Garbage Disposal Repair and Replacement in Highland Lakes, AL

Your home’s food waste disposal is a relatively simple machine. A motor powers a set of rotating blades inside an enclosure beneath your kitchen sink, which breaks down food and other waste material that is placed into your sink drain. Before contacting Highland Lakes Plumbing Services, take a moment to review this guide to help determine if you need a service call.

Garbage disposals come with their own collection of issues that homeowners may face. If you notice that your kitchen sink drain is backing up 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 look for whether the unit has overheated (due to overuse or overfilling) and the internal circuit breaker has been triggered. 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 humming but is not processing 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.