Maintenance Items:
Cleaning Refrigerators
Cleaning Vent Hoods
Cleaning Garbage Disposals

Refrigerator Maintenance - Condenser Cleaning -
Refrigerators are in a sense like vacuums sucking dust. Dirt accumulates on a refrigerator's condenser which impairs the effectiveness of the appliance. Remove the grille at the bottom of the refrigerator and vacuum off the condenser. Slide out the defrost pan and clean the pan with detergent and water.

Quick Tip Saves Mega Dollars!
A minor maintenance item is ensuring your refrigerator remains level. This helps ensure efficiency of the appliance saving you electric dollars! Another item to check occasionally is your refrigerator and freezers door seals for air leaks.

Ventilation (Vent) Exhaust Hoods

Ventilation hoods can fill with grease. Grease filled hoods cause FIRES! This is a minor appliance cleaning item, which often gets overlooked until there is a problem or even a fire in the kitchen. Remember the old saying "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!" Clean your kitchen's exhaust filters frequently. Pending on your filter type, it may be able to be washed in your dishwasher. At least once a year (This is only once every 365 Days!) wash grease off the fan and clean inside the duct.

Garbage Disposal Maintenance
Garbage disposals and waste disposers are a common maintenance problem area. The problem usually is not in the appliance but in the user. Learn what your disposer can handle and what it can not. Items NOT to force down your kitchen's garbage disposal include wood, corn husks, metal, plastic, paper, glass, and wedding rings! Using chemical drain cleaner is common cleaning mistake which destroys waste disposers. Clean grease off your garbage disposal by grinding up ice cubes! Be sure to place this on your monthly check list.

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Cleaning Microwave Ovens
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