A garbage disposal that hums but won’t spin usually means the motor is fine but something’s jammed the flywheel — often bone, fibrous food, or a foreign object. A disposal that won’t turn on at all is more often a tripped reset button or an electrical issue than a dead motor.
Leaks at the base of a disposal are a separate, more urgent issue, since they usually mean a seal has failed and water is finding its way into the cabinet below with every use.
A local plumbing professional can clear a jam safely, reset or repair the electrical connection, or replace a disposal whose seals or motor have genuinely failed, rather than a homeowner reaching a hand into a disposal that isn’t actually unplugged.
A local plumbing professional will confirm what’s going on, walk you through the options, and give you pricing and scheduling directly — no markup added by us, no work performed by us.