Saturday, October 5, 2013

Today's lesson - garbage disposal edition

It's safe to assume that sometimes I'm going to get super slammed at my job and not be able to post for awhile. Sorry about that!

This is going to be a quick one. Tonight, Shoe turned on the disposal. It made a groan and then nothing. Silence.

All houses get to the point where things start breaking, one at a time. After the garage door, the shower leak, the sprinkler system, the microwave... yada yada... we immediately panicked at the disposal.

First thing I did was send Shoe to the garage to check the fuses. Nothing there.

Then I looked at our homeowner's warranty.

(Homeowner's Warranty, as a side-note to home buyers, is something you're forced to get upon closing. But it's actually a good thing. It covers major appliances and some other things for a year after you move in.)

The disposal was covered. An immediate "phew." But I also decided to take a moment and google "garbage disposal not working."

Turns out garbage disposals have reset buttons, like a hairdryer. Who knew? Shoe pressed the little red button on the bottom of the disposal. And voila, it worked again. One thing not broken! Yay!

The lessons:
1) Don't panic
2) Google everything
3) Garbage disposals have reset buttons

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