I bet you thought I meant Sam, didn't you? But in this case I'm referring to Ben.
Way back when, a long, long time ago -- about three years ago there was a little hunter named Ben. Ben managed to shoot a couple of innocent little duckies and brought them home to feed his starving family. One of the first orders of business is cleaning Donald Duck thoroughly which means the feathers must be removed.
It was a cold miserable December day so Ben decided to clean them in the house, in the kitchen. And for some reason he thought it was a good idea to put the feathers down the garbage disposal.
He spent the rest of the day replacing the garbage disposal while swearing a blue streak. Plumbing is Ben's least favorite household repair.
Two days ago Ben decided he was going to make a nice big fruit salad. Melon rinds and pineapple peels (and perhaps even the top) went down the garbage disposal accompanied by a plastic mesh pan scrubber. I suggested the garbage can might be a preferable option.
The disposal lived this time.
After dinner Sam started yelling "Mama there is a flood in the kitchen!" Although I didn't hear running water I came in to see what was happening and sure enough, there was water coming from under the sink.
It seems we've got a plugged drain, probably filled with lots of peels and rinds. And pan scrubber. And it's leaking out right after the creatively-plumbed garbage disposal. Now, I can't say for sure that this malfunction is due to Ben's actions because it was fine when he finished his salad.
So far the drain cleaner hasn't worked so I expect we'll be calling a plumber or plumber alternative.
Ben's Dad would be laughing at Ben right now. He hated garbage disposals because they're environmentally unsound.
I think I'm coming around to his point of view if only because I can't stand to have the kitchen out of order.
*Update: we're $150 poorer but have a working sink once again.
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Feathers? Pineapple tops??! Oh my God! Someone in our household once put an entire turkey neck down the disposal, which didn't work out so well, but the idea of feathers is really funny!
How is a disposal not environmentally friendly? Is it that it would be better to compost?
Yeah that and it puts lots of organic material into the waste water which requires a lot more water treatment capacity and chemicals. People with septic systems don't have them or they'd have to have the honey wagon out there all the time.
We should compost if only to save $$ on plumbing.
Composting is gross.
Wow, did your plumber go ballistic over your having put drain cleaner down the garbage disposal?
I plugged ours just after Thanksgiving with sweet potato peels. I probably should be doing the compost thing. Our garbage service allows you to put compostable stuff in with the yard waste.
Renee, the rotten plumbing we had allowed us to move the pipes under the disposal so we could add the stuff there so we didn't put it through the disposal.
I'm giving the composting thing a try. I figure Sam is old enough for me to make him haul the stuff to the back compost area. He took three rests on the way back. Such hard hard work!
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