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I never use my kitchen garbage disposal because I know it's not good
to put chunky things down the drain to begin with. Plus, it hasn't
worked since I bought the place.
Are there reasons not to completely remove the disposal unit and just
make it into a regular sink drain? Is it as easy as it sounds?

Thanks for any suggestions...

[aemeijers]

wrote:
I never use my kitchen garbage disposal because I know it's not good
to put chunky things down the drain to begin with. Plus, it hasn't
worked since I bought the place.
Are there reasons not to completely remove the disposal unit and just
make it into a regular sink drain? Is it as easy as it sounds?

Thanks for any suggestions...
Less work to throw a replacement in there, than to fight with getting
the drain assembly out of the sink? The mounts and dimensions are damn
near universal at this point. If there is a power switch right by the
kitchen window, the absence of the disposal will scream out when you
sell the place.

Not saying you are wrong about disposals being pretty useless- but they
are sort of expected these days. I thought I would miss it when I moved
into this no-disposal house 3 years ago, but that hasn't been the case.
Even in the apartments, I was careful never to choke the thing, but
since this place is on septic, almost everything put water and suds
needs to stay out of the drain anyway.

--
aem sends...

[GTS]

wrote in message
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I never use my kitchen garbage disposal because I know it's not good
to put chunky things down the drain to begin with. Plus, it hasn't
worked since I bought the place.
Are there reasons not to completely remove the disposal unit and just
make it into a regular sink drain? Is it as easy as it sounds?

Thanks for any suggestions...

Nope. I've done it and it was quite easy.

[BobK207]

On Aug 2, 2:10*pm, wrote:
I never use my kitchen garbage disposal because I know it's not good
to put chunky things down the drain to begin with. Plus, it hasn't
worked since I bought the place.
Are there reasons not to completely remove the disposal unit and just
make it into a regular sink drain? Is it as easy as it sounds?

Thanks for any suggestions...

Since you don't really use it (it never worked).... I'd find a used
one cheap craigslist & throw it in there.

The time to R&R an similar model is way less than the time to change
over the drain setup you've got.
Plus then you have a working unit when it comes time to rent or sell.

Less work & better outcome all the way around.

cheers
Bob

[metspitzer]

On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 14:10:33 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I never use my kitchen garbage disposal because I know it's not good
to put chunky things down the drain to begin with. Plus, it hasn't
worked since I bought the place.
Are there reasons not to completely remove the disposal unit and just
make it into a regular sink drain? Is it as easy as it sounds?

Thanks for any suggestions...

http://www.hangercity.com/gadisc.html

They make an insert that has a very fine mesh, but I can't find one.

Walmart has one. It is called a sink screen.

[Red Green]

aemeijers wrote in news:Ue5lk.144698$102.7665
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wrote:
I never use my kitchen garbage disposal because I know it's not good
to put chunky things down the drain to begin with. Plus, it hasn't
worked since I bought the place.
Are there reasons not to completely remove the disposal unit and just
make it into a regular sink drain? Is it as easy as it sounds?

Thanks for any suggestions...
Less work to throw a replacement in there, than to fight with getting
the drain assembly out of the sink? The mounts and dimensions are damn
near universal at this point. If there is a power switch right by the
kitchen window, the absence of the disposal will scream out when you
sell the place.

Not saying you are wrong about disposals being pretty useless- but they
are sort of expected these days. I thought I would miss it when I moved
into this no-disposal house 3 years ago, but that hasn't been the case.
Even in the apartments, I was careful never to choke the thing, but
since this place is on septic, almost everything put water and suds
needs to stay out of the drain anyway.

--
aem sends...



but they are sort of expected these days.

Like a dishwasher. Last 3 places I've had I've fixed them so they work,
ran through a cycle and that was it. Never used it again. For me, I can
do them by hand in 5-8 min vs the DW running for 45-90 minutes. By the
time I got enough dishes to do a load, any food would be bonded to the
dishes at the molecular level. This of course would be after the stink &
rot phase.

[Red Green]

wrote in
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I never use my kitchen garbage disposal because I know it's not good
to put chunky things down the drain to begin with. Plus, it hasn't
worked since I bought the place.
Are there reasons not to completely remove the disposal unit and just
make it into a regular sink drain? Is it as easy as it sounds?

Thanks for any suggestions...

As said, it may be less hastle to toss in a replacement. No one says you
have to use it. Should you sell:

Without disposal - "Oh. There's no garbage disposal."
With disposal - no comment at all like electricity and running water.


http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...In-Sink-Erator

[Kyle]

On Aug 2, 6:31 pm, aemeijers wrote:

the absence of the disposal will scream out when you
sell the place.

The absence of a disposal screams "I don't like having to hire someone
to auger out my main drain every 18 months!" Being in the home-buying
search right now, I would say if a prospective buyer thinks the
absence of a disposal as a deal-killer, you don't want to deal with
them in the sale.

That being said, I would recommend replacing the disposal with
another. While you shouldn't use it regularly to grind food waste, it
does help catch the moderately-sized particles that might otherwise
sit in your trap. I find I run the disposal in my sink about once
every other day, just to get what's hangin' around.

[HeyBub[_3_]]

wrote:
I never use my kitchen garbage disposal because I know it's not good
to put chunky things down the drain to begin with. Plus, it hasn't
worked since I bought the place.
Are there reasons not to completely remove the disposal unit and just
make it into a regular sink drain? Is it as easy as it sounds?

Thanks for any suggestions...

1. It is good to put chunky things down the drain.
2. If it hasn't worked, why? A simple jam (which can be fixed with the flip
of the wrist) or a burnt out motor?
3. It would be considerably less aggravation, time, and possibly money, to
replace the disposal rather than try to plumb around its absence.