Comments for Kitchen Appliances

Comment on Help,I have low water pressure in my house and my showers won’t work. by The Tank

The Tank — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Your kitchen sink cold tap is probably the only one that is connected directly to the incoming mains water pipe. If the water pressure from that is what it should be then the fault is somewhere inside the house pipework.

It is common for all other cold water taps, electric shower feeds and toilets to be fed directly from the cold water cistern in the attic. This maintains a cold water pressure that is equal to the hot water taps, which are fed from the heat exchanger in the airing cupboard cylinder (which is also fed from the tank in the attic).

Check that the big tank (cistern) in your attic is filling properly. If it is always partly empty or fills slowly then that will reduce your “head” of water pressure for everything except the kitchen cold tap. If someone draws water or pulls a flush then the pressure will drop for someone taking a shower.

The cistern may be suffering from a faulty ball cock (float valve) or from a partially closed gate valve (the ones with the ring type handles) in the airing cupboard.

The shower will be reacting to low incoming water pressure. If the pressure drops then the thermostat will try to reduce the heating effort but because of lag in the system it can’t keep pace with the water pressure fluctuations and so you get temperature variations.

Comment on Help,I have low water pressure in my house and my showers won’t work. by chris at hornchurch

chris at hornchurch — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

it sounds as though you did have low water pressure when they were working on the piping system. it seems to be OK now as it is under pressure but. you are not getting hot water. the lamp says ‘low water pressure’.
most likely occurrence is that the work on the system has released mineral deposits that have travelled along until they got to You shower unit. it may well have an internal filter which is partially blocked. also it may be a fault withing shower unit itself that is Simply indicating ‘low’ pressure when in fact it isn’t. here we need ot get somebody top have a look at the shower unit as suspect prime problem .

Comment on Help,I have low water pressure in my house and my showers won’t work. by firstjohnson2000

firstjohnson2000 — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

check for mineral deposits blocking the water heater intake preventing water from getting into the unit

Comment on Help,I have low water pressure in my house and my showers won’t work. by ryan

ryan — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

it is electricity that heats the cold shower water,check to see if a fuse has blown,also did you turn the stop cock off or down so reducing water pressure,things can happen in two,s

air locks in the pipes maybe. all sounds very strange

Comment on Help,I have low water pressure in my house and my showers won’t work. by bored

bored — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Google complain water board. There must be something going on that the water board maintain.

Comment on Why is my cat getting into everything, and he doesn’t react to discipline at all. Help. by jango49

jango49 — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

why dont you try putting him in a crate at night and when you go to the store and such. That way he cant get into things. We did that with our dog and she has learned well. Now she roams at her own will and doesnt get into trouble. i know dogs are different from cats but it should still work.

Comment on Why is my cat getting into everything, and he doesn’t react to discipline at all. Help. by lmz49

lmz49 — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

First of all, yelling at a cat will not do anything. Your cat could be bored. Do you take time every day to play with your cat. Does your cat have ample toys, cat trees etc. to keep him busy. I would start by notifying your vet. Sometimes cats will exhibit strange behavior when they are ill. Once illness is ruled out, you can then work on the behavior issues. You may need to purchase a book that will give you proper training techniques. There are a few good ones out there. Please visit my blog for more information.

Comment on Why is my cat getting into everything, and he doesn’t react to discipline at all. Help. by Cassandra D

Cassandra D — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Yes we have a cat that jumps on EVERYTHING. and once he gets on it will knock everything down. I am a lifetime cat owner, and I know this comes with it, and I feel like I spray the crap out of him each day. This is the first cat my Fiance has lived with and he has much less patience with him than I do.

I frequently find him in the kitchen sink trying to find little crumbs that fall off dishes.

The thing that keeps him occupied are these little catnip mice. He goes CRAZY for those things, he throws them up in the air and gets tired out and sleeps. Unfortunately we also have a dog, so he cant have the mice all the time, because then the dog picks them up and eats them. I also got him this little octopus thing from Petsmart that he will play with for hours. and he has done the same thing with the treats.

But he’s also the only cat I have ever had that does not wake me up. I don’t know, there are certain motion alarms you can buy that go off when the cat jumps up and scares him off of whatever. maybe you could put one on when u go out.

BTW Norwegian Forest Cat, very cool. If you live in NY I’ll take him off your hands.
but seriously good luck. I’m hoping our cat calms down soon too.

Comment on Why is my cat getting into everything, and he doesn’t react to discipline at all. Help. by Elaine M

Elaine M — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Welcome to owning an intelligent animal who is bored. This is STANDARD behavior for all young cats. Give him something to do–put a box of toys and crumpled paper balls in the center of the room or hide pieces of dry cat food under furniture for him to hunt. He’ll outgrow most of this by the time he’s 2 years old (or maybe 3, if he’s like mine).

Stop with the water, if he didn’t react it will never work. Yelling isn’t going to do it either. Distraction techniques are the best at this stage, or just totally ignoring it and figuring it’ll be outgrown. This is good practice for when you get kids because believe me, this is super minor to what a kid can do.

Leave the tv on low and shut the bedroom door, to avoid the wake up. OR turn his waking of you into a behavior he doesn’t want (like grabbing him and pulling him under the covers to cuddle with like some great aunt you don’t want to kiss you). EVERY time, otherwise this isn’t a training technique. Keeping a fly swatter by the bed to smack his butt with (NOT his head) may work, but a smart cat learns to take it away from you when you sleep.

Get baby locks for the cabinets. Give him something to do when you’re not awake.

Comment on Why is my cat getting into everything, and he doesn’t react to discipline at all. Help. by Sophia S

Sophia S — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

My cat does the same thing so what i do is i take a clean spray bottle and fill it with water when she does something bad i spray her until she goes away when she goes away i give her a treat and love her and all that but you have to remember if the cat is locked inside the house all day your cat will figure out how to do this and that get a cat door and leave it open when you leave so she is going out side. If she still goes outside you can het some child protectors and put them on watever she grts into