How does a garbage disposal work?
Installing a Garbage Disposal: A garbage disposal is attached to the bottom of your sink and is there to crush food and other waste into tiny pieces with a stainless steel blade. Stainless steel blades keep rust away compared to other models that don’t have them which causes problems or rusting of the blades. Size of the motor is something to consider as well. Brands like Kitchen Aid come with a 1 HP motor which chops up food so that the drain won’t get clogged. Most garbage disposals are about $150 or so at Home Depot or Lowes and are fairly easy to install yourself (takes about 2 hours). Actually I replaced my garbage disposal so I’m not sure how it would be if you just put one in fresh. In any event, I can’t imagine it’s much harder as long as you have some basic tools (plumbers putty, Philips head screw driver, flat head screw driver, etc). Make sure that the dimensions of the garbage disposal you select will fit in the area under your sink (ours is a modern house and it barely fit
