Oh pshaw, on Wed 19 Dec 2007 09:59:26p, Julie Bove meant to say...

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> "Goomba38" > wrote in message
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>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
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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.
>>>
>> Why would you *want* to put corn cobs and bones in the disposal though?
>> Tossing them into the garbage would be a lot easier and use less water
>> and energy (and save that noise) than using the disposal for them.
>> I have a heavy duty InSink-Erator and yet when it makes more sense to
>> just scrape things into the trash or composter, that is what I do. And
>> I do use my disposal often enough. I am just stunned by the things you
>> and Julie write about here...?
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> Mine is an Insinkerator. Old one was and so is the new one.
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Then it sounds like you have some really serious plumbing problems in more
than one place in your house. There aren't really many other possible
explanations.

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Wayne Boatwright

Date: Dec 19,2007

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