Humming but not turning, leaking into the cupboard or completely dead? We provide garburator repair and installation for homes across York Region, and most faults are quicker to diagnose and cheaper to fix than people expect.
A garburator that hums without turning is almost always jammed, not broken, and that is the most common garburator call we get. A unit that does nothing at all has usually tripped its own reset button or lost power at the switch. A unit dripping into the cupboard is a different matter, because where the leak is coming from decides whether it is a seal, a connection or the end of the unit.
We repair what is worth repairing. Jams can be cleared, a tripped reset button can be pushed back in and a leaking sink flange can be resealed. Dishwasher connections and drain plumbing under the sink can be corrected too. What cannot be repaired is a corroded grinding chamber, and once a unit is leaking from the body itself, replacement is the only honest answer.
On replacements we also check what is downstream, because a surprising number of garburator complaints turn out to be a partly blocked trap or drain line rather than the unit at all. Fitting a new garburator onto a restricted drain just moves the problem a few weeks into the future.
A garburator that hums is almost never a dead garburator. It is a jammed one, and the difference between those two is a service call rather than a replacement.
Diagnose the actual fault before anyone starts talking about a new unit.
A hum, silence, a leak and a slow drain each point to a different fault, so we start by reproducing exactly what you are seeing.
The reset button, the breaker, the wall switch and a physical check of the grinding chamber rule out the two faults that account for most of these calls.
We check the trap and the drain line downstream, because a restricted drain produces symptoms that look exactly like a failing unit.
We clear, reseal or replace as the fault requires, then run the unit and the drain together to confirm it is genuinely sorted.
What homeowners ask when the unit under the sink stops behaving.
Garburator repair, replacement and installation are available in every community we serve.
We will find out whether it is a jam, a seal or the end of the unit, and sort it in the same visit wherever we can.
