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Dear James: My daughter dropped a spoon in our old garbage disposer, so we have to replace it. Is installing a garbage disposer a typical do-it-yourself project, and what are the basic steps to ...

Garbage disposals make doing the dishes a breeze. With just one little flip of a switch, these handy little kitchen gadgets make food scraps and kitchen waste disappear in a flash. However, like most ...

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To clean your garbage disposal, add baking soda and vinegar in the disposal, let the mixture sit for 10 minutes, and then flush with hot water. To naturally deodorize your disposal, grind up thinly ...

Garbage disposals often overheat or get jammed, which trips the overload protector. Resetting the overload protector is a simple process with no tools required. Avoid chemical drain cleaners and ...

Person's hand turning on garbage disposer to get rid of a sink full of vegetable peels - sdf_qwe/Shutterstock Does your garbage disposal's scent conjure unpleasant memories from your college days when ...

Hillsboro police are now stating that a garbage truck crash into the Shute Park Library, which left five people injured, was caused by another car's last-minute lane change in a nearby intersection.

Replacing a garbage disposer is not a difficult do-it-yourself project.(Scukrov / Getty Images/iStockphoto) Q: My daughter dropped a spoon in our old garbage disposer, so we have to replace it. Is ...