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Your Shower Is Lame, Your Dishwasher Doesn’t Work, and Your Clothes are Dirty
Foundation for Economic Education ^ | 29 December 2016 | Jeffrey Tucker

Posted on 01/08/2017 9:18:48 PM PST by Lorianne

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To: TexasGator

The site may or not be click bait, but the issue is real. Or have you been fortunate and not had to buy a new appliance lately?


101 posted on 01/09/2017 7:40:17 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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To: mewzilla

Tell me how a plumber can adjust your water pressure.


102 posted on 01/09/2017 7:41:34 AM PST by TexasGator
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To: mewzilla

It is not illegal for a plumber to increase your water pressure.


103 posted on 01/09/2017 7:42:30 AM PST by TexasGator
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To: mewzilla

Bought a water heater last year. Came with instructions for adjusting temperature. Took all of 30 seconds.

Article implies that this is difficult or impossible to do.


104 posted on 01/09/2017 7:49:57 AM PST by TexasGator
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To: Sir_Ed

Our house was built in 1978. Recently had our plumber friend come out and go through our toilet lines. Long story but he was in awe of our pressure. Said it was way over govt regulations. Shhhhh


105 posted on 01/09/2017 8:10:27 AM PST by sheana
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To: vannrox

There is one serious problem with such a modification.

When the tank is in the original position, if the toilet plugs you can easily take the tank cover off and close the flushing valve.

If the tank is on the next floor and the toilet plugs...................how are you going to stop the overflow?


106 posted on 01/09/2017 8:32:21 AM PST by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: BobL

Thanks for the Cascade Commercial Dishwasher Soap reference, been looking for something like that for years.

I’m ordering 2 boxes from Amazon right now.


107 posted on 01/09/2017 8:34:54 AM PST by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Lorianne

Have a 12 year old topload Whirlpool washer.

Agitator gear broke last year so when the repair guy came out I said, “diagnose it and if it cost too much, time for a new washer.”

He told me to try to keep the old machine going as long as possible because the new one on the market are crap. So, $100 later, still have the old machine just cleaning away.


108 posted on 01/09/2017 8:54:17 AM PST by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: mewzilla

I bought 3 shower heads last year. Restrictions popped out with tweesers. I have more flow than I had with the originals installed when the house was built.


109 posted on 01/09/2017 8:56:45 AM PST by TexasGator
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To: Balding_Eagle

The fill valve should still be located adjacent to the seat.


110 posted on 01/09/2017 8:59:39 AM PST by TexasGator
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To: beethovenfan

Never smelled so much BO as when in Paris last year... gagged on the metro/train whenever we had to go somewhere


111 posted on 01/09/2017 9:00:31 AM PST by SparkyBass
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To: TexasGator

Yes, but the flush valve, the one which releases the flushing water from the tank is in the tank itself.

Not saying that such a setup won’t work, it will flush like crazy, but short of putting a valve in the downline near the toilet itself there isn’t any way to avoid a flood under dire circumstances.


112 posted on 01/09/2017 9:10:39 AM PST by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: A CA Guy

Re: front-loaders wash WELL?
Not my Bosh.
I can’t wait for the darn thing to die.
I bought the biggest one available at the time because I don’t care to drag my blankets, sleeping bags etc. to the laundromat.
Still have to, because it doesn’t put in enough water so I have to either lug and lift jugs of water to add more each wash and rinse or make the trip to town. Otherwise the cloths just roll around rubbing on the front and wear away the fabric.
I’m getting too old for this.
My farmer has one of those with short agitator and it gets their grubby farm gear clean.


113 posted on 01/09/2017 10:06:26 AM PST by bog trotter
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To: sheana

Nice!


114 posted on 01/09/2017 12:13:46 PM PST by Sir_Ed
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To: bog trotter

I didn’t need adjustments to my front load washer and mostly do a 34 minute quick wash that is the best I’ve had. Cleans the best.

Bosh makes some of the best stuff in the world. Maybe you do indeed get too little water and need to bypass that by turning the screw to the right on the applicable solenoid. Consult YouTube about that.

Easy to do, pull cover, turn screw clockwise some and close up.


115 posted on 01/09/2017 12:19:07 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: detsaoT

bump


116 posted on 01/09/2017 12:55:01 PM PST by WhirlwindAttack ("The Beast I am, Lest The Beast I Become.")
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To: Balding_Eagle

“Not saying that such a setup won’t work, it will flush like crazy, but short of putting a valve in the downline near the toilet itself there isn’t any way to avoid a flood under dire circumstances.”

If you flush and see it clogged it has already dumped the tank ....


117 posted on 01/09/2017 1:58:14 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: Lorianne

Anyone with a wrench, screwdriver, and some gumption beyond the couch can change each of these things.


118 posted on 01/09/2017 2:14:01 PM PST by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: Kickass Conservative
Sometimes I think about bringing a REAL Showerhead, an adjustable Wrench and some Teflon Tape when I go to Vegas, or anywhere else for that matter.

Just don't put them in your carry-on bag. I'm sure TSA would confiscate.

119 posted on 01/09/2017 6:13:46 PM PST by Disambiguator (Keepin' it analog.)
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To: Disambiguator

No problem, I drive there from CA.

Just a four hour drive.


120 posted on 01/09/2017 8:40:16 PM PST by Kickass Conservative ( Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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