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    Oct 8, 2011, 07:11 AM
    Garbage disposal backs up
    My question is got a double kitchen sink and a garbage disposal is one side. The water goes down but aall kitchen water drains in to this basement tub ?
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    Oct 8, 2011, 11:42 AM
    Hi Dkhalil and welcome to The Plumbing Page on AMHD.
    You piggybacked on a 3 year old dead thread so I gave you one of your own. Before you post look in the upper left hand corner for the date..
    Are you saying your kitchen sink drains fine but backs up in the basement? But the disposal has to be running before it does this? How does the kitchen sink drain without the disposal running. And is it a laundry tray in the basement that backs up? Back to you, %Tom
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