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I have been mugged. By my HOUSE.

  • Apr. 22nd, 2007 at 3:12 PM
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Warning, homeowner grumbling ahead!

In the past month, these things have happened:

1) I made the terrible mistake of expecting my garbage disposal to actually chew up some apple peels. It had other ideas, choked, and filled my sink with black sludge. $180 to the REALLY EXPENSIVE plumber.

2) The exterminator came and discovered that carpenter ants have eaten my back door and the frame around it.

3) Some charming motherfucker broke the glass in my front door.

4) The hot water boiler light went out and refused to be re-lit until I had called the REALLY EXPENSIVE plumber, who charged me $140 to re-light it.

5) Not five minutes ago, I went to clean out the sink in preparation for an attempt to cook dinner for my parents (nerve-wracking enough as it is) and the aforementioned garbage disposal made a hideous grinding noise and died. Guess I'll be seeing the REALLY EXPENSIVE plumber again real soon now.

ACHTUNG, HAUS!! I'm sick of your shenanigans! Keep this shit up and I'll sell you to a MEAN PERSON. See how you like THEM apples.
  • Mood: bitchy

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[info]anigma_i wrote:
Apr. 22nd, 2007 08:13 pm (UTC)
That sucks!
I'm sorry your house is such a bitch. You can hold off on the plumber, though. It is possible to live without a disposal. Get a sink trap/plug and throw everything that collects in there in the garbage or compost. They probably cost less than $5.

Good luck!
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[info]rattleback wrote:
Apr. 22nd, 2007 08:22 pm (UTC)
Candy-assed garbage disposals are a plague. If you end up having to replace it, get something the Sopranos would use to get rid of an inconvenient stiff.

If you need one of those Allen-wrench thingies to spin up the incumbent machine, give a shout; we've got one.



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[info]mommyrex wrote:
Apr. 22nd, 2007 08:32 pm (UTC)
Ours is actually called "The Bone Crusher". :)
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[info]mommyrex wrote:
Apr. 22nd, 2007 08:31 pm (UTC)
Is it possible that a piece of cutlery got into the disposal, causing the grinding noise? If the thing simply froze, you can manually unfreeze the gear in one of two ways (after getting out any hard things): There may be a little socket on the bottom that fits an allen wrench (I keep the wrench that came with it attached to the disposal). Otherwise, a broom handle inserted on the drain side can be used to gently push the blades. Sometimes you need to reset it (like a curcuit breaker) by pushing a little button on the body of the disposal (get under the sink and feel around).

Did the plumber mention whether your disposer needs to be replaced? It shouldn't be acting up after a $180 repair visit. A new disposer costs $30-$150. Well, then you need to get it installed. That's what I keep Joe around for ...
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[info]artnouveauho wrote:
Apr. 23rd, 2007 01:18 am (UTC)
I'm sorry about your house! The front door thing sounds awful. Hope you're OK.
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[info]ancientsong wrote:
Apr. 23rd, 2007 01:43 am (UTC)
Yuck and poop and all manner of indignation (on your behalf) that your house is being such a pain in your rear.

Truly, I gotta agree with anigma_i. We haven't had a garbage disposal in years (since this house doesn't have one) and it is not awful at all. If you don't have the funds now, perhaps you can wait for a while before you fix it unless of course the lovely suggestions that mommyrex gave help you fix it yourself.

Good luck, sweetie.
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[info]captrenault wrote:
Apr. 23rd, 2007 03:02 am (UTC)
OK -- dumb question. I just bought a house myself, as you probably know, and now I have a garbage disposal for the first time in my life. No-one I know has had one. My question is this -- how the hell do you use it?

Obviously, I know how to turn it on and off. Do you scrape off the leftover food into the garburator first, and then do the washing? or do you do the washing, let the leftover food float around in there, and then turn it on? The first way is more obvious, but the second would allow more 'juice' to run through it. And if it's just scraping it off and running it through, why not just compost, or do what my Mom did and chuck it all in the toilet? Seems much simpler.

I'm also confused by the matter of the garburator being connected to the tiny sink. How the hell are you supposed to wash anything in that tiny sink? I have pots that won't fit.

I'm seriously confused by what should be a very simple affair. Please help.
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[info]pvcdiva wrote:
Apr. 23rd, 2007 08:25 am (UTC)
I have suspicions that your house is in love with the REALLY EXPENSIVE plumber...either that or they are in cahoots somehow. I'd want to know why the waste disposal is broke again so quick after his last attempt at fixing it.

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