Whats does it mean when I have water coming from my garbage disposal?

Your drain is plugged, don,t ever put any vegetables down it or lettuce or bones.

Something is broke. Try to determine if the leak is from a fitting or the disposal case. Try to tighten fittings or replace a gasket if needed.

If leak is from case,replace it.

William is right. It means there is a back up somewhere in the line. Do not put liquid drain opener down it!

Also never but never put potato peels or onions down it either. Do you have a dishwasher? Maybe it is the culprit!

It's clogged. Somebody put something they shouldn't have in there. This can be a (seemingly) benign as a piece of lettuce.

Or one, solitary, dried pinto bean. That's how garbage disposals are. They're finicky and more trouble than they are worth, if you ask me.

I baby the disposal because I detest having to do what you now have to do: - UNPLUG the disposal before you start - Get some rubber gloves and stick your hand in there. Pull out ALL the disgusting, slimey gunk. Throw it away.

Keep digging in there and find what created this mess. Pull it all out. Even the small, slimey stuff.

BTW; sometimes the culprit is a broken glass or shards of broken plate so be careful and make sure to wear gloves to protect your hand in there, if it IS something broken. You want to double-up on the gloves and try to get ALL of the broken pieces OUT of there before you go further. - Grab a broom or mop and unscrew the handle from the bottom.

- Put the broom handle into the disposal and feel it rest in the groove of the blades. Doesn't matter where..just so it's sturdy and secure. - Then, with slow, non-jerking or too rough motions..turn the broom handle in the disposal.

You'll feel it turning the blades. Keep at it. It will slowly start to free up the water.It'll go down the drain.

Keep doing this for a few more rotations. - Remove the broom handle. Plug in the disposal.

- Feel the very bottom of the disposal for a button in the very center of the disposal. That's the re-set button. You want to press that.

ONCE. - Start running water. Run it in both sides of the sink (if you have two and two drains).

If it starts to fill up again, start this process all over again. - ALWAYS remember to UnPLUG the disposal before you do this. Try to be as gentle as you can with that broom handle and don't break the blades.

They used to make those blades out of metal and they were pretty strong, but my disposal is a cheapified version, I guess..and the blades are made of plastic = not very strong and will break. FYi; - Do not put potatoes, potato peels, ears of corn, leaves of any kind in the disposal. - No lettuce, green, leafy veggies or apple cores.

- No plants or leaves, flowers or stalks. - Don't even TNK about a stalk of celery. - No dirt, sand, gravel, mesa, or dried grits.

- No cores of any kind. No carrot peel, apple peel or any other kind of peel. - If you put ANYTNG from a pineapple in there you may as well withdraw $170 right now and go buy a new disposal and have it on hand.

- Do not put chicken bones (or any kind of bones) in the disposal. - No beans, corn or dried rice at all..nothing in a dried form. - No extremely hard chunks of stale bread, old muffins, candy or old pizza.

- Do not put anything except for (basically) mushy, water soluble food left over on plates. Mash potatoes, or pureed peas are okay. Baby food is ok.

Smoothies are ok. ONLY soft, mushy stuff. Nothing that is hard, crunchy, dried or leafy can go in there.

No peels of any kind and no nuts or berries. No dried fruit. I only wish I was making this up.

I've had a few garbage disposals and everyone who knows me, knows I will go ape sh*t if they put the wrong thing in there and mess it up. The broom handle method only works a few times and you'll have to replace it, (or have it replaced) if you aren't strict with whomever is putting the wrong thing in there. Invest in a decent drain cover or disposal suction-based drain stopper, so you can prevent things from falling in or possibly a random fork..or a broken glass.

Good Luck. NOW do you see why I say they are more trouble than they are worth..?!

Assuming it's leaking under the sink 1) Plugged. Fill one basin (the one w/o the disposal) - if there is one - partially full and hold a plug in the drain. Use a plunger on the other basin.

This should also work if there's a dishwasher inlet. 2) Loose collar (where it connects to the basin). Tighten collar.3) Seals inside the disposal are faulty.

Replace Mine started leaking suddenly this summer. #3 was the culprit. Luckily, though a bit expensive, it isn't especially difficult.It's recommended to run the disposal for 30-45 seconds at least once a week to keep the seals lubricated.

As others have mentioned, it's NOT designed, nor is intended to grind bones, peels, rinds, sinew, tin cans, glass, tires or other tough materials (wish I could convince in-laws of this). Good luck.

Experience w/all four - some of which are due to slow-learning in-laws.

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