My garbage disposal has sprung several leaks and I am tired of patching them. It is an InSinkErator model that is 13 years old.
Being on my back under the sink working on plumbing is about my least favorite thing to do, and I have done far too much of it. So I called a local handyman service to replace the disposal. They charge $ 138/hour and it will probably take one hour. I told them that I would buy a new disposal and have it ready for them on Thursday.
I went to Lowe's today and bought a replacement disposal, although it was the next size up. It uses the same mounting system as the old disposal. The side of the box said it could be replaced just by unhooking the old connections, twisting the old disposal off the mount, wiring in the new pigtail, hooking up the plumbing, plug it in and you are done.
Is that all it takes? Because if it does, it sounds like a 15-20 minute job, and I can handle that. When I had researched this on the net, it sounded like more of a 2-3 hour job for me, but that was installing the new sink drain and mounting system. If I can just use what is already there, it sounds a lot simpler.
So what says APS? I don't want to pay someone to do what I can do, if it is easy and quick.