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hunter

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19. Ours quit working many years ago.

Fri May 24, 2024, 11:14 AM

May 2024

We were facing mountains of medical bills at the time so I replaced it with a simple drain, which was about $8.00 in parts.

I'm happy it's gone!

Before we got rid of the disposal we'd occasionally have clogged drains, and not just in the kitchen. It hasn't happened since. That ground up crud from the disposer can accumulate in the pipes.

My wife and I compost all our food waste. That's not much of a problem because my wife is vegetarian-approaching-vegan and I'm mostly vegetarian. What food waste isn't suitable for the dogs goes into the compost. (Safely composting meat is possible, but complicated.)

If I was remodeling my kitchen and modernizing the electrical wiring, sure, I'd make provisions for a garbage disposal, but I wouldn't install one.

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Talk me out of a garbage disposal [View all] Goodheart May 2024 OP

Since you're getting new countertops, get a disposal. Lonestarblue May 2024 #1

If you plan to sell the house someday Freddie May 2024 #28

Get out of it right now, before someone switches it on! Ocelot II May 2024 #2

I never intentionally drop stuff in mine, but when I do... quaint May 2024 #3

We use Stainless steel mesh screens to avoid that. Lochloosa May 2024 #8

Me too. Polly Hennessey May 2024 #21

Thanks! quaint May 2024 #24

Composting works well and I do it on the back deck. No smell and no buying fertilizer. marble falls May 2024 #4

and you can get a stainless steel bowl and lid onethatcares May 2024 #25

We rarely use ours. I wouldn't miss it if there wasn't one there. Lochloosa May 2024 #5

They're nice to have, though. demosincebirth May 2024 #9

I've changed mine twice. It's not fun for this old man to be up under a sink, inside a cabinet. Lochloosa May 2024 #13

I wouldn't have a house without one. I remember when demosincebirth May 2024 #6

If you have a septic system and leach field coprolite May 2024 #7

It's city sewer Goodheart May 2024 #12

If you are putting in new counters, new backsplashes are nice touches getagrip_already May 2024 #17

make square cuts if you're going to do it. onethatcares May 2024 #27

Newer permanent magnet "slim" disposals don't weigh nearly as much as the old ones did. hunter May 2024 #29

We have septic and a disposal... getagrip_already May 2024 #15

There are nice looking waste buckets that sit next to the sink. Arne May 2024 #10

You are remodeling. Get a garbage disposal. jimfields33 May 2024 #11

Can't talk you out of a good idea. Jirel May 2024 #14

Mesh sink traps are much cheaper anciano May 2024 #16

I would get it. CrispyQ May 2024 #18

Ours quit working many years ago. hunter May 2024 #19

I have lived in places where I had one and where I didn't have one. Diamond_Dog May 2024 #20

I don't miss it one bit. I had one at the old house (a garbage d.), and when we moved into our newer place 1 mile SWBTATTReg May 2024 #22

I despise them. I've always had a small kitchen and they Phoenix61 May 2024 #23

We use a compost pile and the compost comes in handy. Not for everyone but walkingman May 2024 #26

I would get it Bristlecone May 2024 #30

Didn't even know they made such a thing. Goodheart May 2024 #35

No. Disposals are awesome. Laffy Kat May 2024 #31

I once rented a duplex that did not have a garbage disposal ailsagirl May 2024 #32

I've lived without a garbage disposal for almost 30 years, don't miss it a bit FakeNoose May 2024 #33

I actually spent the day tearing into the wall and wiring up the space for a disposal Goodheart May 2024 #34

Yes the dishwasher effluent does make a difference FakeNoose May 2024 #36

just something else to clog up the pipes dembotoz May 2024 #37

I would rather spend the money on something else Kali May 2024 #38