A valuable lesson in deed ----- Original Message ----- From: wstep...@everestkc.net To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 1:23 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] garbage disposal
Yeah, and I learned a couple years back that you can't clean quail that still have bird shot in them in the kitchen sink and then run the disposal. I replaced it myself, and I'll never ever do that again. Bill Stephan Kansas Citty MO Email: wstep...@everestkc.net Phone: (816)803-2469 ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Kennedy <bobke...@bellsouth.net> Date: Friday, April 10, 2009 9:52 am Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] garbage disposal > Glad you pointed out what I forgot to say. Didn't want my message > to be a total downer but I think this could append to the > beginning with a line that says "If you still want to try this" > > And if the line crumbles before it goes into the wall, count > yourself blessed. Many times as I put one in for someone it > breaks inside the T inside the wall. You become real popular when > you tell them, you didn't know that would happen and they'll have > to put out a bit more money so the bad pieces can be replaced. > > When I remodeled my place in Charlotte last summer, I pulled the > disposal out because I didn't want them calling me saying they > don't know what happened but it doesn't work. We're not paying > the rent until it works again. Last time it caused a problem some > idiot dropped a fork into it while running and it got bent around > and lodged,, locking it up tight. > > At Sears, people kept their "MPA" in place and instead of fixing > them, Sears just replaced them. Before I left I knew of 2 > customers that had models from 1990 and they had paid insurance > all those years. But that's worth replacing after you pay for 18 > years on something that only costs $150... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dan Rossi > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 9:25 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] garbage disposal > > > > > > The one thing you will need the most of is patience. If you > manage to > pull off the installation with less than three trips to the > hardware > store, you are lucky. You will find that none of the pieces of > pipe that > you have, or that came in the kit, will line up, or are the same > size, as > what is currently under your sink. The ancient piece of > crumbling pipe > that disappears into the wall and into the stack, will defy all > attempts > to accept a fitting and will begin to crumble in your hand as > you try. > You will smash the back of your head on the cabinet frame at > least twice > as you are reaching in and out. You will wish for a third hand > as you try > to lift the disposal into place and try and line it up with the > flange. > Other than that, it is a piece of cake. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
