MY GARBAGE DISPOSAL TRIED TO KILL ME!
11-25-2005, 10:37 PM
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Ok, So I went under the sink to grab something, and BAM, the garbage disposal FELL OFF the sink.. Upon further inspection, I found it to be an old piece of crap:
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Old blades, yuck.
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Side by side with the new one:
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I decided to install a new faucet too. I had an old crappy one, now I have a pull-out type, which is my personal favorite.. Also, filled the hole for the old sprayer hose with this handy dandy soap dispenser:
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Total trips to home depot for the disposer, faucet and installation parts: 5.
Project time: 4.5 hrs.
Time spent in home depot: 2 hrs.
Extra unnecessary parts and "Oh, that's cool" stuff: $76.48
Now I can wash dishes in STYLE yo! Yessssssss!
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Old blades, yuck.
[attachment=35044:attachment]
Side by side with the new one:
[attachment=35045:attachment]
I decided to install a new faucet too. I had an old crappy one, now I have a pull-out type, which is my personal favorite.. Also, filled the hole for the old sprayer hose with this handy dandy soap dispenser:
[attachment=35046:attachment]
Total trips to home depot for the disposer, faucet and installation parts: 5.
Project time: 4.5 hrs.
Time spent in home depot: 2 hrs.
Extra unnecessary parts and "Oh, that's cool" stuff: $76.48
Now I can wash dishes in STYLE yo! Yessssssss!
11-25-2005, 10:54 PM
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It's also amazing how expensive the sink set up is, I think our sink was $200, faucet was $179, $150 for the disposal, we added a reverse osmosis system as well, so another $225 there of course it will all seam cheap if you do granite tops 
11-25-2005, 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by phinsup' post='781531' date='Nov 25 2005, 09:52 PM
4.5 hours to install disposal and faucet to existing plumbing.... tsk tsk, yer gonna have to pick up the pace
Good job, amazing how quiet the new models are isn't it?
Meh.. The disposal needed a different tailpipe, I needed plumbers putty; the new disposal sat up 2" higher, so I had to re-configure the drain plumbing on both sides; the holes for the faucet were 1/4" too small, home depot didn't have the correct size holesaw, so I used a metal grinding bit in the drill; the pre-fitted feed lines on the new faucet were 20" too short and the soap holder on the dispenser was 1/4" too wide to fit in the sink, again, had to grind it with the metal file. Each of those roadblocks required at least one trip to home depot.
11-26-2005, 01:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Il RX8 lI' post='781540' date='Nov 25 2005, 10:38 PM
Speaking of which, it's potato gun time here in the south.
I like the way you think. We're gonna go build one at the fraternity house monday.