Re: Garbage Disposal Refuse Backing Up Into House

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 08:15:41 -0800, someone wrote:


>I'm a bit surprised your sink drain didn't clog, rather than the much
>bigger pipes downstream.
>
But there is really no indication that it is actually disposal refuse
that blocked the line.  The line is blocked somewhere downstream from
the floor drain.  Just because what came down the pipe next was from
the disposal, does NOT mean that the disposal caused the bolckage.  He
could just have a wad of something in the house trap.  The diposal
refuse is merely a recognizable solid in the stuff that came back up.
Doesn't mean it is the cause.

-v.