Very OT: Question for the Brits amoungst us

Vintage Purls spun a FINE 'yarn':

Mirjam Bruck-Cohen spun a FINE 'yarn':

Mirjam Bruck-Cohen spun a FINE 'yarn':

Because you are filing a smaller container - less volume of water goes into a container placed into the sink than in the sink by itself. This probably isn't such a concen with smaller modern sinks (especially those that have secondary smaller sinks attached) but in the big old butler sinks (if that is the right term?), they'd certainly cut down the amount of water needed.

VP

In the little cottage where I was born the sink was a long stone thing, about 3 inches deep. There was no way washing up could be done in that without a bowl. Only cold water on tap. The hot water used to be ladled out of a boiler at the side of a Yorkshire range.. Ours must have been a cheap model because some had taps you could stand a jug under to draw the water off. It was a performance filling the boiler up with cold water, remembering to replace the water each time when it was taken out. That was the only source of water for baths also. The tin bath was placed on the hearth and filled from the boiler. After bathing all the water had to be ladled out and poured down the drain. Happy Days

My mother still "rinses" dishes by pouring a teeny bit of warm water (left fm the dish in wh. she put the washed flatware) over them. I'm as conservation-minded as can be but I keep telling her, the Depression is over!

I lived in the UK in the mid-80s in an area where ""mixer taps" were considered fancy; you had to install them yrself if you wanted such a luxury.

Or there might be a tiny fuse or switch somewhere that is not allowing the motor to run. You won't know without opening it up.

A friend of mine repaired my dryer a couple of times. The man was very impressed that it had worked perfectly for over 20 years; he said that most people open it before the cycle is done, and then don't turn the knob to the "end of cycle" position, and that wears them out faster.

So did they leak hot water, or only cold water? Or did they leak because of the pressure from the blockage? Can you move it to another place in the house?

A fix-it man is an ordinary human being with some training. If it's useless as it is, you won't lose much by having your son take it apart (while you take careful notes and draw sketches before anything is removed, so you know where it goes back in!) - then if something is obviously wrong, that part can be replaced.

A brand-new, clean plunger and the bathtub will replace a washing machine. Matt can do the plunging if your fibro won't let you. You don't need to use nearly as much detergent as the box says to, either.

=Tamar

P.S. He also said that using those fabric softener sheets in the dryer would eventually gunk up the controls. Maybe it needs the controls cleaned.

=Tamar

Glasses can be tricky. Especially if they're clear glass.

Maybe I should be counting my blessings at not owning a washer and dryer. I'm not a fixy person and so broken things tend to linger until I can replace them.

...When I win the lottery! ;-)) I hear you.

Hugs, Murielle

Vintage Purls spun a FINE 'yarn':

Because you get a greater *depth* of water in a smaller container.

VP

could be the 'brushes' in the motor...little metal parts with a sort of spring affair these break, mechanics charge the earth to replace these and over here (uk) you can buy them and put them in yourself..

Do check the plug fuse too....

higz Cher

Vintage Purls wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@o11g2000prd.googlegroups.com:

plus, IME, all sink drain plugs leak at least a little, so the shallow depth gets shallower as the washing up progresses... lee

Vintage Purls spun a FINE 'yarn':

enigma spun a FINE 'yarn':

I wasn't thinking of total immersion, just deep enough to make the washing up practical, it doesn't really matter how deep you feel is necessary that depth will be achieved with less water in a smaller container than a large one.

For example: 250ml of water in an average glass will almost fill it and allow you to submerge the entire blade of a knife for soaking.

VP

Vintage Purls spun a FINE 'yarn':

Every time I see "PITA" I think "PETA" (as in "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals"), I have no idea why, that's just the wonky connections in my brain.

Given your intended meaning of PITA however: you have most certainly not been.

VP