When things with your garbage disposal go awry, resetting it is often the first thing professionals recommend. It's a relatively simple process that could save you the hassle and cost of a plumber's ...

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 ...

Mechanical Binding: A motor that produces a garbage disposal humming noise but fails to spin is often fighting against a piece of glass, a bone, or a fruit pit. If the reset button pops out ...

Derek Walczak is a licensed general contractor located in Ipswich, MA. Together with his wife and business partner, Lisa, Derek owns and operates Walczak Design and Build, a design-build collaborative ...

If the unit turns on after hitting the garbage disposal reset button but trips again shortly after, or if the unit won't respond to the reset button at all, it signals a deeper issue. A disposal that ...

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 ...