What did the landlord say the problem was the first time he fixed it???

Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side and a dark side, and it binds the universe together.

he dug all the crap out of it....said no more potato peels for the disposal..
and gave me the wrench thingy

and i think there was some metla piece in it to last time..although i forget what it was

Exactly..a metal piece...even a bread tie will do it. anything that will slide in a little crack and jam it will do it. Beer tabs were murder till they started making them stay on the cans!!!

Only the lavender prairie dogs know the key to unlock the secret of the tumble-weeds.

"chick", clearly you do not fix all your broken thingies yourself or else this broken thingy would have long been fixed by now and you wouldn't be seeking "plumber help" online!



Yes, please do! I'd gladly pay the bill for the lady because she will likely loose a digit, a broom handle, short-circuit something or continue to stench up her house before figuring out the problem.

Oh, and since you mentioned calling your landlord (again) to unclog your drain, how about you just stop putting junk down there that doesn't belong down there, huh?

Did you try the key yet? Just work it back and forth till it is free

Sleep is nature's way of telling you to go to bed.

sorry im at work tonight....

yup i not only work fulltime AND take care of a house..

plan on trying the key and the plunger idea when i get home in the am.

thanks for all the good ideas everyone!!

ummmm....I just try to put FOOD down the garbage disposal..
jeesh cut a person a break, ive never had a garbage disposal before..I don't intentionally break it..

When you get this mess cleaned up, it is a good idea to run ice through the disposal once in awhile.

what does the ice do for the disposal?

I copied this off of a site:

Your garbage disposal may be the most under appreciated things in your kitchen, that is, until it stops working. Then, as food starts clogging up your drains and attracting bugs, you suddenly gain a new appreciation for this important part of your kitchen. Here is a simply way that you can keep your garbage disposal in tip-top shape.

If you find that you run the garbage disposal for long periods of time, but food still remains inside, it is probably because the blades have become dull. They need to be sharpened. Luckily, there is a very easy way to do this. All you need is a little ice.

You can either use ice cubes from a tray or you can by crushed ice. Just run the garbage disposal without any water and drop ice in a little bit at a time. Wait until the ice gets completely ground down before you drop more in. Obviously, you will have to wait longer for the disposal to grind up a whole ice cube than you will for crushed ice of the same size. Either way, it won't take very long for the blades to chop up the ice and sharpen in the process. Continue doing this until you have fed a tray of ice cubes or a large cup of crushed ice into the disposal.

As the garbage disposal chops up the ice, it will knock small pieces of ice around. This will loosen any excess debris that may have been clinging to the edges of the inside of the drain. Thus, a little ice will not only prevent further food from building up in the disposal by keeping the blades sharp, but it will clean out what happens to be in there already.

Remember not to run any water in the sink while you do this. That will prevent the ice from moving around like it needs to in order to sharpen the blades and knock any excess food off the sides of the disposal. If you have dropped all of the ice down the sink, but there remains some stuck to the edges that the disposal can't get, you can go ahead and run some hot water to melt the ice.

I will have to remember that..thank you winx

You're welcome.

Ummm...cut a dude a break here and call it a truce. if you have never had a garbage disposal before, then you should learn you can only put certain FOOD products down it.

I never said you intentionally broke your disposal, did I? Cause, well, that would just be stupid, right?

What I am saying, as I have had to say to many *women* before is do not let a simple garbage disposal make you lazy! Be certain to fully scrape your dishes in the garbage can before rinsing and never assume it can grind and dispose of all meat bones, vegetable rhinds forever (i.e., potato scrapings, onion skins, corn husks, etc.). It's only a little guy and can handle so much.

Ice is a nifty trick to attempt to sharpen the blades for future use, but it will only go so far. Just be sure to always run water while crunching up your SMALL food bits in the disposal. Be gentle on the little guy!

Again, I wish you luck and highly advise you to read-up on how to effectively use this piece of equipment before you run into this problem...again.

And never put noodles into the garbage disposal!!

And where were you when my ex-wife tried to shove down a whole pot of burnt linguine in the garbage disposal???

I learned the hard way too when I had my very first disposal (years ago).