Help me defeat my landlord!

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: jemcam

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Why is your faucet running while you're doing the dishes?

[*]Fill sink with hot water / detergent
[*]Put dishes in water
[*]Scrub
[*]...
[*]Profit!

Many of the restaurants I worked in back in the day used this method. Even when I was in the Army this is what they did.

What do you think your Grandparents did?

Yeah I'm wondering what the hell the people who are complaining about do? You have a sink filled with soapy water to clean the dishes and you have a sink for rinsing.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: jemcam

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Why is your faucet running while you're doing the dishes?

[*]Fill sink with hot water / detergent
[*]Put dishes in water
[*]Scrub
[*]...
[*]Profit!

Many of the restaurants I worked in back in the day used this method. Even when I was in the Army this is what they did.

What do you think your Grandparents did?

They wiped their asses with pages from a Sears catalog.
Knock yourself out. I am sticking with that new fangled toilet paper.

 

[runzwithsizorz]

Originally posted by: thatsright
My cheap ass landlord decided to 'conserve energy/resources' by having the faucet in my kitchen sink on 'low flow.' Basically if I took all my dishes out into a misty rainstorm I would get better water pressure. Takes 2x as long to do the dishes compared to my old place (no dishwasher at new place).

Any of you guys have any plumbing advice? I already tried to open up the hot/cold values underneath the sink. No dice. The water pressure in our shower is decent, so not sure if the line to the kitchen has separate water pressure.

I want to be able to strip 4 out of the 5 layers of skin off on my hands with some real water pressure!

Any ideas?

NOT enough info for us plumbers. Did your landlord replace the faucet? the aerator? install restrictive valves, add, or adjust a regulator? pinch the copper supply lines? hehe just kidding with that last one, no one would do that, well, except maybe a landlord. If your shower head was already a low-flo, you probably would not have noticed anyway, if he had reduced the pressure for the entire place.

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Why is your faucet running while you're doing the dishes?

[*]Fill sink with hot water / detergent
[*]Put dishes in water
[*]Scrub
[*]...
[*]Profit!

Ew. I hate that... you're washing your dishes in dirty water once you start scrubbing, and then all you do is "rinse" them off. Gross.

We have this thing available now called soap.

 

[nerp]

There's nothing gross about using a soak. Quit being so afraid of germs. You realize you're breathing in fecal matter anytime you're at McDonalds and someone nearby farts, right? You realize that everything you touch is coated in germs, right?

Use HOT water for soak with soap. The point of soaking is to break down food particles so you can easily scrub. Then scrub everything with a soapy sponge and stack them in the other side of the sink. Once you've scrubbed everything, drain the soak water and rince everything under SCALDING hot water -- it should be close to burning your hands if you're an indoors kind of guy. If you work outside with your hands or ever had a dishwashing job in high school or worked as a line cook, ever, this shouldn't be too painful. The HOT water is what will kill off the rest of the bacteria. If you actually use this method and do it right, the dishes should be gleaming clean, no residue and smudges.

This method is very efficient and ends up being twice as fast as standing there washing each dish one at a time. Plus, it uses much less water.

 

[clamum]

I was gonna say, I've always done dishes by filling up one side of the sink with soapy water and using a cloth/scrubbing the dishes. No high-flow faucet needed.

 

[sourceninja]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: jemcam

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Why is your faucet running while you're doing the dishes?

[*]Fill sink with hot water / detergent
[*]Put dishes in water
[*]Scrub
[*]...
[*]Profit!

Many of the restaurants I worked in back in the day used this method. Even when I was in the Army this is what they did.

What do you think your Grandparents did?

They wiped their asses with pages from a Sears catalog.
Knock yourself out. I am sticking with that new fangled toilet paper.

You know they only invented toliet paper because sears switched to glossy paper. I'm told sears was better then what was invented to fill the gap.

 

[alkemyst]

www.lendingtree.com

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: Baked
Don't complain until you have low flow toilet. Low flow shower I can remedy w/ high pressure shower head, but low flow toilet is a nightmare. You waste more water trying to flush your monster turd.

Buy a Toto.

And to the OP, buy a new aerator to fix the problem.

Drake FTW:thumbsup:

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: thatsright

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Geez, where do you live? If you're not in the middle of Death Valley, water can't be that expensive, and unless you wash 200 plates twice a day, it's going to take him a long time to recoup the cost of the new faucet.

What all does the landlord pay for in terms of utilities and amenities at your apartment?

I live in Boston and in the state of MA, owners of buildings are required to pay for water-tenants all other utilities.

Is a new Aerator my salvation?

So then, for some fun:

- How much does water cost in Boston, or, what company sells the water to your building?
- Is there a GPM rating printed on the faucet?
- Brand/model of the faucet?
- About how long per day do you use it?

I'm just curious now to find out how long it'll take for the faucet to pay for itself.
Guess: 50 years.

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: nonameo
You need to cast LVL. 3 eroticism.

he needs to put his robe and wizard hat on first.

does anyone have a link to that archive? I remember it being taken down a while ago - I'm hoping it's been backed up somewhere else.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: geno

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: nonameo
You need to cast LVL. 3 eroticism.

he needs to put his robe and wizard hat on first.

does anyone have a link to that archive? I remember it being taken down a while ago - I'm hoping it's been backed up somewhere else.

www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/bloodninja

 

[DaWhim]

I am surprised no one has mentioned this. the reason your landlord is doing this is to save money on the water bill.

why dont you tell them that you will run a higher water bill for him to compensate for the low water flow?

that may have happened to other tenants too, why don't you gang up with others and have a talk to him? you can simply waste some water just to show him who is more in control.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: DaWhim
I am surprised no one has mentioned this. the reason your landlord is doing this is to save money on the water bill.

why dont you tell them that you will run a higher water bill for him to compensate for the low water flow?

that may have happened to other tenants too, why don't you gang up with others and have a talk to him? you can simply waste some water just to show him who is more in control.

Probably not true. Depends on area I believe, but rentals around here are required to be outfitted with 2.5gpm showerheads.

If the landlord is covering water then there is not much a tenant can do but move.

 

[DrPizza]

OP, are you mechanically inclined? Able to do some simple plumbing? If you want to win the battle, I think you could simply install a pair of pressure tanks in your kitchen (and insulate the hot water one as well as you can). It won't be cheap, it won't be pretty, but you will defeat your landlord. Otherwise, I've got no ideas.

 

[DrPizza]

btw, what's the difference between using a sink full of water with soap in it, and using a dishwasher? You realize that the same water is used throughout the wash cycle, don't you?