Hi there,
I have a double bowl kitchen sink, see picture below. I use OXO sink strainer in both bowls to catch food peels and dump them to trash can every day, I do not wash them down the drain. However, once in a while when I notice the water (standing about 2"~3" deep in the left bowl) drains slow, I reach for the food disposal switch, then I would see water coming out from the other bowl's sink hole. It seems the food disposal shoots out water too fast in great amount & force, more than the downward pipe can handle.
I have several questions here:
1. Is it common for food disposal to send water to the other bowl?
2. Am I using the food disposal wrong, should I not to use the food disposal when there is standing water?
3. If I replace the tee fitting at location 4 with the long tee wye fitting, would it make the situation better?
4. My dishwasher drain hose connects to the food disposal (at location 3) in a high loop. My dishwasher has fine mesh metal filter at the bottom. Most modern dishwashers come with those or are equipped with their own food chopper blades, they do not need traditional disposal to disintegrate the food. Hence, I think the dishwasher's drain hose do not need to connect to the traditional disposal at all. In that case, what part to buy to plug the hole on the disposal? Can I replace the pipe at location 5 with the dishwasher branch tailpiece? That section is very short. The tailpiece might be too long to fit in there.
5. About the plug at location 1 and sewer vent at location 2, it's not common to see them under the kitchen sink. I'm not the first owner of the house. I wonder if they were installed/added later to improve the drain performance at this specific location. Do you know why they appear here?
Sorry to load this post with so many questions. Please shed some light if you can. Thanks a lot!
I have a double bowl kitchen sink, see picture below. I use OXO sink strainer in both bowls to catch food peels and dump them to trash can every day, I do not wash them down the drain. However, once in a while when I notice the water (standing about 2"~3" deep in the left bowl) drains slow, I reach for the food disposal switch, then I would see water coming out from the other bowl's sink hole. It seems the food disposal shoots out water too fast in great amount & force, more than the downward pipe can handle.
I have several questions here:
1. Is it common for food disposal to send water to the other bowl?
2. Am I using the food disposal wrong, should I not to use the food disposal when there is standing water?
3. If I replace the tee fitting at location 4 with the long tee wye fitting, would it make the situation better?
4. My dishwasher drain hose connects to the food disposal (at location 3) in a high loop. My dishwasher has fine mesh metal filter at the bottom. Most modern dishwashers come with those or are equipped with their own food chopper blades, they do not need traditional disposal to disintegrate the food. Hence, I think the dishwasher's drain hose do not need to connect to the traditional disposal at all. In that case, what part to buy to plug the hole on the disposal? Can I replace the pipe at location 5 with the dishwasher branch tailpiece? That section is very short. The tailpiece might be too long to fit in there.
5. About the plug at location 1 and sewer vent at location 2, it's not common to see them under the kitchen sink. I'm not the first owner of the house. I wonder if they were installed/added later to improve the drain performance at this specific location. Do you know why they appear here?
Sorry to load this post with so many questions. Please shed some light if you can. Thanks a lot!