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Household Hints & Help

Tipperary

(6,930 posts) Fri Mar 27, 2020, 10:17 AM Mar 2020

Then last night (not using either), water flooded out all over my kitchen floor.

Suggestions, hints? Reassurance?

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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

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

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

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