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How do I fix a slow draining garbage disposal?
I put an avocado skin down my garbage disposal, and since then, the sink doesn't drain well. If I run water for 10+ seconds, it fills up the disposal a decent amount, and will drain if I turn on the ...
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Is there any way to make a sink connected to a garborator drain faster?
In the kitchen there are two sinks side by side which share a common drain. One sink has a garborator. It drains ridiculously slowly. The other sink drains faster but I've been told it doesn't ...
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Do you have to have (or does it help) to have a garbage disposal with a dish washer?
I have a in sink garbage disposal but rarely use it.
I just had to replace it b/c it burned out from a children's plastic spoon getting 'eaten' ... more than just seized there was smoke coming out ...
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Which side of a sink should I install a garbage disposal?
I am about to purchase a garbage disposal to install myself. Our kitchen sink has a large, deep side, and a small, shallower side. Which side is more appropriate to install the disposal in?
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Can I build a garbage chute that connects the garage for residential use?
My current home has the kitchen adjoining to the garage. Most of the really smelly garbage is generated in the kitchen. The big garbage can and recycling bins live in the garage.
Is there an ...
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How to resolve a drainage issue with aerator lower than the original outlet
I have an issue with the drainage of a new kitchen sink I installed.
The old sink outlet was higher up (it was a more shallow sink) and more to the right. The same aerator was attached and the ...
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What is required to relocate a garbage disposal?
I have a garbage disposal in my two well sink, only problem is when it was installed, it was placed on the left side of the sink -- closest to the dishwasher, further from the stove. When I'm cooking, ...
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How can I fix a garbage disposal with crushed glass in it?
I have a garbage disposal that had a shot glass fall in. It got ground up. The disposal got jammed; I unjammed it and now it makes a glass grinding noise because of the shards inside.
How do I clear ...
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How can I stop veggie garbage from coming out of my basement storm drain?
I keep getting onion and tomato peels coming out of my basement storm drain after doing any sizable cooking and putting it through the garbage disposal. The kitchen is on the 1st floor, the drain is ...
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How to fix garbage disposal leaking black sludge under sink?
My garbage disposal is leaking water and black sludge under the sink and it makes the whole house smell horrible. Can I easily fix it?
Edit:
Here's a picture of it:
the leaked water/sludge is ...
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Why does dirty water come into my second sink when the garbage disposal is on?
For a while I have been having problems with using the garbage disposal. The large sink empties very slowly and sometimes I put the disposal on to get it going. The only problem is that disgusting ...
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How do I wire a duplex outlet from a switch/outlet combo?
The power comes first through a switch/outlet combo and I need to it take further down to a duplex outlet. The switch will control half the outlet and the other half will always be hot. This is ...
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What could cause my newly installed disposal to not work?
I just replaced my garbage disposal. Completed install. Darned thing won't start. Checked the wire nuts two and three times. Nothing. Ideas?
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Why does the outlet short out when I turn on the garbage disposal?
Okay, when I first moved into the house, everything worked fine. After about a year, my garbage disposal stopped working. I thought maybe it was jammed but the blades still move when I turn the hex ...
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What would cause my sink to back up and my dishwasher pipe to overflow?
So I installed a new disposal and connected the dishwasher directly to the disposal. I put a stopper in the second drain pipe the dishwasher was draining to and all has been ok. Recently, the sink ...
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Can I split the direct wire to dishwasher to handle a garbage disposal as well?
I've just plumbed in a new garbage disposal unit under my sink. The plumbing appears to be fine - nothing is leaking so far.
Now I need to wire it in.
It's next to a dishwasher, but the dish-washer ...
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How can I install a waste disposer if I have a high drain fitting?
I want to install a waster disposer under my kitchen sink. My problem is that the drain fitting coming into the kitchen under the sink comes out quite high, and the food disposer will effectively have ...
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If they can put a man on the moon, why can't they build a 'composter-friendly' under-sink disposal? [closed]
If they can put a man on the moon--and add wi-fi to our thermostats--why can't they build a 'composter-friendly' under-sink disposal?
I'd love a disposal that could send the ground up 'solid waste' ...
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Can a garbage disposal handle waste from both a sink and a dishwasher?
Can't decide whether to put garbage disposal on the dishwasher drain or sink drain. Is it feasible to install single garbage disposal to handle waste from both?
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Why does my dishwasher back up into the sink, but running the disposal allows it to drain?
When my dishwasher runs the kitchen sink backs up. I have a two tub sink and only the side nearest the dishwasher with the garbage disposer backs up. Running the disposal for a few seconds causes the ...
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What tools are required to unclog sink drain with garbage disposal?
So yesterday someone in my family put some celery stalks (with the hard stems included) down the garbage disposal, after which our drain drained much slower. I tried filling up the sink with water ...
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What should I consider when replacing an outlet serving two kitchen circuits?
I have an outlet underneath my kitchen sink that serves my dishwasher and my garbage disposal. The latter's circuit is toggled by a switch above the countertop. I need to replace the outlet, and was ...
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Proper wiring for GFCI given switched circuit
So I've added the 3-prong plug to my garbage disposal, and now I'm on to the GFCI outlet installation. The breaker was not GFCI protected, nor is there a GFCI outlet on the loop. I've gotten to the ...
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How can I improve the wiring under the sink for a garbage disposal?
My vegetable sprayer line broke yesterday, which led me underneath my sink. It wasn't until I was kneeling in a large puddle of water with the line draining on me and the floor that I realized how bad ...
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Why has my garbage disposal started tripping the breaker every time?
I have never had a problem with my garbage disposal or that circuit before, however I am now having issues with it. Every time I turn it on, it immediately trips the breaker.
I'm not even sure how to ...
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Garbage Disposal Shoots Contents Upward
Can't find anything that matches this particular issue on Google or here.
Our sink has a garbage disposal that is about 5 years old. For about the last six months or so, the unit tends to propel its ...
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Garbage Disposal
My garbage disposal works intermittently. More often than not there is a few seconds of high pitched whine before the breaker trips. About one time in ten, it works correctly.
There is no blockage ...
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How to unjam garbage disposal
Garbage disposal stopped today after I tossed some coffee grounds into it. It makes a nice hum when you turn the power on of the motor trying to run, but nothing spins. I've tried the reset button ...
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What electrical requirements does a garbage disposal have?
I just moved into a new house (well, actually it's old - 1920). We don't have a garbage disposal and was interested in in having one installed so I called a plumber. He estimated $650-750 saying ...
