Eleeny - what a fabulous find in Mountain Plumbing! I didn't think anyone other than Waste King and Insinkerator made batch feeds anymore. Furthermore, Waste King moved their manufacturing from US to China a couple of years ago, and I am concerned that their quality isn't what my older Waste King is which was from their factory in the U.S. Also, I noticed Mountain Plumbing is offering a warranty on their batch feed similar to Waste King's - an in-home lifetime warranty (but you must provide the original receipt), which is what I'd always found impressive about Waste King. Pricing seems competitive too, given that it's a 1 hp. I am linking below to Quality Bath's website; they're an authorized dealer, and also have a 110% price guaranty. It looks large. Make sure you have room for it under your sink whereby its outlet is higher than the plumbing. Ca_mom - in answer to your question, sometimes I keep the stopper either on the back corner of my sink, or in the sink. But most of the time it's in its place in the drain. Note that the stopper, when not turning the disposer on and off, acts like any other drain stopper. You can turn it so that it allows water to flow down the drain, while straining any large items from going down the drain, or give a half-turn to the stopper which will tighten it in the drain so that it stops the water if you want to fill the sink. Here is a link that might be useful: Mountain Plumbing Batch Feed Disposer at Qualitybath

Is the leak in the plastic hosing? If so, you may not have to replace the whole thing. Look into the NeverMT...it has it's own hose and the hose snakes down to the floor of the cabinet into a soap refill bottle of the soap of your choice...the bigger the better! The NeverMT is only $7.95 + S&H and they are offering "Buy 3 Get 1 Free". The NeverMT would make refilling much easier and much less frequent. To refill, just replace the bottle of soap that sits on the bottom of your cabinet...probably under your GD. To address the clogging issue, try diluting the soap some, as Westsider40 suggested. HTH! Here is a link that might be useful: Never-MT Soap and Lotion Dispenser Conversion Kit

I stopped here becuz my City's tap water is wuz. Cuz the tap is no more, when wife went to the store. fancy faucet she bought, which made me be distraught. you see now i must work on what i had not sought. The faucet you see, but the rest will not be, except under the sink when you peek you will see. There it is, yes the reason - the new faucet is breathin. For behold tis a filter for my joy in this season. And so this Thanksgiving, my mind has been driven to seek some wise counsel from those who will plumb. Grateful I am as we had turkey and ham that I think back on you all who invested your wisdom. And say "thank you" for all of the time you have given to help this old soul look like i actually knew how to do something. Sorry, last line didn't rhyme too well. Hope all of you plumbers who sacrifice your time on this forum have a great season of Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. dennis

Anita, that's too bad that your disposal isn't working as well as you'd like. I guess on the bright side, it has a great warranty, and as a percentage of your total kitchen re-do (SO gorgeous BTW!), it's not so much $$ invested. In my home growing up, we had a batch feed disposal, and it was the only kind I knew until I moved out of the house. I had a rental apartment once with a continuous feed disposal. I never really got used to it, but it's hard to change habits that formed from childhood. In my home now, I have the Kitchenaid 1 hp batch feed, which is actually made by Insinkerator (in their factory in Wisconsin). I think though, that the type of disposal someone prefers is personal taste and how s/he likes to work in a kitchen; there is no right or wrong choice. I agree with Buehl that one of the continuous feed's advantages is that you just feed the disposal continually which is convenient (although my disposal's chamber is so large, I rarely have to run it more than once). A disadvantage of a batch feed is that it takes up A LOT of room under the sink. Having said that, I do feel that the "ick factor"--and this is just MHO--is greater with the continuous feed style cause of the clammy flange. You are either having to push food through the flange with your hand or a utensil (I guess Waste King has a tool just for that purpose), or slide your wrist past its clammy surface to fish something out. Regarding brand, I used to say that Waste King was really great, but I think they have changed recently. About 1-1/2 years ago Waste King moved their manufacturing from the U.S. to China. That likely enabled them to lower their costs significantly to be able to sell a disposal at Costco for $79 when that same model when made in the U.S. used to sell for $179. In that same vein, Waste King used to have an entire page on their website devoted to the fact that their disposals are septic-tank safe. That page is no longer on their website, perhaps because the China-made disposals can no longer do that. There are people on this forum who love their Waste Kings, but I bet they have the older ones that were made in the U.S. Anita, my advice to you is that if your Waste King disposal is REALLY bothering you, switch it out for the Insinkerator Evolution Essential which is also a continuous feed style. Donate your Waste King to Habitat for Humanity, or sell it on Craig's List. I am saying this because you are going to be using the disposal every day, likely several times a day, and if you hate it, why ruin the experience of your lovely new kitchen with an irksome disposal. You already have the switch hook-up, so it wouldn't make sense to change to a batch feed style, and the Insinkerator is a well-made model, and quiet too. Just my $.02. Here is a link that might be useful: Insinkerator Evolution Essential Disposal