InSinkErator Disposer Housing Cracked

[Tony Hwang]

Hi, It could be caused by improper installation(my wild guess) Why don't you call their customer support and see what they say about it. Their service is A+++.

[Dan Espen]

Also check the warranty:

The Insinkerator I have know comes with lifetime guarantee, besides being really quiet.

[yoyows101]

Same vertical cracks in the same location you described and it has been about 7-8 years. Irritating but it was a cheap disposal. May upgrade this time since water stains in cabinet caused by leak are really annoying!

[Jeff Wisnia]

Where did you dig up that nearly 6 year old post of mine?

I guess it's true what they say, watch what you say on the internet, it never disappears completely.

FWIW the cheaspie disposal I described installing as a replacement back then is still holding up and doing its thing.

Jeff

[Jerry.Tan]

There is one or more idiots reposting the old archives from google groups on alt.home.repair at a rate of at least 2 posts a day. Most seem to originate from flashnewsgroups.com. They all use random user names.

Why anyone does this makes little sense to me!

I dont reply to any of them.......

[max.slimmer]

Well even years later I found this thread useful and it didn't show up from any other sources in my search results.

Back on topic: Had hairline vertical crack in the upper housing of a Badger 1. About 2 inches long. Thought I'd try a patch-it approach before replace ment. ~$5 and 10 minutes later I had an ugly wad of epoxy putty (the "plumb ing" kind from a well recognized brand) covering the crack. Couple weeks af ter the "repair" and it's holding.

FTR the GD doesn't get heavy use.

[Micky]

Why not tell us the brand so we'll know what works?

[ddow33]

I also have a Badger model 5 with a crack that sprayed leakage onto the back wall under the sink. Interesting it seems to happen on the back side. Thanks to all for history on this.

[Mike]

replying to jeff_wisnia, Mike wrote: Just found a cracked housing on mine

[Ed Pawlowski]

Seven years later, Jeff would like to meet you, have a beer, and compare cracks.

[anonymouse479]

I just replaced mine today it had several cracks in it but only 1 was leaking.thankfully i had a water alarm under the sink and it alerted me to the water