Hi there,
I live in miltary housing and recently got a new garbage disposal installed in our quarters. I can call for another work order, but I prefer to try it out myself, if I can.

When I turn on the disposal, it always backs up into the other sink. I get sprayed with old yuck stuff. It does, literally, spray fast and straight up at the beginning of me turning on the disposal. As the disposal does it's work and I have run it for more than just a few seconds, there is no longer yuck stuff coming out of the other drain. This is the first issue.

The second issue, which may be related to the first, is that just about every time I turn on the faucet in the sink that has the disposal, I have to turn on the disposal to have the water, etc, go down. It will go down on it's own, but it goes down slowly.

I have put my hand down the disposal, there doesn't seem to be any parts missing that I can feel. There is no odd sound from the disposal when I use it. It sounds as if it is running normal.

I do have 4 kids and it is very possible , that there is something there in the sink or disposal that shouldn't be..... But like I said, if it is something that I may be able to tackle, then I would like to try it. If I need to call in a work order for the appliance tech to come back out, then I will do that also.

I would rather not call him, as he talks down to me and I don't appreciate it.

Thanks for any advice.

Lori

It sounds more like a clogged drain trap or a plumbing issue rather than a disposal issue. Would it be the same appliance tech. coming back for a plumbing problem? Hopefully not, if he talks down at you.

A military housing plumber should be able to snake out the sink lines.

Jake

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