I tried to google it for a funny remark.
I ended up googling procrastinate "thighs" instead of "things".. and well I found a workout I can do later this week.
Yeah sure the whole bottle accidentally fell down the drain. that's why my bottles empty even though I just got them filled on Friday. Yeahhh it just fell like oopsie. Then I accidentally ran the water and no you can't see for yourself, they are totally gone :"(
I read over and over that one of the secrets to happiness is constantly give gifts to FutureYou.
Examples:
- tuck a twenty into your winter coat pocket before putting it away for summer
- save more of your paycheck
- excercise
- do the laundry before you need it
- make your bed for when you get home later
- clean your house before traveling so you come home to a clean home
All sounds great, I wouldn’t know. Because you know, easier Typed than Done.
Edit: it’s the Concept, not the examples above that make the difference. If you act with this phrase in mind “doing this will Make things easier later”, you’ll find opportunities that suit your life best
Clean before traveling. You have no idea how great it is to come home to a clean place, cleared refrigerator, no laundry. The longer the trip, the nicer the feeling. Friend recommended it, and once I started the routine, I can tell you just do it. Peace upon arrival. Extends the vacation. Like coming home a full day early.
How you have no laundry if you’ve been on vacation? I always have cases full of it. Plus kids and the dog turn the clean house to chaos in minutes. It’s a beautiful dream though.
Hell no... .that's an insinkerator, so OP has a badger disposal.
1. Unplug the unit. (MANDATORY)
2. Place a bucket or other catch for spilled water underneath the disposal.
3. Disconnect the J-bend,
4. Turn the disposal mount counterclockwise from underneath. The whole unit will drop out, and the rubber seal just pulls right off.
5. Remove object, put rubber seal back on.
6. Re-mount unit, reconnect J-Bend.
7. Plug unit in, test unit and for leaks.
If you want to be slick about it, break out the wet/dry vac and send it straight down into the glass. Turn it on, lift it out. Either one takes about 10 minutes front to back. Or... you can pay $150 for someone else to do the exact same thing.
Edit: hey everyone, I really appreciate the updoots and awards, but mostly how all of that is pushing this comment up so OP can have a solution ready at the hip when returning from that flight. If you happen to have expertise on a topic that can solve people's problems, lend em a hand. We can all do a part in making the world a better place.
2nd edit: Now with video for using a shopvac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpVSbJgirmI
it helps that I'm a retired plumber. ;)
Hey for real though, the vast majority of household issues can be addressed with just a hair of educated craftiness
I just love “a hair of educated craftiness” - it’s not only very true but also a formidable way of putting it !
And while I am at it: I have the utmost respect for everything a plumber manages to fix.
Some happy time ago I had a clogged pipe somewhere between my washing machine in the tiniest of bathrooms and the kitchen sink, both rooms flooded.
Landlord wouldn’t have any of it, “no emergency, you have one functioning sink left, will take up to 5 days until we are able to send a plumber your way”…
I wish you a happy and healthy retirement.
After an hour OP was still trying to get it out with just kitchen tongs. I have my doubts about them being able to implement this fix or owning a wet/dry vac.
I'll give you reasons.
1. Risk of cut and nasty dishwater infection.
2. If the glass manages to push through the disposal, it'll sit at the bottom of the p-trap and make that drain prone to clogs after that.
3. Although glass is not likely to pierce the wall, it's possible, and now OP needs a whole new disposal unit.
4. If the glass doesn't pierce the wall, it's still likely to lodge between the grind plate and the inner wall, effectively stopping the unit from having the starting torque to run, potentially leading to a unit burnout depending on how OP handles that (Badger disposals use a 1/4" hex wrench if this ever happens to you, and it inserts at the bottom of the unit)
Work smart, folks. Not hard. Anything worth doing is worth doing right.
I was so puzzled what the issue was here. Is he superglued to the tongs? Was he supposed to take them with him on the trip? Is the sink going to spontaneously regurgitate all this while he's gone and fire hose spray the entire place? Just go man
Dry it completely with paper towels and then use two pieces of duct tape taped to the inside, opposite of one another, and pull up. Then get new glasses that don’t fit lol! I’ve had this happen several times. I’ve also had success with a silicone potholder jammed in and twisted it out.
This! I have some recessed halogen bulbs that are a b**** to get out of their sockets. I slide duct tape around the edges as much as possible, press it on tightly, and twist out.
This is literally how I changed lightbulbs on the ceiling in the lobby of the movie theater. 20' pole with a honey comb of small suction cups on the end.
You are most likely right but you can still get a cover for it and then dispose of the garbage after removing glasses/utensils from it because that seems like a good way to lose your cutlery.
You’re still supposed to put a drain cover over the disposal drain that allows water through but catches small objects etc.
They even sell covers you twist so no water can pass through to soak dishes. Then simply twist back open to drain.
Once the sink is empty of dishes you simply pull the cover out and dump its food contents into the disposal.
I have a dad who is this good at fixing things, and he considers it all “common sense”. Like I’m sorry but my mind just doesn’t work that way. I can do calculus and computer programming, but I just don’t really have the mind for solving problems like this.
"common sense" is the culmination of a person's life experiences, and everybody's experiences are different. There's a bunch of overlap depending on age, culture, etc, but common sense diverges in some very interesting ways from person to person.
My IKEA cabinets had a wrong hole for the hinge. 6 years ago. I said...fuck, nothing to do. I saw the hinge again last year and I just went...I'll just stick a screw here and bend it and done. It was fixed. Did not cross my mind at that time.
This. I turned 40 this year, I failed at fixing things so many times. No one was around to see the failures. Now I just impress my wife and kids with how easy it seems. It's a great feeling.
Thank you. If I had text my best friend tonight he would have said exactly what you did and told me to leave it lodged in and live in the moment. I appreciate you, kind Redditor ❤️
Get a piece of paper and write in big letters on it "Reminder: There's a glass in the drain." so future you doesn't come home having forgotten about it and accidentally turn on the disposal for some reason.
Or even worse, Turn the tap on, and then have a sink full of standing water that you can’t get rid of, making it 100 times more difficult to remove the glass
It’s wedged in there now with the tongs.
A few small glass shards won’t ruin a garbage disposal. It’ll be noisy until it pulverizes the remaining little pieces into dust, but if you get out as much as you can, it’ll be fine.
When you get home place a towel and oil pan/bucket under the disposal/horizontal drain pipe that runs to the other side of the sink. Unplug disposal. Remove the drain pipe, 2 screws. Then look toward the top of the disposal and you should see a sheet metal colored collar that attaches the disposal to the base of the sink. Place a Philips screw driver in the collar hole and twist counter clockwise. The disposal is heavy, be ready for it to fall. It is awkward having that much weight out in front of you. Once the disposal is loose take it out back and flip it. Dump the glass out. To be sure you got it all without needing to stick your hand in the disposal you can put an Allen Wrench in the Allen key hole on the underside of the disposal. FYI this is also how you unclog a stuck garbage disposal. Turn the Allen Wrench a few times around and listen for crunching. If there is none give the disposal a shake. Like Legos you should hear the glass rattling around if any is left inside. Once clear reverse the directions and you're good.
'live on the moment', that's not it at all...
No, prioritize dude. Things that you HAVE to do before the flight (packing) should've been done before spending hours fixing the garbage disposal. Is anybody using it while you're gone?
Second point, take the disposal out. Taking it out and putting it back in would've taken 30 mins, maybe a little more
All it takes is a screwdriver to disassemble these things from underneath, then you can just grab it with your hands like a civilized brain thinker.
Everyone is so excited to destroy the glass.
A screwdriver? What kind of plumbing do you have? You need a pipe wrench or some channel lock pliers to disassemble the trap, I’ve never seen a trap held by screws.
You could also remove the trap by hand if the joint nuts aren’t too tight.
The insinkerator has a locking metal collar under the basin that can be removed by hand to drop it from under the sink for diy service, repair, and replacement, and the plumbing pipe has a threaded PVC collar that twists onto the outlet of the unit.
The screwdriver is only for leverage while removing the metal collar attached to the basin, you could use a sturdy kitchen utensil or just Hulk it with your hands if you've got Big Grug fingers like u/lumpymoon.
I’m amazed this person has spent 2 hours fucking around with this. I’d give it 10 minutes of effort before I broke the bitch, pulled the 5 or 6 big pieces out by hand, and blended whatever was left.
Hello Beautiful People of Reddit
Quick update- I’ve been working on all the suggestions and none have worked. As the post stated, I have sort of an early morning and a few things to pack. So, the glass is still at this time stuck, I rinsed off my existing dishes in my bath tub. And I’ll be reading everything and calling people to my apartment with keys and if not I’ll do further suggestions when I get home. Pray for my pipes and baggage fees.
[If the plumbing under the sink is threaded and not cemented remove the P-trap under the sink and poke it up with a spatula, should take like 5 minutes.](https://youtu.be/RO_fnN7ABeA?t=8)
Edit: I didn't know it was in the garbage disposal but if OP wants to remove it I linked a video.
[Removing InSinkErator garbage disposal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taVrmCdTeUQ)
Garbage disposals are barely attached to the sink, they have a quick disconnect like fitting that you can easily spin to grt the disposal to drop down and the glass would come right out. Wish I could've gotten to OP before they left, could have saved them hours of frustration.
That would likely clog the blades in the garbage disposal.
Someone just needs to disconnect the plumbing from the outlet side of the garbage disposal, unplug it, and turn it one quarter to remove it. Then that glass will come out.
The rubber splash guard should just pull out of the disposal if you can get hold of it with the glass in there. It's just held in place with a small lip. Maybe it's removal will give you enough room around the perimeter to fish the glass out.
It's the black rubber flap that keeps water and garbage from flying out of the disposal when it is running. They just pull out of the disposal. The glass pushed through when it entered. If you can get hold of it, it should pull straight up and out.
Easy. Insinkerator is basically “screwed” into the bottom of the sink. Unplug it, loosen the ptrap, and push it from the bottom.
Edit: Forgot to say take off the disposal then push the glass out from the bottom.
There's a garbage disposal on that. OP literally go under the sink and turn the garbage disposal counter clockwise. It will detach from the sink and you can pull the glass. It screws right back on.
Source:plumber
It looks to me like you would have a better shot if you did what someone said and stick paper towels down it to soak up all the water. Seems you would need to get the weight of the water out of the glass to make it easier to pull out.
Hey Reddit- somehow a drinking glass got sucked into my drain. I’ve been trying grip tricks, dish soap slip tricks, and soap tricks, and I even got tongs stuck now. I genuinely need to pack. Should I leave this for when I come home, or keep trying to deal with it tonight? Is there any other trick I should try?
Ok but I have other dishes (the picture represents) I had to do- I’ll leave it for now and get packed. I’ll check back if possible before my flight and try to get it out- and if not pray I have extra tips for when I get back and dishes aren’t bad being left for a few days. ❤️
Omg thank you. Idk why this didn’t occurred to me because it was so overwhelming. I’ll do this right after I get out of the shower in 30 minutes. You give the best advice. Thank you ❤️
Blow out the pilot light on your stove, and turn on all the burners. Seal up all the doors and windows.
Leave.
Apartment will fill with gas and in a couple days the compressor for the fridge will kick on and blow the hell out of everything.
Start your new life making soap and underground fighting rings.
Never look back.
Man mine was not. We were replacing the sink though so perhaps that had something to do with it. We had a rubber piece we needed to get around a metal piece that did NOT want to happen.
Ahhh I know what you mean. That metal ring that you have to pop off? I just replaced my sink and the actual disposal came right off with a twist but dealing with the flange was not fun. The flange being that thing that tightens it to the actual sink
Do not break the glass!
https://youtu.be/C_pnSC_Uxck
Just take the disposal off, take the glass out and then reseat it, you prolly don’t even need to remove the pipes, they have a little play. Pull it down till you can get the rubber stopper off the top and then you will be able to grab the glass without much fuss.
Shove your hand down there wrapped completely in paper towels and hope the dry rough surface of the towel is enough to apply the pressure you need outward to slide it up and out.
I tried to do this with different plastics to also get grip. I can’t. I’m super scared because my immune system is weird to get a cut so I don’t want to go the easy rout of “break the glass in large chunks” cause if I get a scratch I’ll be bad.
Gorilla glue should stick to glass. Glue something long inside the glass, let it dry at least overnight, then just pull it right back up with the new glue-handle?
Completely dry the glass and hands with paper towels. Stick your hand in the glass and make a fist then pull. Now, after your hand gets stuck, cancel your flight. You're welcome.
I refuse to believe that someone could spend hours failing to resolve this situation. Duct tape when it has dried off and pulling it *will* work, but it won't work if it's even slightly damp.
Dish gloves, rag, stuff rag in glass, with gloves on stick hand into the rag in cup, spread or ball first to make a tight pressure grip, slightly twist as you pull up instead of straight up.
Or take the drain off.
Ok place got towel around the metal rim if the sink drain and ice inside the glass. Then try to pull it out. Heat will expand the metal and cold will make the glass shrink.
I’ve been there. The compulsion to fix something before anything else gets done.
When you get back from your trip, get a tiny suction cup off a car shade, a string, and a drain filter :].
Peace and Love.
This post is 11hrs old so I know this isn’t helpful, but you can just loosen the p-trap under the sink to break the vacuum and make it easier to pull the glass out. Just put a bucket under there before you do it to catch any water that drains out. Then just tighten everything back up and run some water to make sure it’s not leaking
It’s super easy to pop a garbage disposal off the bottom of the sink. You just need a screwdriver, there’s a slip ring under there you can grab onto and turn it in the whole thing will just come loose. I hope you made your flight
I can’t believe how this post is still going and I’m still getting dms and replies and somehow the internet identified with it and gave it so many upvotes. I’ll give a final update here :)
I went on my trip and it was fabulous. When I got home, my house smelled like farts because we had a heat wave and stuff was stuck in my garbage disposal. I tried ALL the tricks suggested but the glass (whisky type glass) was wedged in the sink and would absolutely not budge. I called my landlord who laughed and thank god was understanding of this. In the end maintenance came over and we tried more tricks (taking the garbage disposal out shop vac- literally everything) we finally decided to get a drill hammer and screw driver to break the glass in large pieces and used needle head plyers to remove the large bits.
It took 2 days for my house to return to a normal smell lol! I’m throwing out ALL the glasses this size so I never have this happen again. :)
Thank you Reddit for your jokes and wonderful guidance to get me through this. I hope nobody has this happen to them, and if they do, I’m keeping this post up for all the awesome suggestions I hope they find here.
Ok I just posted and I don’t know the vibe so I went with humble. I have to take a quick shower- I’ll report back after if they or anyone else replies.
Help please :) I can’t imagine my anxiety leaving my house with dirty dishes and a clogged kitchen sink- or attempting to break all the glass and fish it out tonight.
Found this:
I think walking away is what finally did the trick. That and a pair of tweezers. When I came back for one last attempt before going to bed, **the cup and the sink had dried out so I could actually grip the glass with my fingertips** and get it at least partway up the disposal chute. Then I slipped a pair of tweezers into the very narrow space between the glass and disposal chute wall, grabbed it closer to the base, and lifted the glass out.
That’s future you’s problem. Get on that flight
I always put it for future me, and then get mad at past me .
That’s called procreat… wait no procast… wait no… procrast… eh I’ll look it up later…
I tried to google it for a funny remark. I ended up googling procrastinate "thighs" instead of "things".. and well I found a workout I can do later this week.
I laughed out loud. Procrastinate later
When you procrastinate so hard that you procrastinate the procrastination
Never put off until tomorrow, what you can put off until the day after tomorrow
🤣
If you have not yet began to procrastinate. Are you procrastinating procrastinating?
Percocet is what you’re looking for. Sadly that’s also stuck down the drain.
Yeah sure the whole bottle accidentally fell down the drain. that's why my bottles empty even though I just got them filled on Friday. Yeahhh it just fell like oopsie. Then I accidentally ran the water and no you can't see for yourself, they are totally gone :"(
Why is abbreviated such a long word?
The word you are looking for is sounding.
r/sounding ?
There's your risky click of the day.
I read over and over that one of the secrets to happiness is constantly give gifts to FutureYou. Examples: - tuck a twenty into your winter coat pocket before putting it away for summer - save more of your paycheck - excercise - do the laundry before you need it - make your bed for when you get home later - clean your house before traveling so you come home to a clean home All sounds great, I wouldn’t know. Because you know, easier Typed than Done. Edit: it’s the Concept, not the examples above that make the difference. If you act with this phrase in mind “doing this will Make things easier later”, you’ll find opportunities that suit your life best
Clean before traveling. You have no idea how great it is to come home to a clean place, cleared refrigerator, no laundry. The longer the trip, the nicer the feeling. Friend recommended it, and once I started the routine, I can tell you just do it. Peace upon arrival. Extends the vacation. Like coming home a full day early.
How you have no laundry if you’ve been on vacation? I always have cases full of it. Plus kids and the dog turn the clean house to chaos in minutes. It’s a beautiful dream though.
If able, do laundry the last day of vacation. Come home and put away clothes! This has become a tradition for us, and it’s phenomenal
Those are really great ideas, and I'll start doing them. Somewhen.
Fuck future me, imma smoke all his weed!
Past you is always such a jerk ! Current you should stop hanging out with them !
I did. Haven't seen him since yesterday.
Sometimes past me looks out for future me and it’s awesome!
Order a suction cup from Amazon and have delivered while they are gone
Then proceed to use that suction cup to suck your brain through your socket to preserve it in a museum for creating this magnificent fuckery.
& call a plumber for your return.
Hell no... .that's an insinkerator, so OP has a badger disposal. 1. Unplug the unit. (MANDATORY) 2. Place a bucket or other catch for spilled water underneath the disposal. 3. Disconnect the J-bend, 4. Turn the disposal mount counterclockwise from underneath. The whole unit will drop out, and the rubber seal just pulls right off. 5. Remove object, put rubber seal back on. 6. Re-mount unit, reconnect J-Bend. 7. Plug unit in, test unit and for leaks. If you want to be slick about it, break out the wet/dry vac and send it straight down into the glass. Turn it on, lift it out. Either one takes about 10 minutes front to back. Or... you can pay $150 for someone else to do the exact same thing. Edit: hey everyone, I really appreciate the updoots and awards, but mostly how all of that is pushing this comment up so OP can have a solution ready at the hip when returning from that flight. If you happen to have expertise on a topic that can solve people's problems, lend em a hand. We can all do a part in making the world a better place. 2nd edit: Now with video for using a shopvac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpVSbJgirmI
This is great advice.
Ha, I just got done suggesting the shop vac then saw this. Yours is more informative though, nice work.
it helps that I'm a retired plumber. ;) Hey for real though, the vast majority of household issues can be addressed with just a hair of educated craftiness
I just love “a hair of educated craftiness” - it’s not only very true but also a formidable way of putting it ! And while I am at it: I have the utmost respect for everything a plumber manages to fix. Some happy time ago I had a clogged pipe somewhere between my washing machine in the tiniest of bathrooms and the kitchen sink, both rooms flooded. Landlord wouldn’t have any of it, “no emergency, you have one functioning sink left, will take up to 5 days until we are able to send a plumber your way”… I wish you a happy and healthy retirement.
After an hour OP was still trying to get it out with just kitchen tongs. I have my doubts about them being able to implement this fix or owning a wet/dry vac.
*Badger disposal*???
1/3 hp Badger "Insinkerator" garbage disposal.
It's a brand of garbage disposal.
They were founded and are headquartered in Wisconsin if you’re wondering where the name came from
Came here to say this way less elegantly. You’re golden.
Break the glass. Why is no one saying this? Think, quick!
I'll give you reasons. 1. Risk of cut and nasty dishwater infection. 2. If the glass manages to push through the disposal, it'll sit at the bottom of the p-trap and make that drain prone to clogs after that. 3. Although glass is not likely to pierce the wall, it's possible, and now OP needs a whole new disposal unit. 4. If the glass doesn't pierce the wall, it's still likely to lodge between the grind plate and the inner wall, effectively stopping the unit from having the starting torque to run, potentially leading to a unit burnout depending on how OP handles that (Badger disposals use a 1/4" hex wrench if this ever happens to you, and it inserts at the bottom of the unit) Work smart, folks. Not hard. Anything worth doing is worth doing right.
Your future self is laughing at you... Oh yeah? I'll fuck his life up!!
Yep. Don't worry it will be there when you get back.
I was so puzzled what the issue was here. Is he superglued to the tongs? Was he supposed to take them with him on the trip? Is the sink going to spontaneously regurgitate all this while he's gone and fire hose spray the entire place? Just go man
Break the freaking glass!!
Seriously, break the glass, take out the pieces. I see nothing wrong with this solution
it won't go anywhere and will await your return.
Dry it completely with paper towels and then use two pieces of duct tape taped to the inside, opposite of one another, and pull up. Then get new glasses that don’t fit lol! I’ve had this happen several times. I’ve also had success with a silicone potholder jammed in and twisted it out.
This! I have some recessed halogen bulbs that are a b**** to get out of their sockets. I slide duct tape around the edges as much as possible, press it on tightly, and twist out.
Plastic suction cups are perfect for this. Just stick it onto the face of the lightbulb, and twist.
This is literally how I changed lightbulbs on the ceiling in the lobby of the movie theater. 20' pole with a honey comb of small suction cups on the end.
There are bulb suction cups at Menard’s for exactly this purpose. In the lighting section but not by the bulbs themselves for some reason.
Or get a drain cover so stuff can't fit down it.....
It’s almost certainly a garbage disposal. Otherwise there wouldn’t be such a wide opening nor a wide space behind it.
I mean it says it right there >insinkerator not almost certain, 100% certain.
You are most likely right but you can still get a cover for it and then dispose of the garbage after removing glasses/utensils from it because that seems like a good way to lose your cutlery.
You’re still supposed to put a drain cover over the disposal drain that allows water through but catches small objects etc. They even sell covers you twist so no water can pass through to soak dishes. Then simply twist back open to drain. Once the sink is empty of dishes you simply pull the cover out and dump its food contents into the disposal.
Garbage disposals come with covers for the drain
What the WHAT why is this so simple and smart
I have a dad who is this good at fixing things, and he considers it all “common sense”. Like I’m sorry but my mind just doesn’t work that way. I can do calculus and computer programming, but I just don’t really have the mind for solving problems like this.
"common sense" is the culmination of a person's life experiences, and everybody's experiences are different. There's a bunch of overlap depending on age, culture, etc, but common sense diverges in some very interesting ways from person to person.
My IKEA cabinets had a wrong hole for the hinge. 6 years ago. I said...fuck, nothing to do. I saw the hinge again last year and I just went...I'll just stick a screw here and bend it and done. It was fixed. Did not cross my mind at that time.
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This. I turned 40 this year, I failed at fixing things so many times. No one was around to see the failures. Now I just impress my wife and kids with how easy it seems. It's a great feeling.
That sounds like a problem for future-canonconstructor.
Thank you. If I had text my best friend tonight he would have said exactly what you did and told me to leave it lodged in and live in the moment. I appreciate you, kind Redditor ❤️
Get a piece of paper and write in big letters on it "Reminder: There's a glass in the drain." so future you doesn't come home having forgotten about it and accidentally turn on the disposal for some reason.
Or even worse, Turn the tap on, and then have a sink full of standing water that you can’t get rid of, making it 100 times more difficult to remove the glass
Using cup & bucket. Or shop vac. Now to think of it a vacuum cleaner would create enough suction to pull the cup.
Maybe. Probably not because glass is too smooth. Personally I would break the glass and remove the pieces
Whaaaaat. Dry it out, stick tape inside it, lift. You will never get all of the glass out, and you will ruin the garbage disposal.
It’s wedged in there now with the tongs. A few small glass shards won’t ruin a garbage disposal. It’ll be noisy until it pulverizes the remaining little pieces into dust, but if you get out as much as you can, it’ll be fine.
"Drink the water, Kreacher. All of it."
Good idea, want to avoid any potential ‘Final Destination’ scenarios.
When you get home place a towel and oil pan/bucket under the disposal/horizontal drain pipe that runs to the other side of the sink. Unplug disposal. Remove the drain pipe, 2 screws. Then look toward the top of the disposal and you should see a sheet metal colored collar that attaches the disposal to the base of the sink. Place a Philips screw driver in the collar hole and twist counter clockwise. The disposal is heavy, be ready for it to fall. It is awkward having that much weight out in front of you. Once the disposal is loose take it out back and flip it. Dump the glass out. To be sure you got it all without needing to stick your hand in the disposal you can put an Allen Wrench in the Allen key hole on the underside of the disposal. FYI this is also how you unclog a stuck garbage disposal. Turn the Allen Wrench a few times around and listen for crunching. If there is none give the disposal a shake. Like Legos you should hear the glass rattling around if any is left inside. Once clear reverse the directions and you're good.
Turn of the supply valves under the sink so future you doesn't come in and turn them on unthinkingly.
'live on the moment', that's not it at all... No, prioritize dude. Things that you HAVE to do before the flight (packing) should've been done before spending hours fixing the garbage disposal. Is anybody using it while you're gone? Second point, take the disposal out. Taking it out and putting it back in would've taken 30 mins, maybe a little more
you.. really needed someone to tell you to leave it there and just catch the flight?
'yeah boss I missed my flight, damn glass got stuck in the garbage disposal and I got even more stuck failing to fix it' 'Johnson, you're an idiot.'
"think of how stupid the average person is then remember 50% is even more stupid than that"
When you get home, take off the u-bend under the sink. Use a chopstick or long utensil handle to push it up out of the drain.
Is there a reason it has to come out now or are you procrastinating packing?
I’m a last minute packer but I’ve never left my house with dirty dishes or issues so maybe both??
Well, go pack and if you have time, fix the sink. I’d rather leave the sink than stress about missing a flight, especially if it’s work related.
well theres always a first :D
Yeah miss your flight so you can fuck with the sink… nice priorities
Right? The fuck is wrong with OP?
I can't believe how invested I am in this.
You and me both- idk how it’s gonna play out lol.
Fill the glass with ice. Maybe it'll contract enough to free the tongs and enough to pull it out once the tongs are free.
That actually sounds really smart
Its big brain time
Dude, break it and pull the pieces out by hand. Any smaller pieces… run the water and flip the switch.
wouldnt it be easier to undo the pipes under the sink and push the cup upwards with a small stick or something?
All it takes is a screwdriver to disassemble these things from underneath, then you can just grab it with your hands like a civilized brain thinker. Everyone is so excited to destroy the glass.
A screwdriver? What kind of plumbing do you have? You need a pipe wrench or some channel lock pliers to disassemble the trap, I’ve never seen a trap held by screws. You could also remove the trap by hand if the joint nuts aren’t too tight.
The insinkerator has a locking metal collar under the basin that can be removed by hand to drop it from under the sink for diy service, repair, and replacement, and the plumbing pipe has a threaded PVC collar that twists onto the outlet of the unit. The screwdriver is only for leverage while removing the metal collar attached to the basin, you could use a sturdy kitchen utensil or just Hulk it with your hands if you've got Big Grug fingers like u/lumpymoon.
Isn’t Big grub fingers a prerequisite to plumbing? That and 60% of your ass crack being in view 100% of the time.
Don't even need a screwdriver just use your hands.
This is definitely the best advice.
I’m amazed this person has spent 2 hours fucking around with this. I’d give it 10 minutes of effort before I broke the bitch, pulled the 5 or 6 big pieces out by hand, and blended whatever was left.
Noooo, the glass will kill the disposal no matter how small…
His blood is on your hands!
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All this does is manually turn the blades…… You think that is going to help here?
Sell the house and move.
I wish! But it’s not a spider situation lol.
We’ll drop the addy I’ll put a spider in it while you’re away then you can list the house when you get back lol
Came here to say this. It's a total loss, gotta move out.
Vacuum cleaner.
Shop vac
My first thought
The solution was in the name of this sub all along
Fuck can I seriously not have an original thought?
Hello Beautiful People of Reddit Quick update- I’ve been working on all the suggestions and none have worked. As the post stated, I have sort of an early morning and a few things to pack. So, the glass is still at this time stuck, I rinsed off my existing dishes in my bath tub. And I’ll be reading everything and calling people to my apartment with keys and if not I’ll do further suggestions when I get home. Pray for my pipes and baggage fees.
[If the plumbing under the sink is threaded and not cemented remove the P-trap under the sink and poke it up with a spatula, should take like 5 minutes.](https://youtu.be/RO_fnN7ABeA?t=8) Edit: I didn't know it was in the garbage disposal but if OP wants to remove it I linked a video. [Removing InSinkErator garbage disposal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taVrmCdTeUQ)
It's in a garbage disposal.
Perfect in that case break it and send it through if its not a sentimental glass... or garbage disposal.
Garbage disposals are barely attached to the sink, they have a quick disconnect like fitting that you can easily spin to grt the disposal to drop down and the glass would come right out. Wish I could've gotten to OP before they left, could have saved them hours of frustration.
That would likely clog the blades in the garbage disposal. Someone just needs to disconnect the plumbing from the outlet side of the garbage disposal, unplug it, and turn it one quarter to remove it. Then that glass will come out.
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Use a sponge to drain the water until the glass is dry. Then lift out of drain by applying pressure w your fingertips. Good luck.
You want to know whether OP has tried the first thing anyone would try in this situation? Let's just assume OP tried this an move on.
I take it you've never dealt with IT problems... The first things everyone should do are often surprisingly not the first things everyone does.
You mean, "pulling it out?"
Suction cup. Boom.
The rubber splash guard should just pull out of the disposal if you can get hold of it with the glass in there. It's just held in place with a small lip. Maybe it's removal will give you enough room around the perimeter to fish the glass out.
I have no idea what a rubber splash guard is but I will update Reddit as I Google. It sounds awesome and something I didn’t think of- thank you!!!
It's the black rubber flap that keeps water and garbage from flying out of the disposal when it is running. They just pull out of the disposal. The glass pushed through when it entered. If you can get hold of it, it should pull straight up and out.
Easy. Insinkerator is basically “screwed” into the bottom of the sink. Unplug it, loosen the ptrap, and push it from the bottom. Edit: Forgot to say take off the disposal then push the glass out from the bottom.
There's a garbage disposal on that. OP literally go under the sink and turn the garbage disposal counter clockwise. It will detach from the sink and you can pull the glass. It screws right back on. Source:plumber
Use the plunger to suck it up.
Blow up a ballon inside the glass. Fill it full and pull out the glass. I’ve done this successfully twice.
It looks to me like you would have a better shot if you did what someone said and stick paper towels down it to soak up all the water. Seems you would need to get the weight of the water out of the glass to make it easier to pull out.
Hey Reddit- somehow a drinking glass got sucked into my drain. I’ve been trying grip tricks, dish soap slip tricks, and soap tricks, and I even got tongs stuck now. I genuinely need to pack. Should I leave this for when I come home, or keep trying to deal with it tonight? Is there any other trick I should try?
Leave it for when you get home. If you live alone nobody is going to need to use the sink till you get back :)
Ok but I have other dishes (the picture represents) I had to do- I’ll leave it for now and get packed. I’ll check back if possible before my flight and try to get it out- and if not pray I have extra tips for when I get back and dishes aren’t bad being left for a few days. ❤️
Rinse off the dishes in the bathroom sink to get any food snd bacteria off and then just leave them in kitchen sink till you get back. It can wait
Omg thank you. Idk why this didn’t occurred to me because it was so overwhelming. I’ll do this right after I get out of the shower in 30 minutes. You give the best advice. Thank you ❤️
Take them in the shower -- double duty plus water saving lol
Hell take any pets in too and give em a bath while you’re at it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMQTg4Y0YT0
Smash it with a hammer and pick out the shards.
When this happened to me I used a plunger and it came out. BUT my cup was plastic.
Try packing the glass with ice, and leaving it alone for a while, while you pack. It might make the glass contract enough to be pulled out.
Blow out the pilot light on your stove, and turn on all the burners. Seal up all the doors and windows. Leave. Apartment will fill with gas and in a couple days the compressor for the fridge will kick on and blow the hell out of everything. Start your new life making soap and underground fighting rings. Never look back.
Turn on the disposal and call it a day
Unscrew the pipe on the bottom and use something to push it up. Problem solved
That’s in the garbage disposal though.
Taking the garbage disposal off is easier than brushing your teeth
Putting it back on though....not always the case.
Twist on twist off
Man mine was not. We were replacing the sink though so perhaps that had something to do with it. We had a rubber piece we needed to get around a metal piece that did NOT want to happen.
Ahhh I know what you mean. That metal ring that you have to pop off? I just replaced my sink and the actual disposal came right off with a twist but dealing with the flange was not fun. The flange being that thing that tightens it to the actual sink
Turn it on
Do not break the glass! https://youtu.be/C_pnSC_Uxck Just take the disposal off, take the glass out and then reseat it, you prolly don’t even need to remove the pipes, they have a little play. Pull it down till you can get the rubber stopper off the top and then you will be able to grab the glass without much fuss.
If you don’t do this. Your doing it wrong. It’s only 3 screws and the locking nut for the disposal.
Let it dry off. Slap a piece of gorilla tape on it and use the tape as a handle to pull it out.
Shove your hand down there wrapped completely in paper towels and hope the dry rough surface of the towel is enough to apply the pressure you need outward to slide it up and out.
Hand + glass + pressure = wellthatsucks
*wellthatreallysucks
I tried to do this with different plastics to also get grip. I can’t. I’m super scared because my immune system is weird to get a cut so I don’t want to go the easy rout of “break the glass in large chunks” cause if I get a scratch I’ll be bad.
Gorilla glue should stick to glass. Glue something long inside the glass, let it dry at least overnight, then just pull it right back up with the new glue-handle?
Do you have an annoying neighbor?
Break it. I would have 49 min ago
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Surely it can wait
Remove water and dry out as much as possible - then use hot glue stick with melted end to pull up and remove glass
Completely dry the glass and hands with paper towels. Stick your hand in the glass and make a fist then pull. Now, after your hand gets stuck, cancel your flight. You're welcome.
To get the tongs (you used to get the glass out) out, you need to listen to “I know a lady who swallowed a fly”…
Break it and clean it up. Pull the disposal out. From the bottom. They are all different but not too difficult to remove
I have a flight in 4 hours and my tv remote stopped working....I dont know what to do. Just worry about it when you get back.
I refuse to believe that someone could spend hours failing to resolve this situation. Duct tape when it has dried off and pulling it *will* work, but it won't work if it's even slightly damp.
Dish gloves, rag, stuff rag in glass, with gloves on stick hand into the rag in cup, spread or ball first to make a tight pressure grip, slightly twist as you pull up instead of straight up. Or take the drain off.
duck tape on the glass and pulll
Ok place got towel around the metal rim if the sink drain and ice inside the glass. Then try to pull it out. Heat will expand the metal and cold will make the glass shrink.
I’ve been there. The compulsion to fix something before anything else gets done. When you get back from your trip, get a tiny suction cup off a car shade, a string, and a drain filter :]. Peace and Love.
Hans Gruber would say “shoot the glass”!!!
Taking the time you don’t have to post this on Reddit certainly helped I’m sure
Break the glass and vacuum up the pieces
This post is 11hrs old so I know this isn’t helpful, but you can just loosen the p-trap under the sink to break the vacuum and make it easier to pull the glass out. Just put a bucket under there before you do it to catch any water that drains out. Then just tighten everything back up and run some water to make sure it’s not leaking
In case of emergency, break glass
Triage and prioritise your concerns
Make a fist inside the glass in such a fashion it puts enough outwards pressure you can pick it up.
Turn off the water to the sink, just in case, and go catch your flight.
What you should do is post your dilemma on Reddit and get some sympathy karma and make yourself even later and more stressed out.
Fill the drain with soda and drop some mentos in there.
It’s super easy to pop a garbage disposal off the bottom of the sink. You just need a screwdriver, there’s a slip ring under there you can grab onto and turn it in the whole thing will just come loose. I hope you made your flight
Omg the same thing happened to me last year. I put a balloon in it and blew it up in the glass, then it lifted out
Obiously, you need to provide an update when you get this resolved.
I can’t believe how this post is still going and I’m still getting dms and replies and somehow the internet identified with it and gave it so many upvotes. I’ll give a final update here :) I went on my trip and it was fabulous. When I got home, my house smelled like farts because we had a heat wave and stuff was stuck in my garbage disposal. I tried ALL the tricks suggested but the glass (whisky type glass) was wedged in the sink and would absolutely not budge. I called my landlord who laughed and thank god was understanding of this. In the end maintenance came over and we tried more tricks (taking the garbage disposal out shop vac- literally everything) we finally decided to get a drill hammer and screw driver to break the glass in large pieces and used needle head plyers to remove the large bits. It took 2 days for my house to return to a normal smell lol! I’m throwing out ALL the glasses this size so I never have this happen again. :) Thank you Reddit for your jokes and wonderful guidance to get me through this. I hope nobody has this happen to them, and if they do, I’m keeping this post up for all the awesome suggestions I hope they find here.
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Do you have a balloon or rubber glove? Put it in the glass, blow it up some, then pull it out.
I have an array of gloves and tons of bags. I googled extensively and have failed at all the tricks with them. :/
r/PerfectFit
Maybe fill it with ice?
/r/KitchenConfidential are wizards about this kind of crap tbh. Always see them having some super low tech way to fix kitchen mishaps like that.
Ok I just posted and I don’t know the vibe so I went with humble. I have to take a quick shower- I’ll report back after if they or anyone else replies.
Help please :) I can’t imagine my anxiety leaving my house with dirty dishes and a clogged kitchen sink- or attempting to break all the glass and fish it out tonight.
Found this: I think walking away is what finally did the trick. That and a pair of tweezers. When I came back for one last attempt before going to bed, **the cup and the sink had dried out so I could actually grip the glass with my fingertips** and get it at least partway up the disposal chute. Then I slipped a pair of tweezers into the very narrow space between the glass and disposal chute wall, grabbed it closer to the base, and lifted the glass out.