Garbage Disposal Cleaning, Sharpening, and Common Cause of Failure
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- Опубліковано 22 гру 2021
- If your garbage disposal is not working it is very likely to be the victim of the most common reason why garbage disposals fail. Which is the lack of use! When a garbage disposal is not used for a long time, it will start to lock up, freeze, or rust. Next time someone goes to turn it on, they may be greeted with only a hum instead of the wonderful sound of chopping and grinding. To prevent the disposal from failing prematurely, remember to exercise it regularly. In this video I also go over 4 more tips about cleaning, disinfecting, sharpening the blades, and how to eliminate bad odors.
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OMG, thank you for your video! I tried everything, had 2 people look at it and nothing worked. Your "if all else fails" worked! I couldnt believe it, thank you so much
Thank you. Great advice. I just had my garbage disposal replaced. These tips will help keep it going.
I appreciate u for your time to help us new techs and beginning plumbing!
Great information. Thanks for the knowledge.
Merry Christmas Jay! Donated $40 to your channel, thank you for your videos, your videos got me into this trade
Thank you Moises! I appreciate the kind gesture! And it's great to hear that my videos got you into this trade. I am sure you won't regret it!
Merry Christmas to you and yours! 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Why does one side of sink fill up when draining disposal
Thank you for all the advice
Great video! Love your content. I have seen nails, screws, beer bottle caps, a bar of soap (shook the entire countertop), but my favorite was Aquarium rocks. Resetting the GFI that is within a couple of feet of the dishwasher is always my favorite.
Number 1 mistake I see is no high loop in the dishwasher drain hose. When draining a full sink the water drains through the disposal into the dishwasher drain hose and fills the dishwasher up until water is pouring out on the floor from the dishwasher.
What he mentioned in the beginning I made same mistake and I had to call the Service guy and he spent almost 3 hours to figure that out. Very Good Video Very simple the way the guy reflects his personality
Thank you! Great information!
This was some great information. Thank you😃
Thanks for the tips. I didn’t know all that
Great information!
Very cool, informative and fun.
Great Tips! Thanks
Thanks for the tips
Very helpful!
Thanks for the info 😊 ❤
Nice work with this one Jay! Really looks to be taking off!
Very much to my surprise Ben! It always amazes me how the videos I think will not perform too well tend to be the ones that get a lot of views 😄
@@WordofAdviceTV I know. Same thing here!
Great info!
You are a Blessing good info.
You are awesome as always.
I find that there is often a clog in the dishwasher drain hose towards the disposer as well. Thanks for the video, great subject.
Good Tips Sir ‼️
Excellent thank you
great video !
If the unit is jammed, you can manually clear it. Take the Allen wrench that came with the unit, stick it in the little hole underneath, and turns in both directions until it spins freely. If the unit is jammed and runs too long, the Reset Button will pop and will need to be pressed in for the unit to run again. If the unit spins free but still only just hums, the unit is bad and it should be replaced entirely.
Is your screen name what the boy mushroom said to the girl mushroom??
Absolutely. Working maintenance in apartment complexes, I've seen outside contractors drop screws in them all the time. When these get stuck, it's a real pain breaking them loose/removing the screws.
Lol Sam 😄
Sorry, I meant Sam lol 😂
That is a nice detailed comment on freeing up the disposal and seeing if it is still good or not. Thank you for the thorough explanation!
great tips
Hello my friend. Great advice! I'm older now and when replacing garbage disposals I use motorcycle flat jack to raise or lower disposal. Makes life much easier for me! Take care Jay and merry Christmas to you n family!
That sounds like a great idea! Working smarter not harder is always good. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you and Merry Christmas to you and yours as well!! 🎄🎄🎄
Thank you.
I just wanna say thanks. The least I can do. To be honest, I hardly ever use my garbage disposal, now I will. Also gave you a 👍
Thanks for the great videos. I refer people to your videos and tell them to argue with you if they think im wrong on a diagnosis. lol
Definitely your directions help[ed me
I use a sink strainer. It catches screws, nails, broken glass, rocks, broken flower pot parts, twist-ties, flat-wear and shell casings from falling into the grinding abyss.
I have never had most of that stuff near my kitchen sink and I installed my kitchen sink, and cabinets and everything else in my kitchen.
Good info and funny jokes!
Someone once told me it is good for the garbage disposal to run used coffee grounds through it often. I never knew if that was true but it never seemed to hurt. Maybe it was more a matter of using it often. My son fixed my garbage disposal once, and said never put heavy starches down it, like pasta or oatmeal. Later, we added to that, never run a bunch of potato peelings down the disposal. Automatic fails.
Thank you, that was a great video. One tip I have is that some disposals have a “reset” switch. When they are overloaded, it trips that switch and won’t restart until you push that button again.
That's actually a very good tip! I should make another quick video just for that. 😄 Thank you for sharing!
Merry Christmas Jay. Thanks for the great videos.
@sayiam Thank you! Merry Christmas to you and yours as well! 🎄🎄🎄
Thanks.....
I think most people know about the Allen key and reset buttons. It was interesting to know about the knock-out plug for the dishwasher. Some people use the garbage disposal and do not have a dishwasher. So the disposal would need the inlet for the dishwasher tube to be closed. Great tips on maintaining and keeping it clean and odor free
One would be surprised at how many don't know. In fact, I plan to make a follow up video on the disposal to cover those two things as well. Just a quick video on how to try to make a humming or completely un-operational disposal work again. Reset button, check GFI, Allen Key, whack it with a hammer... And any other suggestions that may come in on this comment section. 🙂 Thanks for watching and commenting Clayton. Merry Christmas to you and family!! 🎄🎄🎄🎄
I've forgotten that dishwasher knockout a few times on an installation. haha... Don't ever want a callback, but sometimes you're under pressure to get a lot done in a short period so things can be overlooked/forgotten, especially as you age.
@@WordofAdviceTV Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year to you and your family my friend
@@WordofAdviceTVI know about the rest button, but could you explain the GFI(?) where and what it is and how to use an Allen wrench and where on the garbage disposal?
Also, what causes the rattling noise that makes it sound like something is loose. I don’t remember it always sounding that way. Will try all the tricks for cleaning maintenance.
One thing Ive been doing for years…you can clean the inside/underside of the black flaps (splashguard) of the drain with paper towels. It’s shocking how much junk accumulates there, but if you do this monthly it stays relatively clean. Adding the baking soda and vinegar mixture to the paper towels aids in getting the gunk off of them. Definitely recommend using gloves for the first cleaning. That rotten food accumulation is probably half the problem as far as disposal odors go.
Job well done…!!!
Thanks for the tips🤔
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Merry Christmas to you and yours!! 🎄🎄🎄
Merry Christmas to you and your family jay..
Make the new year bring you greater blessings ! 👍🙏
That's much appreciated John! May your new year outperform your previous year many times over as well!
Merry Christmas to you and yours! 🎄🎄🎄🎄
Great advice! Thanks!
Game Wizard, thank you for stopping by!
Merry Christmas to you and yours!! 🎄🎄🎄
@@WordofAdviceTV And to you and yours, as well, Jay! Thanks!
I just had a renovation and the new dishwasher has water building up. Now I know why! I'm going to disconnect the hose and smash out that knock-out plug. Thanks!
Three or four times a week we run the disposal with cold water and dump in a table spoon or so of dishwashing liquid... then wait a few seconds for the swirling foam to clear before shutting everything off. It seems to keep the disposal squeaky clean... and should they ever appear; stops drain flys in their tracks. Cool videos, Thanks!
That's a great way to keep it clean and running smooth! Thank you for sharing!
Egg shell? If it can’t chew up egg shells what can it eat?
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Great information Jay 👍 have a Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 my friend!
~Jay~
Thank you Silver Grizzly! (nice username!)
Merry Christmas to you and yours as well!! 🎄🎄🎄🎄
👍👍👍great video
Thank you Harry! As always, your presence is an honor.
Merry Christmas my friend!! 🎄🎄🎄
Great content / jokes
Excellent tips Jay ... I took my disposal out and just put a regular sink drain in , because they can be more trouble than their worth ... And that joke at the end hit " Rock Bottom ''' Aloha ... And Merry Christmas to you and your wonderful family ...
Thank you Eddy! I definitely see why you may want to do that. Less problems that way for sure! Hahaha yes.. My jokes are less hits and more misses it seems. 😄 I should do some sort of puzzle in the next video to change things up. Thank you for the merry wishes and we wish you and family a Merry Christmas from Hawaii as well!! 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
That was great Except I was expecting you to mention the giant Allen key underneath if it gets bound up
Just got a new house with a garbage disposal for the first time. It came with this Allan key, but I don't know what it's for
@@andrewgabrielli8787 so on the bottom of the unit under the sink there is a hole that the key fits into and it allows you to manually turn the disposal. So if it’s really stuck run hot water and soap into the disposal, keep it off, and stick the Allen key into the hole and work it back and forth an inch or two until it frees up. Then take out the key and turn it on and let it run for a while. Should be good at that point. If you take a flashlight to the bottom of the unit you will see where the key goes.
@samlol23 I apologize for falling short of you expectations. 😇 But no worries! I plan to make a follow up video on what one can try to do to make their non-working disposal work again! Suggestions like the one you made to Andrew are welcome. 😄
@@WordofAdviceTV only wrote that cause you make the most clear and comprehensive videos on You Tube!
Great video! I always heard that you must run the water while running the disposer. Is this true?
That knock out plug has tripped us up more than once.
Adding some CLR (or other anti-rust product) to the garbage disposal every once in awhile, and letting it sit, helps, too.
There's a commonly held misconception that egg shells or ice can help to sharpen the "blades" of your garbage disposal. But the truth is, garbage disposal don't have blades. Rather, they have impellers that are more blunt than sharp. These impellers grind food waste down, rather than chopping it up like a blender.
I heard the ice trick from so many people that I didn't even question the validity of it. What you say does make me wonder now.. Thank you for pointing that out!
You are correct. You can't sharpen a hammer. If there were "blades" how would ice sharpen them? Ice is not an abrasive.
Actually the impellers don’t really chop the food either. They are used to throw the food against the side walls where the grind rings are which grinds the food down and the water washes them down and out of the outlet drain.
@@rickneckar3389 Correct. The impellers direct the food to the outside of the cylinder where the food gets pulled between a fixed outer and a rotating inner edged surface where the food is literally ground into a pulp before entering the drain below.
I always call them “flails”. I have a service call for the blades being loose so I told the tenant that they’re not blades they’re flails and are supposed to be loose because they flail around and I flailed my arms in the air to demonstrate. Entertain and inform.
I used ice before with lemon 🍋. Didn't do much. I happen to try some snow packed in there with water running and holy hell. It turned my sink black with gunk coming from the garbage disposal. I did that 3 times until it was shiny brand new down there. Wow.
Oh wow! Haven't heard that before! Thank you for sharing the experience!
Robby, did you actually used snow from outside ? I am just curious
@@vnswamy2008 yes
Great video like always!! I have a portable dishwasher that stopped draining a couple of days ago. Since it only hooks to the faucet & not to the disposal, what are the main problems that I should check first?
I actually don't recall ever working on a portable one so unfortunately I am not sure what is most common with those.
The first thing I would confirm is whether the dishwasher is not draining at all/pump not turning on or is it draining slowly and not all the way.
If the pump does come on and it attempts to drain, then I would be looking for clogs in the filter/drain basket and if accessible, taking a look at the drain pump impeller to see if it's damaged. If the drain pump is not coming on at all, then it can be a few different things.. Such as a bad pump motor or pump motor not getting power (bad control board or timer). Unfortunately this is not something I would be able to diagnose for you in the comments though. I hope the above at least gives you some ideas. Good luck!
There are no blades to sharpen on any garbage disposal I have ever seen. Garbage disposals have blunt pieces of metal that spin around loosely to mash up food that goes into the garbage disposal then forced out the sides through small holes. The only thing ice cubes do is make a lot of noise. I think you should take a look inside the next garbage disposal you work on. You did a great job on presentation though.
I got rid of my disposal over two years ago. I have a double screen basket setup in my sink.
"Merry CHRISTmas" Jay and family,
Can you advise why you never want to use hot water?
Great video.Warm water while running my dishwasher.
I use dawn in mine while running every now and then.
Don't know where i got this but I put Dawn soap down mine from time to time without water, turn it on for about 15 to 30 sec while putting more Dawn down it turn it off and let it be over night.
What kind of vinegar?
I did the forgetting to knock out that piece on the garbage disposal after replacing it. Lol I figured it out though.
Haha many people do that mistake the first time so you're not alone. 😄 At least you were able to figure it out yourself, that makes you above average 😉👍👍
Although all brands work well past their warranty date, I have found that my Badger (budget model) disposal fails earlier than other brands. That might be because I have a water softener which tends to RUST any metal (garbage disposal).
I do all this and mine failed after 3 years. Leaking. Is that a good life span?
Dump your dishwashing water in the disposal. The warm soapy water helps keep it clean.
Good idea! Thank you for the suggestion!
When using a continuous feed WDU (unless it has a capacitor start motor larger units mainly) the machine should be On and Running with water (cool) before any food water is put in or it might overload. Batch Feed units can be switched on with waste food already in the chamber. Also the ice trick is a myth it may help with cleaning however will not sharpen blades/impellors
Like the baking soda vinegar lemon trick. Someone didn't sleep through chemistry class. 😁
Hey jake, I don’t mean to be annoying at all, I just want to know, where did you learn to service appliances. I’m really interested. Thank you very much
No problem, that's a normal question. Especially since there are only a few appliance repair schools left in the country. Most people that fix appliances learned on the job, not from school. I got lucky to get hired by a gas company that offered an appliance and HVAC repair service plan. I went to school only for HVAC and at this job I learned how to repair most of the other appliances. At first I only worked on furnaces, air conditioners, and water heaters. Then they added dryers. After I got familiar with dryers, they started giving me ranges/ovens/cooktops. Next were washing machine service calls. Last was refrigerators and dishwashers. (most technicians don't like working on those two the most). They also occasionally sent me to appliance repair trainings which were helpful too. As a bonus, I learned about the gas distribution side of the business too, did gas leak calls, carbon monoxide leak calls, gas meter replacements, etc.
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate it. Thank you.
My disposal backs up into the other sink. Any idea why?
My impellers got stucked, somebody knows how to loose them, eg. any tool pls?
There is likely something jammed in them. I show in this video 5 things you can try: ua-cam.com/video/7tvi6zoBl-k/v-deo.htmlsi=8NnDjntXYG_fWHZu
Haven't had trouble with egg shells. I don't put fibrous veggies or any meat or bones down it.
Thank you for the feedback! I've never tried putting eggshells in, so that's good to know 👍
The main issue with eggshells...is that the shells become lodged in the small crevices of the grinding cylinders (one fixed, other rotating)...and could make the resultant grinding less effective. Additionally, the decaying stuck eggshells may begin to smell. The exact same issue/consequence occurs with high fibrous fruit/veggies...such as celery. The fibrous strands become lodged into the grinding cylinder.
Sharpening with ice cubes...I didn't know that one. Or, I didn't get the memo, as they say 😂.
And the knockout plug on the garbage disposal? 🤔 I must have run into that at some point, I just don't remember 🙄
Great video 👍
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Why do the blades sound looser then they used to?
Our garbage disposal hasn't worked for at least 6 months. It's frozen. How do I unfreeze it? I tried using an Allen wrench in the bottom socket, but can't turn it.
If it's humming, but not spinning, try pouring a lubricant (e.g. mineral oil) into it, and let it sit for an hour or so, and then try to free it with the Allen wrench.
If it's doing nothing at all, look for a reset button underneath. Press that and give it a try.
I followed the advice to put orange or citrus peels in my DW. It immediately stopped and clogged with an orange peel under the blades qnd I can't get it out. Guess it has to rot there.
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I always do egg shell in my disposal
And you never had any problems? (I only ask since we have never tried putting egg shells in the disposal) Then I suppose this manufacturer recommendation does not need to be listened to 😄
Sadly I watched this video too late. I bought a new dishwasher because it quit draining. When the new one didn't drain either I looked at the instructions for the garbage disposal and then I wanted to kick my friends plug out for not reading and me spending a ton of money on a new dishwasher. lessons learned haha
Bones chopped up really cleans out the garbrator . Get the biggest unit.
That big boy chew a fork till you can't recognize it.
My garbage disposal is working fine, but it is much louder than it used to be. The splash guard is still intact as well. I don’t what the problem could be.
The last time that happened to me, there was actually something stuck under one of the impellers. So even though it worked fine, it was a lot louder than normal until I took out the little jammed piece. I would try looking around the blades to see if there's anything stuck there.
pull out the black rubber shield from the disposal and flip it over and scrub off the gunk. a lot of times that why the disposal smells. its pretty gross what accumulates on there, its also good to clean under the seal of your dishwasher door because it gets the same slimy smelly gross build up.
If mine is made to be pulled out, I can’t get it out. I bought a toilet bowl brush at the dollar store, push it all the way in and swish it around as I pull it out. Works pretty well.
I would like to know how to clean the filthy black gunk off the back of the rubber covering the sink above the garbage disposal. Baking soda and vinegar does nir work, nor does boiling water and dish soap. It is the nastiest job in the entire house. Thanks for any suggestions you have.
You may be able to take it out just by pulling on it. (there's different kinds) I plan to make a video on how to clean it later on too 👍
No, I’ve tried that. The one we had in the house prior to this had a removable one and it was great.
I bought a toilet cleaning brush specifically for my disposal gasket. I just push the brush into the disposal and swish it around as I pull it out. For extra cleaning, add a bit of dish detergent to the brush.
I fixed my inlaws garbage disposal by hitting it lightly with a hammer. It was seized because of lack of use.
Nice! The good ole "whack it with a hammer" approach. That method actually often works. 😄
This comment may save someone's garbage disposal. I might include this tip in my follow up video as well, thank you for sharing!
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We had a bad smell coming from our sink and what it was we weren’t using the dishwasher so the stuff from the garage disposal was getting flung into the dishwasher out let hose, so it’s a good ideal to run the dishwasher a few times a week 🤜💥
Fill sink warm water. Get Clorox and Dish detergent. Now pour in generous amount clorox and dish detergent. Stir the sink full of water. Pull drain plug and immediately turn on garbage disposal. I have done this where all other tricks customers have tried failed. When I was done smells were gone and customers were saying now I don't need a new disposal.
This is a really good tip! I even want to make a video on just what you said in this comment. Because the lemon and other cleaning stuff does not last for very long. Your method seems like it would do a nice deep flush. 👍👍👍
I do the same thing, I saw condos cleaning out dupmsters with bleach and water. Sanitizes and gets rid of the most horrible disgusting odors. So I started using this method on sink garbage disposals, works awesome, then do the lemons for a nicer end smell.
Check the type of dish detergent you are using before trying this. Some of them, like Dawn for instance, are not supposed to be mixed with bleach and can create noxious fumes.
Maybe true if used without water, but added to a sink full of water, they’re very diluted. Everyone has to use the precautions they believe are necessary. I will continue to mix both Dawn and chlorine bleach into the water.
Why ‘never hot’ water?
Plumbers said ice cubes don't sharpen blades.
Hate using my disposal. Just makes a tasty slush for the sewer roaches. The chemicals it gets sprayed with...the roaches just get immune. Live in an apt complex and gardening is an impossibility. To solve, I save most of my kitchen scraps in a cheap plastic compost bin with a plastic bag and feed the sad and very old looking trees by the railroad tracks.
The problem isn't the garbage disposal, the problem is the apartment complex.
Place half squeezed lemons in
Top basket of dishwasher. Remove from dishwasher & cut in half. Place in disposal.
What is the cost of living there?
Why does my disposal run soo loud. There is nothing in it. I heave done all your tips .
Ice cubes are harder than egg shells, and orage peels are almost like soft rubber. I am now confused.
The blades on a disposal are not there to be sharp. They are dull for a reason. A disposal works by slinging the waste up onto the sides where it is designed to break up the waste. Next, never put citrus or anything else highly acidic to metal in your disposal. It will rust out the bottom real quick. I would suppose if you had a 1hp stainless insinkerator that might not be an issue. But those are a bit spendy. Most the other advice is ok. If you treat an Insinkerator 1/3-1/2 hp disposal decently it will last over 20 years.
Unless you leave the citris or vinegar sitting in your garbage disposal or put it in every day, you won't have a problem. The water will rinse it out.
@@MAGAMAN Even just a couple of times a month will ruin a disposal. If you have ever taken one apart you would understand why. Hardly anyone clears the lower chamber on every use. So debris from your last grind is in there for a while. I have replaced enough of these where the client was putting citrus down the thing every other week. So as a plumber I will have to disagree with you based on experience.