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    jay57 Posts: 2, Reputation: 1
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    Mar 9, 2012, 06:17 PM
    Slow draining kitchen sink
    Just replaced an old cast iron sink with a stainless. Also put new drain pipe and trap. It now drains slow unless the garbage disposal is on. It did not happen with the old one . Can't figure it out.
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    Mar 10, 2012, 06:00 AM
    Sounds like you might have disturbed some trash built up in the pipe walls and now you have a partial blockage. Remove the trap and send a snake up into the wall, There will be a 90 about 8" in but once past that you only have 6 more feet to go.

    Flush with a tub full of hot water. Good luck, Tom
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    Mar 10, 2012, 09:15 AM
    Is the new sink deeper than the old sink?
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