"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> Poor Julie! What a mess to deal with. We don't currently have a garbage
> disposal because we're on a septic system and having one is ill advised.
> However, I have had In-Sink-Erator units in the last 4 houses I've lived
> in
> and never had a clogging problem. There was very little we didn't grind
> up
> in it, including small bones, corn cobs...really tough stuff. In 3 of
> those houses the plumbing was new, the 4th house was older. However, I
> attribute it to the particular units we had. If the grinding mechanism is
> doing a good job, there's no really good reason for the drain to clog.
> Unless, of couse, the drains have a lot of build up in them and it makes
> passing anything but liquid difficult to get through.

I didn't know about the septic system. My parents have a septic system and
a garbage disposal. Hmmm... I would never have thought to put a corn cob
down. And I've read that a major source of clogs in the Fall is from
pumpkins and their guts.