What Is That Humming Coming From My Garbage Disposal? How Can I Fix It?

The Family Plumber - Surprise, Arizona

"The jamming could also be done by rust the motors probably rusting itself that means it's going to be time for a new disposal if that happens!"

Something stuck in your garbage disposal? That's probably what's causing that "Humming" sound from under your sink when you flip the garbage disposal switch. On this episode of the The Check A Pro Radio Show, Check A Pro Joe invites plumbing expert, Bobby Crowder, the owner of The Family Plumber in Surprise, Arizona to bring some solutions to this problem.

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Podcast Episode Transcript:

The jamming could also be done by rust the motors probably rusting itself that means it's going to be time for a new disposal if that happens this is the check a pro radio show Check A Pro Joe has assembled a team of pre-qualified home service contractors to bring you the latest in services products and techniques now here's your host the man with a hard hat and tool belt check a pro Joe if you have a garbage disposal in your kitchen sink and this hasn't happened to you yet Umm hmm it will most likely what's happening here is you've got something lodged at the bottom of the garbage disposal where it grinds up like the grinder part and what happens is just jammed and chances are your garbage disposal is not totally broken I've asked Bobby Crowder he is a plumber from surprise AZ to join me here on the program today to tell us what's going on with that sound and how to fix it Bobby thanks for joining me today hi Joe thanks for having me on yes for it so when people hear them Umm what's going on the motor is jammed there's several different garbage disposals out there some have a key some do not so when you're hearing that hum that the motors jammed itself so there's an Allen key on certain models that you could put dead center of that garbage disposal and swing it left and right that because that what that's doing is loosening up any kind of like stuff that shouldn't be down the disposal or even like food particles that's kind of jamming it up so when you move that Allen wrench down at the bottom in the inner circular you know clockwise or counterclockwise motion doesn't matter which direction you're going to free that up once that's freed up and then that's when you turn the proposal back on to see if you can kind of grind up that stuck in there well keep in mind I've gone to houses where been like a little plastic cap like that so you're going to have to look in there to make sure what's jamming it also the jamming can also be done by rust the motors pie rusting itself that means it's going to be time for a new disposal what that happens now there are other disposals out there that do not have that Allen key at the bottom that you can turn the motor So what we recommend is grab a stick or a broom and put it you know upside down you know the stick itself inside the motor and do it also clockwise motion that can also free up the motor so you do have a reset button down at the bottom for a key on and insert for a key so when you're hearing that hum that tells me it's not doesn't need to be reset but you do need to free up that motor and then once that's freed up put some ice cubes down there let's clean inside that disposal out make sure anything against the walls is not going to jam up the motor again and then also look in there see how rusted it is that's rusted the average lifespan of a disposal is about five years so I would definitely look down there and see if it needs to be replaced or not that'd be calling us out and we can determine that for you Bobby that's great advice most importantly before you stick your fingers down near that disposal please turn off the power exactly Bobby Crowder he is the family plumber from surprise AZ Bobby thank you so much for helping us out today with that question hey Joe not a problem it's been a pleasure check a Pro is your local source for pre-qualified contractors stay tuned for more of the Check A Pro radio show.