Fixtures & Repairs
Garbage Disposal Repair and Installation in Las Vegas
A disposal that hums but will not turn is jammed, not dead, and often clears in a couple of minutes. One that is silent has usually tripped its own reset or the motor has gone. A leak under the unit is either the sink flange or the housing, and which one decides between a reseal and a replacement.
What is included
The work itself
Jam and reset service
Clearing a jam, freeing the flywheel and resetting the overload, and telling you if the motor is actually gone.
Disposal replacement
Removing a failed unit and fitting a new one, with the dishwasher drain and trap reconnected correctly.
Leak repair
Resealing the sink flange or replacing the unit where the housing itself has cracked or corroded.
Worth knowing
Before you book
The work is done by our own background-checked technicians, never day-labour subcontractors. Our licence and insurance are on file with the Nevada State Contractors Board, and what a visit is actually like is in our customer reviews.
Humming means jammed
A humming disposal has something against the flywheel. Do not keep flipping the switch, which burns the motor out.
Silent means reset or motor
Try the red reset button on the underside first. If that does nothing, the motor has usually failed.
Where the leak is
A leak at the top is the sink flange and reseals. A leak from the body is the housing, and that unit is done.
In your home
Find it before you need it
Knowing where the shut-off is, and what a failure looks like, is the difference between a wet floor and a flooded one. These walk through garbage disposal in a typical valley home.
Where we do this
Across the Las Vegas Valley
What changes between these places is the permitting authority, the water utility and the age of the housing, and all three change how this job goes. We cover 21 communities across the valley, within 45 miles of Las Vegas.
Questions
Garbage Disposal, answered
How hard is the water in Las Vegas?
Las Vegas Valley Water District publishes valley tap water at roughly 291 parts per million, about 17 grains per gallon, and classifies it as very hard, around two and a half times the national norm. The minerals come from the Colorado River through Lake Mead. It is the single biggest reason water heaters, fixture cartridges and dishwashers wear out faster here than their rated life suggests.
Do I need a permit to replace a water heater in Las Vegas?
Yes. Clark County, the City of Las Vegas and the City of North Las Vegas all require a permit for a replacement as much as for a new installation. Which of the three you deal with depends on your address rather than your mailing city, because a Las Vegas postal address can sit in unincorporated Clark County. We pull the permit and meet the inspector as part of the job.
Are you licensed and insured?
Yes. Monkey Wrench Contractors LLC holds Nevada State Contractors Board licence 0092999 and trades as Monkey Wrench Plumbing. We are a BBB accredited business with an A plus rating, and every technician is background checked. About thirty minutes before your appointment you get a text with the assigned technician's photo, name, licence number and live ETA.
Do you charge for an estimate?
No. The inspection is free and you get a flat-rate price before any work begins, so the number you approve is the number you pay. If the scope changes once something is opened up, we stop and re-quote rather than adding to the invoice at the end.
Are you actually available 24 hours a day?
Yes, dispatch runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on (702) 900-5992. If water is actively running and you cannot stop it, shut off your main first and call second, because that one step is the difference between a wet floor and a flooded one.
Is there help with the cost of finding a leak?
There can be. The Southern Nevada Water Authority runs a Leak Detection Assistance Program that gives qualifying single-family customers a voucher worth up to $250 toward leak diagnosis or the first hours of repair. You apply as the account holder before work begins and use a participating plumber, and it is one voucher per property per calendar year.
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