How to unclog a garbage disposal using a plunger in the sink.
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A disposal generally has no problem grinding most food waste but it s what happens after the grinding that usually causes a clog.
Often this has to do with how ground food waste reacts to water or lack of water after the disposal unit grinds it up and sends it on its way toward the drain line.
Turn the garbage disposal off.
Learn how with this video.
Also see what happens when something gets ground up.
To fix a clogged or jammed garbage disposal.
Causes of a garbage disposal clog.
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Push the bottom end of the wooden probe against the impeller the blades that grind up the garbage and rock it back and forth to free it.
Turn off the power and insert a long dowel a wooden spoon or a broom handle never your hand into the drain opening.
It s easy to fix a garbage disposal when it gets stuck.
Move the wrench back and forth to dislodge whatever it is that s clogging it.
Insert the correct size hex or allen wrench in the six sided hole in the bottom of the garbage disposer motor.