Eggshells Are Clogging Kitchen Drains in West Linn

Here's something we run into more than you'd think - kitchen drains backed up because of eggshells. Most people assume eggshells are harmless to send down the sink. They're not. Those small fragments don't break down the way you'd hope. They settle into the pipe, mix with food scraps and grease, and slowly choke off the drain.

What you're looking at here is exactly that. A cleanout access point on a kitchen sink drain line in West Linn, Oregon - and it's packed with eggshell fragments and food debris that had been building up over time. This isn't a slow-forming problem that takes years. It can happen faster than most people expect, especially in a busy kitchen.

We cleared the line out completely as part of our residential drain cleaning service. Once it's open again, water moves freely and the sink drains the way it's supposed to. The fix itself isn't complicated - but leaving it alone only makes it worse.

The bigger takeaway here is pretty simple. Eggshells, coffee grounds, and fibrous food scraps don't belong in the drain - garbage disposal or not. Even with a disposal running, those materials can and do accumulate downstream in the pipe where the disposal can't reach them.

If your kitchen sink is draining slowly or backing up entirely, that's your sign. Don't wait until it's fully blocked. We serve West Linn and the surrounding Oregon area for exactly this kind of job.