farmerjohn1324
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Problem started when I poured molasses down that side of the sink. (Not joking)
you will be half way to re and re.:hide:
I gotta ask why?
You already have obvious leakage. I would remove and replace. Then follow some basic rules:
1. Never use your garbage disposal ... ever. They are worthless
2. Never put eggs shells into them
3. Never put starchy food like rice, pasta, potato peelings, oatmeal, etc into them
4. Never put stringy veggies into them like celery, carrots, zucchini
5. Never put hot grease or fluids that might coagulate like bacon fat, molasses, etc.
You already have obvious leakage. I would remove and replace. Then follow some basic rules:
1. Never use your garbage disposal ... ever. They are worthless
2. Never put eggs shells into them
3. Never put starchy food like rice, pasta, potato peelings, oatmeal, etc into them
4. Never put stringy veggies into them like celery, carrots, zucchini
5. Never put hot grease or fluids that might coagulate like bacon fat, molasses, etc.
If it is the molasses stopping it up pour boiling water down the drain, that should loosen it up. Then take the Allen wrench and work it back and forth to free it up.
We use our disposal all the time. Though we compost most vegetable wastes. Never do corn husks, small amounts of celery won't jam it, never had a problem with carrots, zucchini. Grease shouldn't go down the drain regardless of having a disposal. It doesn't help a septic tank and it can clog the sewers as it congeals leading to sewage spills.
The main use of a disposal is to take care of what you scrape off of your plates. Not to dispose of all the chicken bones from your stock making operation (personal experience speaking here).
No the last thing he needs is to get this stuff moving into the rest of the system
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You pour enough boiling water down the drain it will dilute it enough that it won't be a problem. IMHO. But YMMV.
You pour enough boiling water down the drain it will dilute it enough that it won't be a problem. IMHO. But YMMV.
What if I disconnect the drain pipe and let the boiling waterr drain into a pan?
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