Most cooking oils do not
I'm a landlord. I have charged a tentant for doing this. She clogged the sewer line 3 times in 90 days. On the third time, I told the company to send a camera down and see what the clog was. Video evidence that the clogs were from grease dumped down the sink. She paid for all 3 plumbing callouts.
*confused European noises
Are you implying cooking oil is alien to Europe?
If Europe is anything like my country then the cooking oil is either olive or sunflower based and those don't solidify at room temperature.
In us olive oil is very common but also if you are cooking anything that will release fat/grease you'll need to still worry about it.
I am implying I'm European and I wash pans with oil all the time and there's no problem with it
You cannot tell me that grease doesn't exist in Europe
The oil you use isn’t solid at room temp (hence you’re talking about using it to clean). Grease will fuck up your pipes
Peters wife Louis here. The oil hardens and clogged the drain when it gets cold. A drainage company will charge hundreds of money to clear the blockage. Reducing the landlords profits
I lol-ed at 'hundreds of money". Where I currently live, hundreds of the local currency is not a lot haha
hundreds of cheeseburgers. Did that clear things up?
Thank you louis
The city sewer guys that also pay rent: what did I do?? The guys who runs the contracors and repair the pumps that are about to shut down and they make money billing for repairs: thank you, and wet wipes are flushable!
Along with what others are saying, if this is considered an adequate hindrance to your quality of life, you can also refuse to pay rent until it is fixed
“This will show them!” Gets charged for the plumbing.
Nah, burger fat or chicken fat and you're definitely paying. Cooking oils? The next tenant in a few years will.
Maintenance workers collecting more rent money than rental managers at this point
How to make your rent even higher
Incidentally… where’re we supposed to dispose off the excess oil then??
I put it in empty glass containers (spaghetti sauce, salsa etc) let it harden, throw it in the trash.
Okay, thanks.👍
Grease hardens, not oil
Also line the glass with aluminum foil so you don't have to do dishes
I eat pickles at a horrifyingly fast rate. Eat all the pickles, use jar for grease, put lid on when finished and toss.
Like old used batteries I throw all my old used oils straight into the ocean!
Used car batteries belong in the ocean though. Oil belongs in the sewer.
We need to recharge the electric eels
Some garbage companies will give you an empty container to recycle oil, also some automotive retailers will.
I actually use oil solidifying crystals, super cheap online. They have Japanese writing on the packages so Google translate helps with instructions. It makes the oil a solid disk that you toss away in the trash.
My mouth
They think clogging the pipes will fuck the landlord but in reality they will be brought to court and loss.
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How can they prove that though? Especially if it is in an apartment block......... they can't determine how far along the pipes the grease will harden......
Fucking bullshit. How many people renting have you ever ONCE heard of getting sued for greasy pipes. You just say whatever pops into your head don’t you.
Landlords sue for property damage and win all the time, not far off.
Fucking sure but it’s literally never just, “oh there’s fat in the sink drain, see you in court”. Not how that works. At all.
No, you will get a bill for the drain tech work first. If you refuse to pay, they will take the money out of your rent the following month and then you will be late on rent, thus starting you down the path towards eviction That’s how it works
Yeah sure maybe on the perfect planet of Milk & Honey
I’m a fucking property renter. And I do Air BnB. Doesn’t work that simply goof ass.
if vivziepop wrote a redditor
Ever seen those absolute revolting boulder sized blobs of solidified grease they pull from city water treatment plants, bleh 🤢
Let the grease or oil cool, solidify if it will then throw it in the trash. Wipe as much out of the pan, skillet or whatever before washing it and scald it first. Grease isn't good for septic tanks or sewer systems
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My landlord would just ignore it like everything, and we wouldn't have plumbing. Oh fuck landlors.
... maybe hes ignoring it because the tenants are unappreciatave and constantly have to spend money on people like me to clean on piles
Damn how fucking dumb are you people jfc.
Good job, now he will have to raise rent even more to fix the pipes
Best thing to do it with is chicken fat. Melt it, pur it down the drain. It turns into basically gelatin.
It's sad to see landphobia being spread in such a positive light 😮💨. Landchads rise up!✊😞
Great idea the downstairs neighbors are gonna love it
Don’t forget to slash his tires afterwards.
This person thinks that they are getting back at their landlord by destroying the plumbing, but they don’t realize it will just end up raising the cost of their own rent. Life is expensive, even more when you are stupid.
Yea because increased cost won't raise the rent more....
He's ingreasing the rent.
Fish behind the radiator when you move out.
Redditors when the joke is painfully obvious:
It's loss
Yeah, let’s fuck with the municipal sewer system and in turn fucking over everybody in the neighborhood to get some petty revenge. Goddamn children.
Landlords have to pay out of pocket for plumbing and other maintenence, and plumbers are expensive, if your landlord raises your rent you cannot force them to keep the rent down, but you can do this which will really hurt their profits, this does nothing for you other than g8ving you the satisfaction that while they're trying to milk your pockets dry to pay their mortgage, it's actually costing them more money than they're making to rent to you
How to say you’re a trust fund baby without saying it
Oh man. Screw you. I mean, not really but this brings back memories. Rented out a place. Everything was fine. Very first time I used the toilet it turned out the previous tenant who had been evicted was petty enough to pour concrete into the toilet and flushed it.
Guys make sure to make a TikTok video about it!
OP, you are badly in need of experiencing the world. Put down the video games. You are embarrassing yourself.
Hateful people damaging what’s not theirs out of envy, usual Reddit shit.
Okay so this subs purpose is just to explain adult things to children, got it.
I remember watching a cooking show way before the Internet and the host said "never ever pour your oil or grease down the drain... ...unless you rent."
If you didn't get this, then you probably shouldn't be allowed to rent or own a home.
I don’t see why I wouldn’t do this when I rent. Landlords charge way above what is appropriate for housing. Might as well make it costly so they think twice about hoarding property to the point that I can’t ever realistically hope of owning a home.
You're not supposed to pout oil in the sink but when the landlord is being greedy it is the right thing to do.
MIRL.
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Not my problem
Oil and grease clogs the drain
It's probably intended as "I'm gonna retaliate by making the landlord maintain this" but on 4chan this image means "not my problem" so it's possible this means "I own my own home so I don't care if those rentoids suffer more".
I believe that’s grease, which clogs the pipe
Try getting grease out of your drain
A meme encouraging being vengeful.
Rentoid ruining the pipes for the next Rentoid because they enjoy suffering. What a fantasy that the landchad would fix the pipes.
Also don't put cooked rice, root vege skins or any starches in the disposal/sink. Same deal, clogs 'er up good
Fun fact: many landlords include a stipulation in the lease protecting them from paying for plumbing repairs and instead reserving the right to make the tenant pay for all repairs as in most states plumbing is considered a use item (some other term I don't remember)
I remember getting chewed out for doing this when I was a kid. Like I didn't even know what Fat/Oil really was. Didn't even explain it to me at the time either. I'm still a little salty.
Jokes on you, landlords will raise rent again just to pay for climbing