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Lessons in Plumbing
May. 22nd, 2011 03:22 am1. Apple peels and potato peels will become glue....especially when combined.
2. Do not run your dishwasher when your garbage disposal is clogged (unless you enjoy floods....)
3. Friends do not always care you're re-enacting Noah's Ark, use google
Anyway, so after doing a batch run of peeling potatoes, I ended up with a clogged drain. The blades spun, and after a lot of bailing and straining (ew) the disposal was clear, but still clogged. After begging friends to come fix it (and getting turned down) I do a bit of google fu and...feel utterly stupid by how easy it was.
First, block off the second sink if you have one (as I did). Turn OFF the disposal (I forgot this step and couldn't figure out why this wasn't working...dur. Take some baking soda and sprinkle librally, take some vinigar and pour liberally (not enough to re-enact pompii however). Plunge like mad (if you have a stainless steel sink like me, hold the bottom of the plunger as well as the middle so you don't injure yourself), within a minute the clog should vanish and you may now dance around like a headless chicken.
Don't forget to re-run the dishwaster that helped you with your re-enactment.
2. Do not run your dishwasher when your garbage disposal is clogged (unless you enjoy floods....)
3. Friends do not always care you're re-enacting Noah's Ark, use google
Anyway, so after doing a batch run of peeling potatoes, I ended up with a clogged drain. The blades spun, and after a lot of bailing and straining (ew) the disposal was clear, but still clogged. After begging friends to come fix it (and getting turned down) I do a bit of google fu and...feel utterly stupid by how easy it was.
First, block off the second sink if you have one (as I did). Turn OFF the disposal (I forgot this step and couldn't figure out why this wasn't working...dur. Take some baking soda and sprinkle librally, take some vinigar and pour liberally (not enough to re-enact pompii however). Plunge like mad (if you have a stainless steel sink like me, hold the bottom of the plunger as well as the middle so you don't injure yourself), within a minute the clog should vanish and you may now dance around like a headless chicken.
Don't forget to re-run the dishwaster that helped you with your re-enactment.
