"Prof Wonmug" wrote in message
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My son detected a foul smell coming from somewhere under the kitchen.
Suspecting a dead animal in a vent, they called an exterminator. The
exterminator said that it was a leak in a sewage pipe.

They then called a plumber who said they had a hole the size of a golf
ball in the sewer line from the kitchen sink. The plumber said it was
caused by not running enough water while using the disposal. The
material then sits in the pipe and eats a hole.

I assume the pipe is PVC, but I'm not sure as I got the information
second hand. Does this makes sense?

The cost was $1,200. Seems high.

My wife seems to think that a garbage disposal is like a trash can. You
wait until you can not cram anything more in there, then you turn it on.
One can go in there and just about be overcome by fumes and stench, but like
some old Okie Midwesterner who survived the Depression, she's not going to
change.

You had a problem. You got an answer. You got a fix.

Are you going to let that happen in the future? If you used your garbage
disposal that much, and used it so improperly, you should either adjust your
methods or just get rid of a disposal. If you are on a septic tank, the
insides of your tank should be corroded to a breaking point by now. The
pipes past the fix are probably in bad shape, too.


Steve