While I was cleaning up my kitchen Monday night, the disposal started making nasty sounds. There was noting jammed in it, but one of the cutters was loose. I soon found that it wasn’t serviceable, at least not without taking the whole thing apart and releasing 15 years of accumulated funk.
At Home Depot, I found replacements ranging from basic to totally pimped, and settled on a slight upgrade in the basic line. Installing the new one was simple enough once I found the right circuit to turn off; disposal mounts are thankfully standard. Even though the new one isn’t fancy, it seems to run a bit quieter and smoother than the old one, and it certainly smells better!
