Anyone got any recommendations WRT power, realiabillity, etc etc?

Having just run a big bore 2" waste pipe from sink location to soil
pipe/stack (suggested by a plumber due to 6m run with about 6" drop from
end to end) I was wondering just what a powerfull unit will actually get
rid of?

Obviously Tea-bags, peelings etc, but moving up through fish skins/bones
to roast chicken remains, or is that pushing the limits?

Also I am presuming it best to run a water feed from soft cold rather
than hard cold water to the unit to aid longevity?
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Pet @ www.gymratz.co.uk wrote:

Having just run a big bore 2" waste pipe from sink location to soil
pipe/stack (suggested by a plumber due to 6m run with about 6" drop from
end to end)

My mistake, it's on;y 3m
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On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 19:23:50 GMT, Pet @ www.gymratz.co.uk wrote:

I was wondering just what a powerfull unit will actually get
rid of?

Obviously Tea-bags, peelings etc, but moving up through fish
skins/bones to roast chicken remains, or is that pushing the limits?

A decent one will eat anything that you can (or could, flavour/texture
permitting...) without problems including bones. Takes a while for
non-poultry bones though as they are quite tough. Watch out for stray
cutlery falling in from the vibration during operation, it'll eat that
as well or have a damn good try before jambing.

Also I am presuming it best to run a water feed from soft cold
rather than hard cold water to the unit to aid longevity?

When grinding anything you need to have a decent flow of water through
the unit to wash the bits away and idealy for 30s or so afterwards to
clean it. Do you want to effectively waste that relatively expensive
softened water? An easy way to clean and freshen a waste disposal unit
is to half a lemon and grind the both halfs every month or so. I
suspect that would deal with any scale but the grinding action and
bits flying about isn't going to let much scale build up anyway unless
you have seriously hard water.

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On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 19:23:50 GMT, "Pet @ www.gymratz.co.uk"
wrote:

Anyone got any recommendations WRT power, realiabillity, etc etc?

Having just run a big bore 2" waste pipe from sink location to soil
pipe/stack (suggested by a plumber due to 6m run with about 6" drop from
end to end) I was wondering just what a powerfull unit will actually get
rid of?

Obviously Tea-bags, peelings etc, but moving up through fish skins/bones
to roast chicken remains, or is that pushing the limits?


25 years ago we got the biggest Tweeny, that was fantastic.

15 years ago we re-did the kitchen and to refit the Tweeny would have
needed a new fitting kit. the fitter said he had "one left over" from
his last job. It turned out to be a puny Tappan with a motor the size of
a Cocoa tin, not as good.

5 years ago we redid the kitchen and fitted the biggest In-sink-erator.
It was almost as good as the Tweeny.

The only thing that defeated them all was uncooked fish and meat skins.
They don't really get ground down by the rotating teeth they just get
sort of bulked up.

Other problems have involved drains getting blocked with fibrous veg.
matter, probably caused by not running enough water through whilst
grinding, and a blockage caused by disposing of a couple of Kg of
coating/breadcrumbs which swelled up in the outlet drains and solidified
like concrete.

It always happens on Xmas day !

Wouldn't be without one now.

Get a biggy.

Also I am presuming it best to run a water feed from soft cold rather
than hard cold water to the unit to aid longevity?

Doesn't matter.

DG

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5 years ago we redid the kitchen and fitted the biggest In-sink-erator.
It was almost as good as the Tweeny.

The only thing that defeated them all was uncooked fish and meat skins.
They don't really get ground down by the rotating teeth they just get
sort of bulked up.

We have had an Insinkerator for years and the one thing, apart from
paper and onion skins, that gives it problems, is potato peelings en
masse
Other problems have involved drains getting blocked with fibrous veg.
matter, probably caused by not running enough water through whilst
grinding, and a blockage caused by disposing of a couple of Kg of
coating/breadcrumbs which swelled up in the outlet drains and solidified
like concrete.

It always happens on Xmas day !

True.

Ours has been known to block where the outlet pipe discharged onto the
grid of the drain trap. Secondary probem was that rats started using
this as a source of protein. A drain cover solved this problem, I
thought, until periodically the the drain trap became clogged with
stones. Initially blamed on very young visitors, the second time it
happened prompted an investigation.
Transpired ratty was so desperate to get his fix he had tunnelled down
via an adjacent flower bed and then across into the top of the drain.
The only answer was to sleeve the drain with 3mm galvanised steel and
block off the flower bed.



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