Drain Pipe Too High For Garbage Disposal

The main drain pipe and the dishwasher drain pipe.

Drain pipe too high for garbage disposal.

If its too high and you do rig something up water will sit in. Get a shallower sink. We have a 10 deep sink practically 11 to the drain hole. Now this is something that i usually get a lot of different types of pipe for you look and see basically what you need then buy couple of extras.

Now we are going to hook up the waste pipes coming off the disposal. A garbage disposal has two possible connecting points. Our garbage disposal is 6 1 2 from flange to center. So our garbage disposal will have a drain 17 above the floor.

The main drain pipe will always be connected but depending on your needs the dishwasher drain pipe may or may not be needed. Crack open the wall and somehow lower the drain if possible. Before you do any work on a dishwasher or garbage disposal including the installation of the dishwasher drain. Now the water outlet on the garbage disposal is several inches lower than the drain itself and water is sitting in the garbage disposal.

Using our configuration i am afraid the waste drain is 2 too high. I think my options are. Our cabinets are 34 1 2 tall. Garbage disposal is lower than main drain.

Snaggletooth702 nv someone did a renovation at a rental property and moved the kitchen sink. I am owner of built wise construction in orlando florida and today we are going to go over how to install a garbage disposal. Most garbage disposals have the outlet and downward facing waste pipe at about 10 from the top of the disposal which sits at the bottom of the sink and then there is a u or p trap that attaches from the outlet to the waste drain. After getting the new disposal attached to the sink i saw why the sink is too low the wall drain is too high it s a good 2 inches higher than the disposal.

Connect a strait discharge from the disposal to a trap and use a wye to connect the traps to the drain line.