Garbage Disposal Repair and Replacement in Helena, Alabama

Your home’s food waste disposal is a basic machine. A engine powers a set of spinning cutters inside an enclosure beneath your kitchen sink, which grinds food and other waste material that is placed into your sink drain. Before calling Helena Plumbing Services, take a moment to review this information page to help determine if you need a service call.

Garbage disposals come with their own set of problems that homeowners may encounter. If you notice that your kitchen sink drain is clogging and you suspect that your disposal is the cause, NEVER putting your hand into the drain or the disposal’s grinding chamber. Doing so can lead to harm.

A potential solution to what appears to be a broken garbage disposal is to check whether the unit has overheated (due to overuse or overfilling) and the internal circuit breaker has activated. Most often, you can check the disposal and locate a reset button (usually red). If nothing changes after attempting the reset, review the circuit breaker for your disposal in your circuit box.

If your disposal is buzzing but is not shredding the material in the drain, it could be jammed. Again, avoid putting your hand into the disposal chamber. You may accidentally loosen what has caused the unit to jam, and in the process, expose yourself to injury when the jam is dislodged, and the blades begin moving again.