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Posted by Prof Wonmug on October 22, 2009, 2:37 am
My son detected a foul smell coming from somewhere under the kitchen.
Suspecting a dead animal in a vent, they called an exterminator. The
exterminator said that it was a leak in a sewage pipe.
They then called a plumber who said they had a hole the size of a golf
ball in the sewer line from the kitchen sink. The plumber said it was
caused by not running enough water while using the disposal. The
material then sits in the pipe and eats a hole.
I assume the pipe is PVC, but I'm not sure as I got the information
second hand. Does this makes sense?
The cost was $1,200. Seems high.
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Posted by John Grabowski on October 22, 2009, 7:58 am
> My son detected a foul smell coming from somewhere under the kitchen.
> Suspecting a dead animal in a vent, they called an exterminator. The
> exterminator said that it was a leak in a sewage pipe.
> They then called a plumber who said they had a hole the size of a golf
> ball in the sewer line from the kitchen sink. The plumber said it was
> caused by not running enough water while using the disposal. The
> material then sits in the pipe and eats a hole.
> I assume the pipe is PVC, but I'm not sure as I got the information
> second hand. Does this makes sense?
> The cost was $1,200. Seems high.
*The materials that you are putting down the drain are eating a hole in your
pipes? If the pipes were galvanized I can see that they may have rotted out
after many years.
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Posted by Frank on October 22, 2009, 10:55 am
> My son detected a foul smell coming from somewhere under the kitchen.
> Suspecting a dead animal in a vent, they called an exterminator. The
> exterminator said that it was a leak in a sewage pipe.
> They then called a plumber who said they had a hole the size of a golf
> ball in the sewer line from the kitchen sink. The plumber said it was
> caused by not running enough water while using the disposal. The
> material then sits in the pipe and eats a hole.
> I assume the pipe is PVC, but I'm not sure as I got the information
> second hand. Does this makes sense?
> The cost was $1,200. Seems high.
There is corrosion and and erosion but looking at my disposal it exits
into a sink trap and even if effluent penetrated sewer line, smell
should not come back through drain. PVC is not subject to corrosion
but I guess particulate sweeping it could erode it. I suspect your
disposal was not hooked up right.
Does seem pricey unless access is difficult.
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Posted by SteveB on October 23, 2009, 11:32 am
> My son detected a foul smell coming from somewhere under the kitchen.
> Suspecting a dead animal in a vent, they called an exterminator. The
> exterminator said that it was a leak in a sewage pipe.
> They then called a plumber who said they had a hole the size of a golf
> ball in the sewer line from the kitchen sink. The plumber said it was
> caused by not running enough water while using the disposal. The
> material then sits in the pipe and eats a hole.
> I assume the pipe is PVC, but I'm not sure as I got the information
> second hand. Does this makes sense?
> The cost was $1,200. Seems high.
My wife seems to think that a garbage disposal is like a trash can. You
wait until you can not cram anything more in there, then you turn it on.
One can go in there and just about be overcome by fumes and stench, but like
some old Okie Midwesterner who survived the Depression, she's not going to
change.
You had a problem. You got an answer. You got a fix.
Are you going to let that happen in the future? If you used your garbage
disposal that much, and used it so improperly, you should either adjust your
methods or just get rid of a disposal. If you are on a septic tank, the
insides of your tank should be corroded to a breaking point by now. The
pipes past the fix are probably in bad shape, too.
Steve
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Posted by terry on October 23, 2009, 12:28 pm
Re:
"My wife seems to think that a garbage disposal is like a trash can.
You
wait until you can not cram anything more in there, then you turn it
on.
One can go in there and just about be overcome by fumes and stench,
but like
some old Okie Midwesterner who survived the Depression, she's not
going to
change."
So she should not use a garbage disposal any more than someone who
doesn't know their left from their right should drive a vehicle. Or
someone who doesn't know how to strike match should try to light a
fire. etc. etc.
Machines are designed and manufactured to work a certain way. If
someone wishes to change that they either need a different or bigger
machine (if available), or it will break or not operate correctly! A
family with a lot of children, for example, may decide to buy a bigger
clothes washer or dryer.
Also you would not send one small taxicab to pick up a whole baseball
team and all their equipment, would you? You'd send a bus of suitable
size and capacity! Or another example; you wouldn't make one small
pudding for say, Christmas and then expect it to feed a family of 5
and 15 visitors/relatives!
Size and capability matters. If not considered then costs increase
rapidly!
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> Suspecting a dead animal in a vent, they called an exterminator. The
> exterminator said that it was a leak in a sewage pipe.
> They then called a plumber who said they had a hole the size of a golf
> ball in the sewer line from the kitchen sink. The plumber said it was
> caused by not running enough water while using the disposal. The
> material then sits in the pipe and eats a hole.
> I assume the pipe is PVC, but I'm not sure as I got the information
> second hand. Does this makes sense?
> The cost was $1,200. Seems high.