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Comments (28)"It sounds all well and good to have a large array of things sitting along your countertop sink line" I do not think there should be an "array of things" along the back of the sink. The air gap is not required if you have a dishwasher with a high loop - dishwashers sold in the last 10 years or more come with the high-loop pre-installed. If you live in the one state in the U.S. that has a code requirement for an air gap (California), you put in the air gap for the inspection, and after that, replace it with an in-counter soap dispenser - as long as your dishwasher has a high loop hose. As has been said in this thread, use a batch feed disposal and you'll not need a button or switch anywhere for the disposal. I have a batch feed disposal. My sink has a single-hole faucet and an in-counter soap dispenser. i.e. two holes behind my sink. That is all....See MoreHow many of you have a garbage disposal?
Comments (35)Rules... You're supposed to be able to put celery stalks and corn cobs down the Insinkerator Evolution (and, I believe, the Viking that inspired it). Celery is more generally a no-no because the strings would catch in the mechanism rather than grinding, and a cob would just be too hard and tough. They also allow pork and turkey bones. Operating rules: Always use plenty of water, and have that water going into the unit. (I know nothing about batch feed units, and if they have their own water or think they don't need it or whatever. I'm talking about open disposers here.) I always have things to rinse while it's on and am careful not to cup the rinse water or interrupt the flow, so that I'm not just using the water for the disposer. Be careful not to lose spoons, rings, etc., down it, and make sure they're not in there before you turn it on. Always unplug the disposer before putting your hand in to manually clear it if it gets stuck (a rare occurrence with a good unit, but accidents happen). There should be a reset button which you need to press to turn the unit back on after it quits from jamming, or whatever. Make the switch for the disposer hard to confuse with a light switch (air switch, location or whatever). Don't press things down into a running disposer (safety). Other than the current height of the art, here's a general list of what shouldn't go down a disposer: Nothing very stringy like celery, strings from peas and beans, whole asparagus, etc. No big, hard pits, like from stone fruits. Nothing very hard like mammal bones or turkey carcass. Bird bones, which are hollow and delicate, like chicken bones are all right. No big fibrous things like pineapple leaves or artichoke leaves or banana peels Not too much of a combination. One carrot top should be okay, bunches of carrot tops, not so much. Ten potatos' peels should be fine, especially if you grind as you go. A hundred lb. bag of potato peels, not so much. Don't stuff the disposer. Put some down, run with water, put some more and run again. No liquid fats--for the pipes. The disposer doesn't care. Some people here say you should not put eggshells in, but that one depends on the quality of the machine, how much water you use, and what kind of other cloggy crud you're putting down that you shouldn't. If you're pouring down grease (some of which can come from soaps), or flushing shells that aren't completely ground up through, they'll settle and clog the pipes. If they're thoroughly ground and you're using the disposer regularly for plenty of other stuff, it'll push the shells on through and they won't clog. Or something like that. Pipe clogs can happen with fibrous peels if they're not ground well, also. A poor quality disposer is a poor idea. What can go in: Table scraps other than bones, execpt for small birds' (chicken, squab, etc.) Peels Leaves meat "science projects" starches (with lots of water--you don't want them turning into glue in the......See Morekitchen sink plumbing- one side of sink stinks!!!
Comments (4)The "T" can be installed under the left drain and the disposal ran into it, then the trap....See MoreWhat does a drain look like that has a batch feed garbage disposal?
Comments (13)The offset drain idea makes a lot of sense as then it wouldnt matter if stuck out. I’ve just never seen either a batch feed or an air switch operated GD. To be honest, I’d never even heard of either until this morning when I was googling for ideas on where to put the switch for GD with an island. My mother-in-law has a false drawer in front of the sink to hide the switch but I’m hoping to install a farmhouse sink so thats not an option. My current sink has (no kidding!) SIX things to wipe around beind the sink with a very narrow space between each. They’re also squeezed in right up against the wall too! To make it worse we have the worst hard water so it gets really bad buildup. I think I’m just dreaming of day I only have a faucet to wipe around! In general, its a very badly thought out kitchen (that was recently remo by someone else) that is hard to clean so I‘m trying to consider everything in advance before we finalize things for building the new house. It would be a shame to spend all this time and money only to not think of something that could have made life easier! M Miller, your post was by far the most helpful Ive gotten so far (excexcept for Carolin Hamilton’s which was also quite helpful). But I’m not sure where your getting the belligerent tone…are you sure you’re not reading into it a bit? I was trying to clarify my question to other posters who didnt seem to understand the gist of the question. But no belligernce is intended. I did scratch my head a bit at being called ”obtuse” though considering my question hadn’t been answered and I was seeking to clarify. But nothing more than that. Perhaps I should insert some emojees? 😝😉😁 (thats a joke;)...See MoreKitchen_ Reno
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