in sink Garbage disposal downside?

> @catbk
> you use more water swishing down coffee grounds, or vegetable scraps and other assorted junk down the disposal than you do if you’ve scraped the debris into a receptacle

you might, but I don’t. i am good at multitasking.

randolph

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murph | 7 years and 3 months ago

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Grease down-the-drain is a NO-NO.

randolph | 7 years and 3 months ago

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> @Maggie O
> you’re clearly a bot
not a bot, just saying that through my own personal experience and using the google machine i cannot find anything to support your claims about garbage disposals causing “buildups elsewhere”.

Guest User | 7 years and 3 months ago

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> @randolph
> not a bot
it was a joke, clearly there’s no such thing as big-disposal. i have no evidence to back up my claim. it is anecdotal, told to me by plumbers. i’m just generally against any device that encourages people to put more stuff into the drains.

Guest User | 7 years and 3 months ago

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> @randolph
> not a bot
it was a joke, clearly there’s no such thing as big-disposal. i have no evidence to back up my claim. it is anecdotal, told to me by plumbers. i’m just generally against any device that encourages people to put more stuff into the drains.

Guest User | 7 years and 3 months ago

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I installed one in a vacation rental (lots of short-term tenants) over 2 years ago with no issues, and if it has problems it shouldn’t be expensive to fix/replace. I think it’s good to have, especially in an updated kitchen. I also installed one in our house several years ago when we moved in, and haven’t had any issues with it, even though we have dropped metal objects in occasionally (spoons and pressure cooker weight). I just pulled them out, all dinged up, and the disposal still works fine. If I rented a place (as the tenant) with an updated kitchen that didn’t have one, I’d wonder why it was left out. Also [central vac](https://cozzy.org/best-central-vacuum-system-reviews/) ! It was an absolute must in my new build.

catbk | 7 years and 3 months ago

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We have an insinkerator. Our water bills were very high – we have 3 bathrooms in daily use, a dishwasher and a washer and dryer. Sometimes I water plants, or spray the side walks. 4 residents in the house. We also had a running toilet and a leaky sink. I had hoped our water bill would reduce after they were fixed. The bill did drop a little, but not much. We curtailed our thoughtless use of water as much as possible (ie, no running water while brushing teeth, shorter showers, shorter washer cycles.) The bill remained substantial. Then our neighborhood started with garbage composting pickup, for table scraps and lawn garbage. Suddenly, our next water bill was at least 1/3 lower. It dawned on us then exactly how much water was being used running the disposal while cleaning up dishes. So sure, let your tenants get a garbage disposal, but charge them a few hundred more annually due to the increase in your water bill.

randolph | 7 years and 3 months ago

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while you are doing dishes you are running the water, so how does running the disposal at the same time use more water? that just makes zero sense.

catbk | 7 years and 3 months ago

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Randolph, you use more water swishing down coffee grounds, or vegetable scraps and other assorted junk down the disposal than you do if you’ve scraped the debris into a receptacle. Also, not everyone leaves the water running while washing dishes – some people fill the sink.