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Garbage Disposal Repair & Replacement

Repairing and replacing kitchen garbage disposals — jams, hums, leaks at the flange, and units that drain back into the sink.

When people call us about garbage disposal repair & replacement

  • A disposal that hums but does not turn
  • One that trips its reset button repeatedly
  • Water leaking from the flange or the base
  • The sink draining back up when the disposal runs
  • Grinding noises that are new

How we handle it

  • Check whether the motor is sound before assuming the unit is finished.
  • Clear jams and reset properly rather than forcing anything.
  • Check the drain line, because a disposal often gets blamed for a blockage further along.
  • Replace when the motor or housing has genuinely failed.

What we check before quoting

  • Motor operation, reset, and electrical supply
  • Flange seal and mounting condition
  • Discharge and trap condition downstream
  • Whether the sink and mounting will take the replacement unit

Garbage Disposal Repair & Replacement FAQs

My disposal hums but will not turn — is it dead?

Usually not. A hum generally means the motor has power but the plate is jammed. Clearing the jam and resetting often restores it. If the motor is silent and the reset does nothing, that is a different and more terminal diagnosis.

Is it worth repairing or should I just replace it?

If the motor is sound and the housing is not leaking, repair is usually the better value. A leaking housing or a failed motor is a replacement — the repair cost gets close enough to a new unit that it stops making sense.

The sink backs up when the disposal runs. Is that the disposal?

Often not. That symptom usually points downstream to the trap or the branch line. Replacing the disposal in that situation fixes nothing, which is why we check the drain before quoting a unit.

Office hours are Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM. We are not a 24-hour service — calls outside those hours reach voicemail and are returned the next business day.

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