Q. After dinner, I rinsed off the dishes in the sink like I always do, and flipped the switch for the garbage disposal to grind the food scraps. The garbage disposal was not working. How can I fix the ...

Few things bring a kitchen cleanup to a halt faster than an unresponsive garbage disposal. But whatever you do, do not put your hand down the disposal to try and figure out the problem! Your second ...

You probably spend almost no time thinking about the disposal in your kitchen sink right up until the garbage disposal is not working. Just as soon as that sink drain backs up, figuring out how to fix ...

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A garbage disposal is hardly a glamorous item, but there are reasons to pore over its details the same way you do with any other kitchen appliance, lest you wind up with a shrieky, leaky or ...

If you notice an obnoxious smell lingering in your kitchen, your garbage disposal might be the culprit. While some assume these units can handle anything, that's not the case. Some waste inevitably ...

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Person's hand turning on garbage disposer to get rid of a sink full of vegetable peels - sdf_qwe/Shutterstock Does your garbage disposal's scent conjure unpleasant memories from your college days when ...

When the multi-purpose cleaner, broom, dustpan, mop and rags come out for house cleaning, some areas and objects are still often overlooked. In all fairness, some items don’t need to be cleaned ...