Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration: Ellie Schiltz/Getty Images You probably spend almost no time thinking about the disposal in your kitchen sink right ...

Q. After dinner, I rinsed off the dishes in the sink like I always do, and flipped the switch for the garbage disposal to grind the food scraps. The garbage disposal was not working. How can I fix the ...

If you are wondering how to fix a garbage disposal that makes an odd hum, leaks, backs up, drains slowly, or does nothing when you flip the switch, try the reset button on the bottom of the disposal.