{"id":6158,"date":"2016-02-19T20:26:40","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T20:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chesmar.com\/?p=6158"},"modified":"2016-02-19T20:26:40","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T20:26:40","slug":"garbage-disposal-secret-plumber-wont-tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/19\/garbage-disposal-secret-plumber-wont-tell\/","title":{"rendered":"The Garbage Disposal Secret Your Plumber Won\u2019t Tell You"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Garbage disposals are scary machines, especially from the vantage point of the average user. You\u2019re looking from above at a hole, inside which contains a spinning machine capable of lopping off your fingers. Naturally, most of us like to play it safe around garbage disposals.<\/p>\n

But what do you do when it jams up?<\/h2>\n

It happens every now and then. You flip the switch, and you hear the motor activate, but the blades aren\u2019t spinning. It\u2019s like when you grab a blade on a ceiling fan, except the stakes are higher. What many of us do in that situation is call a plumber. \u201cGarbage disposal\u2019s jammed,\u201d you tell him, and so he makes a service call ($$), crawls underneath your sink, fiddles around for a few minutes, and, voila! You\u2019ve got a working garbage disposal again ($$). And that is why you call the experts, right?<\/p>\n

Well, here\u2019s the secret:<\/h2>\n

On the bottom of your garbage disposal is a nut that you can turn with a wrench. It is attached to the \u201cdrive shaft\u201d of the garbage disposal. When your plumber is down there \u201cfixing\u201d your garbage disposal, all he\u2019s doing is giving that nut a turn or two. He isn\u2019t taking anything apart. It\u2019s as simple as opening a jar of peanut butter.<\/p>\n

Usually, the only problem is that you have something stick between the blades and the walls of the grinder, and the reason it\u2019s not spinning is that those little electric motors aren\u2019t very powerful. A twist of your more-powerful arm will loosen it right up.<\/p>\n

There, we just saved you $100.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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