![]() ![]() ![]() Eggshells won’t sharpen the teeth, neither will ice. No, lemons won’t freshen it up, they’ll just stay there and get smelly. One should NEVER allow ANYTHING to go down the drain. Several times per year there are kitchen sink backups, caused by food going down the drain in combo with grease. One of those is a highrise condo where every unit has a GD. ![]() I find tenants put everything they can down the drains, and motors have been burned up by chicken bones and shrimp shells. I’ve replaced 3 in the last 10 years but had to troubleshoot half a dozen times. I have two rental properties with GDs and get calls almost annually that they’re broken. We run our GD maybe every 2-3 weeks when something large accidentally gets in there or if it starts to stink, but otherwise we don’t use it. I was so proud of myself for making it happen, and every time we ran the disposal afterward I got that feeling of satisfaction all over again.” In total, he spent $240 on the disposal and parts.I found this post as we’re considering removing our GD when we re-do our small kitchen, and gain some of that space back. “I cleared the kitchen of all other tools and debris, dedicated a day to making it happen, took my time, read the enclosed instructions, and it really happened flawlessly. My gamble with myself was that if it worked, I saved $600, and if I failed, spending $800 was meant to be,” he says. “I was a first-time homeowner and had zero plumbing experience prior to this moment, but I work in the architecture field, so understand at least how things should work, and watched several YouTube videos to learn tips and tricks, and psyched myself into a place of feeling confident I could at least try to pull this off. Homeowner Kiel Aaron was quoted a whopping $600 to $800 just for labor in Elm Grove, Wisconsin, before he decided to install the garbage disposal himself. ![]() When you’re hit with a quote on the high end, you might decide to pivot. ![]()
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