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Garbage disposal

professorpaul

10-19-2007

Doug Miller

aemeijers

terry

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Dave Martindale

JoeSpareBedroom

Red Green

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Posted by Dave Martindale on October 21, 2007, 1:44 am

>So two new houses and some 45 years later we have never had another of

>the nuisances. A completely unnecessary device AFIK! Would never

>bother with one again even though we have been on municipal sewer for

>last 30 odd years.

We bought a house about a year and a half ago. The kitchen sink had a
garburator installed in one side, but the housing was cracked and
leaking - even when the garburator was not used. The easiest repair
would have been buying a new unit from the same manufacturer, which
would have fit the quick-connect fitting already on the sink.

But we'd never lived with a garburator before and didn't see much point
in having one, so we junked the existing one and redid the plumbing to
have two ordinary sink drains instead. We've never missed it.

Dave

Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on October 19, 2007, 9:07 pm

> Nice Insinkerator. Generally nothing more than the occasional stall,

> fixed with the hex wrench. However, recently have had a couple of jams

> in the connection between the GD and the "T" that comes down from the

> other sink. There is a baffle there to deflect the water down, which

> seems to be a good thing.

> A bad dose of Brussel sprouts and broccoli clogged it up. Cleaned out

> OK, with the usual water in the face and appropriate profanity. This

> has happened twice now.

> The chief domestic engineer might be feeding it too rapidly, but any

> thought on different "T" designs or general observations? This is a

> new house, and never had that kind of problem in another house I

> owned. No obvious burrs, etc. to catch things. Before I start

> replacing fittings, I thought I'd seek the advice of the group.

No plumbing suggestions, but if you ever want to make your own rope, strong
enough to tie up an aircraft carrier in a storm, try putting kale stems into
the disposal.

Posted by Red Green on October 21, 2007, 11:15 am

>> Nice Insinkerator. Generally nothing more than the occasional stall,

>> fixed with the hex wrench. However, recently have had a couple of

>> jams in the connection between the GD and the "T" that comes down

>> from the other sink. There is a baffle there to deflect the water

>> down, which seems to be a good thing.

>> A bad dose of Brussel sprouts and broccoli clogged it up. Cleaned out

>> OK, with the usual water in the face and appropriate profanity. This

>> has happened twice now.

>> The chief domestic engineer might be feeding it too rapidly, but any

>> thought on different "T" designs or general observations? This is a

>> new house, and never had that kind of problem in another house I

>> owned. No obvious burrs, etc. to catch things. Before I start

>> replacing fittings, I thought I'd seek the advice of the group.

> No plumbing suggestions, but if you ever want to make your own rope,

> strong enough to tie up an aircraft carrier in a storm, try putting

> kale stems into the disposal.

Now there's an idea - kale stem lined duct tape.

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