If water in your kitchen sink stops draining out and you have installed a garbage disposal, there may be something wrong with your garbage disposal. Your garbage disposal may be clogged!

What causes the garbage disposal clog?
The causes of the garbage disposal clog can be generally divided into two groups. On one hand, the users may have put some improper items into the garbage disposal. We should notice that some items may prevent the garbage disposal from working and even cause damage to it. Such items include eggshells, coffee grounds, potato peels, banana peels and so on. We should not put these stuff into the garbage disposal.

On the other hand, the owners do not clean the garbage disposal timely. To prevent it from blocking, it’s better that the owners form a good habit of flushing the garbage disposal after use. And they need to make sure they put enough water down the garbage disposal when it is grinding since the waste cannot be flushed away through the pipe and is likely to build up if the flushing water is not enough.

How to unclog a garbage disposal?
To unclog a garbage disposal is not complicated. If you want to do it by yourself, you need the following tools and material:
1. Bucket
2. Channel-type pliers
3. Scrub bush
4. Drain snake
5. Rags

General steps for unclogging a garbage disposal are as below:
1. Remove the P-trap
2. Clean the P-trap
3. Check the trap arm
4. Snake the Branch Drain
5. Reassemble the drain
6. Flush the drain

There are many videos which teach the viewers how to unclog a garbage disposal step by step on YouTube or TikTok. If you have no idea where to start, it’s a good idea to take a look at those videos.