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Household Hints & Help

stopbush

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1. Call your local utility to see if they're doing work in the area.

Reply to Tipperary (Original post)

Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:24 AM

Mar 2020

They often force air down pipes which can cause the plumbing in your home to back up.

That said, it sounds like the problem could just be the disposal. Your disposal should have come with a small wrench that you can insert in the bottom to turn the blades inside. If the disposal is getting power but not moving the problem is probably there.

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Help! First disposal quit working, but no problem with dishwasher. [View all] Tipperary Mar 2020 OP

Call your local utility to see if they're doing work in the area. stopbush Mar 2020 #1

Yeah, it is getting power, I can hear the hum. Tipperary Mar 2020 #10

Then it's probably stuck. You need to get it to rotate, which you can do using that tool. stopbush Mar 2020 #11

I don't think so. Tipperary Mar 2020 #14

do you have an air gap? DonaldsRump Mar 2020 #2

No suggestions, but replacing a disposal is relatively cheap and not too difficult assuming Hoyt Mar 2020 #3

Thanks! Tipperary Mar 2020 #7

There's a way to manually crank the disposal Mersky Mar 2020 #4

Thanks! Tipperary Mar 2020 #5

Yw Mersky Mar 2020 #8

I hate garbage disposals. Phoenix61 Mar 2020 #6

I have have never been a fan of them either. Tipperary Mar 2020 #9

I have a handy man who fixed mine for $20. It had glass jammed in it. stopbush Mar 2020 #12

Thanks again! Tipperary Mar 2020 #13