Clogged Garbage Disposal Youtube

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Clogged garbage disposal youtube. Also see what happens when something gets ground up. Turn off the power and insert a long dowel a wooden spoon or a broom handle never your hand into the drain opening. Turn the garbage disposal off. Causes of a garbage disposal clog.

It s easy to fix a garbage disposal when it gets stuck. Insert the correct size hex or allen wrench in the six sided hole in the bottom of the garbage disposer motor. Learn how with this video. A disposal generally has no problem grinding most food waste but it s what happens after the grinding that usually causes a clog.

If the disposal is still clogged follow these steps. Often this has to do with how ground food waste reacts to water or lack of water after the disposal unit grinds it up and sends it on its way toward the drain line. Push the bottom end of the wooden probe against the impeller the blades that grind up the garbage and rock it back and forth to free it. How to unclog a garbage disposal drain pipe if you got food stuck in the pipe after it went through the garbage disposal and you want to take the pipe apart.

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