"Pennyaline" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote:
>> Do you have one? Do you use it?
>>
>> I ask because I have one that I very rarely use. My sink has a tendency
>> to clog and every time I use the disposal, I fear that it will clog
>> again.
>
> I should never clog secondary to the light use you give it.
>
> <snip>
>
>> Left the house one day while husband was steam cleaning the carpets. I
>> begged him not to put the dirty water down the kitchen sink because I was
>> tired of it clogging. Told him instead to put it down the sink in the
>> garage. Why do we have a sink in there? I don't know, but we do. So
>> what did he do? Put it down the kitchen sink.
>>
>> I came home to a clogged sink. Couldn't manage to unclog it myself which
>> I sometimes could by bailing and plunging and running the disposal until
>> it released whatever was the problem.
>
> Fibers and hair will clog a disposal. Waste water from carpet cleaning is
> appropriately put down the toilet, not a sink drain.
>
> <snip>
>
>> Called the plumber again. He said this time the problem was paint chips.
>> White paint chips. I finally determined that it wasn't paint chips but
>> egg shells. Or egg peels. Yes, peels.
>
> Next they'll tell you not to put coffee grounds down it.
>
> You have a lousy garbage disposal. Any idea how old it is, or what make it
> is? How many horsepower does it have? You'll probably benefit most by
> replacing it with something better.
>
> You also have a shitass plumber who hasn't suggested replacing your lousy
> disposal with a better model.

It's a brand new Insinkerator. Not sure how much power it has. The
disposal itself rarely stops and has to be reset. I had one in one military
apartment that did this all the time. Took me next to forever to get it
replaced. What happens with this one is, I will try to put the food down,
but water just starts backing up into the sink. The disposal grinds, but
the food just doesn't go down.