Garbage Disposal Won't Drain

RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post by hrabia007 (2) | (10/08/2008) Contact I have tried everything. I have tried plugging the other sink and plunging the disposal side, and vice versa. I tried doing it while it was running and everything. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post by hrabia007 (2) | (10/08/2008) Contact What are the ways? I didn't get anything. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By Donna (Guest Post) (09/07/2008) Bless all of your hearts. We are retired and on a fixed income and I thought we were going to have to pay a plumber to come out. I tried your instructions and it worked like a CHARM! Thank you so very much! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By Happy Camper. (Guest Post) (09/01/2008) You're advice was awesome! It worked immediately. Now my girlfriend can buy the pants she was going to get before the disposal broke. Giggity Giggity Goo! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By Ashlee (Guest Post) (08/18/2008) Seriously, If you need to go out to the store and buy a plunger DO IT! This works miracles! My husband tried everything and then I found this, ran to get a plunger came back, tried this once and TA DA! No more clog. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By Shaun (Guest Post) (08/16/2008) This works! Saved me quite a few bucks paying a plumber, too! All I did was cover the opposite drain, plunge the drain to the disposal for maybe 10 seconds, then ran it and voila. Afterwards I used some disposal cleaner which I left in overnight to help remove the smell and hopefully some grime... Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By Karen (Guest Post) (08/09/2008) Thank you a million times. I am renting this house and I didn't want to call the landlord nor put damper on my husband's Saturday. I didn't know if this was going to work because it's 2 sinks and a garbage disposal sink. I plugged up the 2 sinks and started plunging. Then I closed the garbage disposal and plungged first one sink then the other. It became obvious which sink was plugged. Now it's working, the sink is clean and I've got a Saturday back and I didn't have to spend the security lease money dealing with this. I am so impressed. Just google it! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By (Guest Post) (07/25/2008) WOW! I never would have thought of that in my life. Worked like a charm, thank you for the great idea. Saved me a bundle. Close one sink side. Plunge the other. Genius! Mike Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By K (Guest Post) (07/10/2008) Love it! It worked great! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By Elyse (Guest Post) (06/26/2008) WOW! This actually works and quickly. Thanks so much. Saved me money! What did we do before the internet? Spent money I guess. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By Ira vH (Guest Post) (06/12/2008) Thanks so much everyone! The water was just swirling around and not draining. It took a lot of plunging in the other sink before the water started to go down and stay down. Actually after the water started filling up in the sink, I just turned the water off and kept plunging the other side while the disposal kept running. The water finally got down to the bottom of the disposal and when I turned the water back on it was draining again! This website is a blessing! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By renfrue (Guest Post) (06/09/2008) It took lots of plunging, but it worked! Thanks much! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By Randy Patterson (Guest Post) (05/25/2008) Wow... I've spent over 9 hours total on everything from Drano to snaking and could not get the water to go down. I found this solution, of course, after all that time and decided, what the hell, I'll try it. Sure enough, 30 seconds later, it worked! The force was enough to blast through the clog and needless to say, all that hard work was for nothing and this saved me hundreds. Thanks so much! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By Vicki (Guest Post) (05/02/2008) Wow! Thanks so much. I just tried plugging up the other drain, running the disposal and then had to plunge it, but it WORKS! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By Liz (Guest Post) (04/18/2008) That thing about plugging the drain side and then plunging the disposal side is genius! I thought I was going to have to pay for a plumber to come fix it, but I tried this trick and it worked! Thanks so much! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By PflugervilleMOM (Guest Post) (03/18/2008) OMG! It actually worked! I assumed, like everything else, this would not work for me. That I would have a complicated problem that would require a plumber at $1,000 per hour, but THIS WORKED! I closed the other side and plunged the disposal side (several times) and down it went (leaving a yucky sink), but DOWN, DOWN, DOWN! Amazing...THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By LaSonja (Guest Post) (02/17/2008) Wow, plugging the other side of the sink and then running the water really does work. My husband thinks I am so smart. Thanks! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By Njackson-Davis (Guest Post) (02/14/2008) It is valentine's day and I have been quite stressed because our disposal was clogged causing havoc in the kitchen. As I started getting ready to go out to dinner, I decided to another quick search, ran across this suggestion (to close the other sink and plunge) and IT WORKED!!! THANK YOU! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By Jan (Guest Post) (01/01/2008) Wow, I can't believe it! It worked!! Closing the other drain did the trick! Thanks everyone! Having company for dinner tomorrow nite, one less thing I have to worry about now! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By pilar (Guest Post) (12/15/2007) piliz AT msn.com It won't drain. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By Shandamanmorgan (Guest Post) (07/12/2007) I can't believe it worked. I was getting ready to take the whole sink about until I read this post. I put the plunger over the sink side to block it and turned on the disposal. It girgled and then drained. Mine also was not grinding. Once the water started to drain the blades started working as well!!!??? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By Remy (Guest Post) (12/23/2006) Putting a stopper in the other sink running the water and the garbage disposal then remove the stopper while the water is still running worked PERFECTLY, thanks! Wish I wouldve done it 3 days ago !!!! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By Trina (Guest Post) (06/05/2006) Audrey's post on 2005-03-13 worked like a charm! I had first made a mess taking the pipes apart, and also sticking my hand down the drain trying to move the blades, etc. I hooked it all back up and still that side of the sink would not drain. I put a stopper on the other sink's drain and then ran the disposal. The water bubbled a bit and then I pushed on the stopper a few times and then the disposal side sucked right down, and now it works like it's suposed to! Thanks! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal problems Post By mike (Guest Post) (02/27/2006) my disposal shoots food back out WHEN WE TURN IT ON THE WATER WON'T GO DOWN EITHER! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By guest (Guest Post) (03/13/2005) I just compost my food scraps and rarely have to use my garbage disposal any more! My plants love the compost. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post by Audrey Huante (1) | (03/13/2005) Contact Is your sink a double one ? if it is plug the side without the disposal and run the water,turn on the disposal. This has worked for me. Good luck Audrey Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By Audrey (Guest Post) (03/13/2005) Is your sink a double one? If it is plug the side without the disposal,turn the water on,and run your the disposal,this has worked for me. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post by judymill (6) | (03/13/2005) Contact First, never use Drain O in a garbage disposal.......chemical drain cleaners cause lots of disposal problems. Doesn't sound like your disposer is stuck, rather it (or the related drain) is clogged . There are products available for cleaning your garbage disposal and the drain, which you should use every 1 to 2 months to keep things running smoothly. You can often find these at your local grocery or even at Walmart. Make SURE they are for disposals !! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garbage Disposal Won't Drain Post By Lisa (Guest Post) (03/12/2005) Hello, I have a disposal that will NOT run if I put even the peel of even ONE carrot down it ! When my disposal gets stuck we use a plunger. Good Luck ! Lisa Report Spam or Abuse