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Sep 23, 2022
12:22:46pm

kccougar All-American

POLL: How many times have you installed/changed a garbage disposal?

Changing out my garbage disposal last night I counted that this was probably the 5th time I've done it (in 4 different houses), and that seemed like a lot for someone not in the plumbing or home repair profession. I suppose they just don't last very long.

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Originally posted on Sep 23, 2022 at 12:22:46pm

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POLL: How many times have you installed/changed a garbage disposal?

kccougar All-American

9/23/22 12:22pm

Stopped after the first one ate my hand

Mzansi

9/23/22 12:24pm

How often do you buy new silverware?

Sea Chicken

9/23/22 12:27pm

To be fair, two of mine have been part of a kitchen remodel.

kccougar

9/23/22 12:34pm

Fun fact: in my first house, I changed it out, but the new disposal was a

Skeptical Optimist

9/23/22 12:27pm

The real story here

jxncoog

9/23/22 12:58pm

Two in the last 3 months (different houses)

DC12

9/23/22 12:41pm

Thanks to CB's encouragement, I did my first a couple of years ago. If I can do

Acorn

9/23/22 12:43pm

At least twice, but I think I am forgetting one or two. I will say that getting a high-quality, high-powered disposal

9/23/22 12:48pm

Are you installing it in your shower?

m0resn0w

9/23/22 12:49pm

I plumbed in college

jxncoog

9/23/22 12:56pm

It is super easy. And yet as many times as I've done it

kccougar

9/23/22 1:07pm

Ha Ha!

jxncoog

9/23/22 1:10pm

Is it a Clarkman?

pink22

9/23/22 1:00pm

I've done 2. My wife has done 3.

Belboz

9/23/22 1:17pm

Once last month.

TADOW

9/23/22 1:19pm

High 5. I just did one Wednesday night. Took me about 20 minutes

BYUMizzou

9/23/22 1:19pm

I suppose sometimes it pays to read the instructions even when you think you know what you are doing

kccougar

9/23/22 1:20pm

That's hilarious that we both forgot the exact same thing, and then had the

BYUMizzou

9/23/22 1:21pm

If the electrical is there it is really really easy. If the electrical is not there.

crimedog

9/23/22 1:45pm

Pro tip: get a more expensive beefy one and you’ll replace it less often. Never touched the one in our house after 9

zsmooth

9/24/22 11:33am

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