Comments on: Even Your Garbage Disposal Needs TLC

By: bills

bills — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:39:00 +0000

The garbage disposal brampton I got works great. I haven't been taking care of it like I should and it's doing great.

By: Jason Knight

Jason Knight — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:01:00 +0000

Thanks for the tips! i live up in brampton, my garbage disposal has been acting up lately, but i was able to fix it, so Thank you!

By: Martin D.

Martin D. — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:10:00 +0000

Some home have both the black PVC plumbing and the older galvanized plumbing. Eggshells grind up into small pieces. The little pieces catches on little nicks and rough areas of the galvanized piping and at the seams or connections of the PVC piping where it accumulates and catches other fibrous matter mostly from vegetables and over time will clog plumbing. In addition the opening where the garbage disposal drain connects to the drain line is only half as wide as the opening on the drain line due to design and to prevent back-flushing. Just a matter of time until it clogs.

By: Kahuna

Kahuna — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 09:43:00 +0000

no eggshells.. dont ask why just put in compost.. you do compost dont you? Lemon cleans everything but too much is not good either.. it is good to have a filter on top of drain.. just in case.. why are people so lazy.. the disposal is not a food processor.. coffee grounds go in the garden.. you do have one dont you?

By: gn842

gn842 — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 06:22:00 +0000

I’ve been putting banana peels and potato peels into the garbage disposal for 14 years. With a banana peel you don’t want to put in the stem but the rest is OK. I also do coffee grounds. A big no-no is artichocke leaves and edamame (soybean) pods. Those will jam up fast.

By: Bob Barry

Bob Barry — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:17:00 +0000

There are so many do’s and don’ts that I believe it’s easier to put ALL my garbage in the garbage can. Then I don’t ever have to worry about preventing any future problems. The last place your garbage should be is in your plumming. What’s wrong with water only? That’s just my belief.

By: SeeingStars

SeeingStars — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:16:00 +0000

I still put the occasional eggshells in mine, but I had a friend with a daily egg habit and older pipes and he had to pull out pounds of accumulated egg shell ”dust” out of his pipes. I can’t tell you the exact mechanical reason (worse with septic systems because the bacteria can’t break down the shells), but I learned a valuable lesson at his expense!

By: bhfaulkner

bhfaulkner — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:53:00 +0000

I’ve been putting 2 eggshells in mine every day for years! What is the problem?

By: JEWEL

JEWEL — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:55:00 +0000

for real! why no eggshells. Would have been nice to say why not.

By: JEWEL

JEWEL — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:55:00 +0000

for real! why no eggshells. Would have been nice to say why not.