Perhaps one of the most common maintenance items in a home, but one that most people do not typically know how to fix. Therefore they call a plumber and pay him (or her) to ‘fix’ the disposal when it could had been done without the plumber.
Perhaps one of the most common maintenance items in a home, but one that most people do not typically know how to fix. Therefore they call a plumber and pay him (or her) to ‘fix’ the disposal when it could had been done without the plumber.
If after trying these few steps the disposal is still not turning on, then it is time to call the plumber.
Oh yeah, one final pointer on disposals. The unfriendly ‘sink clog.’ No one likes this- especially when they are preparing food fir a dinner party and the guests are standing right there. The way a sink works is the same as a toilet- gravity. In fact the entire plumbing system is based on gravity.
Plunge the side of the sink opposite of the disposal side a few times. This should help to push through the food clogging the p-trap and now you can turn on the disposal to move it the rest of the way out and down the drain.
Voila! Your sink clog is gone. Just like a toilet clog. Novel concept.