Plumbing, Heating and Pool Repair Guides

How To Unclog a Garbage Disposal

/
/
/
1086 Views

Garbage Disposals are great to have, they get rid of food left over in the sink. But the food it gets rid of can clog them. Most of the time the flywheel that causes the grinders to move will become clogged. Rather than call a plumber, we can help you unclog the garbage disposal and save you a lot of money.How To Unclog a Garbage Disposal

You will first want to turn off the power to the garbage disposal. You don’t want to get a finger stuck in a disposal.You will need a small flashlight to look down the drain and see where the clog is. If the clog is visible then try using a knife or a pair of pliers. That is another reason why you want to make sure that you turn off the disposal off. If step three doesn’t work, you will have to place a hex head wrench into the hole located at the bottom of the garbage disposal and then gently turn the wrench back and forth. What should happen next is that by turning the wrench, you should be able to remove any debris that is stuck in the flywheel. The most difficult ones are little pieces of cracked egg shells, corncobs, fish or chicken bones, as those tend to get stuck in between metal blades or the main spinning wheels attached to the impeller.
Garbage Disposal
Next you will want to use a wooden spoon (to avoid electrocution) or a broom handle into the garbage disposal. The spoon handle should fit right into the sink drain and you will have to manually spin the flywheel until it moves. Now turn on the power and test with a small piece of food. If the food moves through the disposal smoothly then you have fixed the problem. If not, you will have repeat the steps above until the disposal is working properly.

If you have a double basin sink, you could try a plunger by plugging the other side and use it on the disposal side. Try out a couple of times to see if it sucks up the fluids and debris by air tightened plunger power. If the clogged side is not working well, then you may want to fill out the other side with water and plunge through all the way.

Garbage disposals are not meant to grind huge pieces of food. They are used to grinding up small debris that is left on plates. For example, if you put a piece of steak in the sink, it may have trouble grinding it. You can find garbage disposals in your local Home Depot or Lowe’s store.

Also make sure not to put things down all at once. It is always best to run the cold water while keeping the disposal unit operational. If you throw things too quickly, then there will be more chance of getting it clocked even if they are soft materials. If you noticed that any loosened food items are still there, then you could try pouring boiling water to see if it gets resolved little by little.

8 Comments

  1. Thank you for writing such as great tips here, that’s all I have to say.
    You definitely know what you’re talking about, and your intelligence on posting to your blog…

  2. you are in poinnt of fact a excellent webmaster.
    The site loading velocity is incredible. It seems that you are doing
    any unique trick. Moreover, The contents are masterwork. you have performed a magnificent job on this topic!

  3. hey there and thank you for your info – I have
    certainly picked up something new froom right here.
    I did however expertise several technical points using this web site,
    since I experienced to reload the website lots of times previous to I
    could get it to load properly. I had been wondering if your web host iss OK?
    Not that I am complaining, but slow loading instances times will often aaffect your
    placement in google and can damage yokur quality score if ads and
    marketing with Adwords. Well I am adding this RSS to mmy e-mail and
    could look out for a lot more of your respective exciting content.
    Make sure you update thjs again soon.

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published.

This div height required for enabling the sticky sidebar
Ad Clicks : Ad Views : Ad Clicks : Ad Views : Ad Clicks : Ad Views : Ad Clicks : Ad Views : Ad Clicks : Ad Views : Ad Clicks : Ad Views :