30' farmhouse sink with insikerator and draining issues?

12 years ago

Hi All,

We have been using our new 30" single bowl sink with an insinkerator garbage disposal for less than a week. So far, we are having real issues with the speed at which it is draining. It takes a really, really LONG time for water to run down the drain, and if we have the tap running at anything more than a dribble, water starts to accumulate in the sink, which is a pain, as it makes it really hard to rinse things down the drain.

We have never had a waste disposal before - is this normal or could something be plumbed incorrectly?

Thanks,

Beth

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itsallaboutthefood
12 years ago
We have a 30" single bowl sink with an insinkerator. We do not have this problem. I think something is not right.
lithigin
12 years ago
You need to run a disposal basically every time there is an accumulation of food particles, so after major prep or major cleanup, and always before you run the DW. You should run water (I've always known hot, but some say cold) for several seconds to a minute or two (depending on how far the chopped-up food has to run horizontally under your floors before hitting the outflow pipe). A slow disposal is often because there are some food chunks in there that you forgot about.

If this is definitely not the case, then I'd say that something is plumbed wrong or blocked underneath. You should notice no flow difference between a sink with or without a disposer.
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bethcw
Original Author
12 years ago
Thanks for the feedback. We have not used the food disposal at all yet - still putting food waste in our green bin, so I am pretty sure it is not food waste that is 'stuck'.

Grrr- we have had so many plumbing issues! The guys roughed in our shower head at EYE LEVEL. Duh? Hello - didn't you notice that you were not standing UNDER the shower, but rather looking straight at it!
lithigin
12 years ago
There are a few easy DIY places to check if you're so inclined. Turn the disposal off at the breaker first.

-Pull the rubber flange out of the bottom of the sink. You should easily be able to see around most of the interior cavity to make sure nothing is down there. And FYI, this is a good thing to do periodically in the future, both to check the cavity and to rinse off crap that might be stuck to the bottom of the rubber flange.
-The hose from your DW into your disposal should have a wire clampy thing over the rubber hose over the inlet part. Pull that off and see if there is any blockage at that point. Wait, have you even run your DW yet? If not, never mind.
-Check the P trap; perhaps something is stuck down there? You know, nuts, bolts, rolls of PTFE tape... :)

Anyway, it's at least something to check while you wait to get a plumbing appt, which probably won't be until after the long weekend, unfortunately!