By MyPros Staff

There are two common problems that require garbage disposal repair. San Diego appliance repairmen are almost always called on to fix these two garbage disposal unit problems, and none other.

The first common problem is if a garbage disposal unit gets jammed. Anyone who has ever used or owned a garbage disposal unit has had this happen. We've all accidentally dropped olive pits or something down there, and then started the motor up, unaware of what we've done. We turn on the unit. The motor grinds and grinds, and makes terrible sounds, like it is in pain. Then, it stops. You switch it off. Then, to  your chagrin, the next time you turn it on, all that your unit can do is make a high-pitched whine. It doesn't grind. It doesn't dispose. What could possibly be wrong?

The answer is that your unit is jammed. That olive pit (or some other hard object that the unit just cannot grind up) has gotten stuck between the spinning wheel found in every garbage disposal unit, and the unit's wall. As a result, the wheel can't spin anymore. If you get something seriously jammed in there, and can't get it out yourself, it's time to call for garbage disposal repair.

San Diego homeowners sometimes have another garbage disposal problem: the unit works fine, but it leaks gross sink fluids right into the cabinet directly below the sink. There are drain pipes coming from the bottom of the disposer, and one of the pipes has either sprung a leak, or is poorly attached to the unit. More rarely, the garbage disposal unit itself is leaking. To quickly find out what the problem is, call for garbage disposal repair. San Diego has plenty of competent appliance repair businesses who are more than willing to provide this service.