Old_Joe Posted August 15, 2005 Posted August 15, 2005 Okay...so my parents are out of town for the next two weeks for my sister's wedding/family reunion. I can only go to the wedding so I'll have the house to myself for little over a week. anyhoo, as a few of you know the kitchen has been rebelling, as my mom would put it. There's two main problems. first of all, a couple of the faucets are "coughing." That is, somehow air is entering the pipes and coming out of the faucet. Second of all, the stove has been acting up for awhile. one burner over heats while the one next to it underheats. Only half of the broiler works. My mom says that the appliances are staging a protest. First the refrigerator stopped working then the we had to replace the dishwasher. on top of all that it can be difficult to find anything.
Thy Geekdom Come Posted August 15, 2005 Posted August 15, 2005 Just pray the knives don't become self-aware.
sweetpea316 Posted August 15, 2005 Posted August 15, 2005 Oh dear... That is unfortunate... I hope your kitchen starts to behave soon...
StColette Posted August 15, 2005 Posted August 15, 2005 About the water problem. Are yall using well water? lol Because since we live in the country we're on well water and sometimes our faucets do that when air has got into the pipes and we have to drain the well out to make it stop lol
Old_Joe Posted August 15, 2005 Author Posted August 15, 2005 [quote name='Raphael' date='Aug 15 2005, 06:12 PM']Just pray the knives don't become self-aware. [right][snapback]686096[/snapback][/right] [/quote] It's the microwave that scares me. someone could make a deadly death ray out that thing! Set death ray to Defrost!
Thy Geekdom Come Posted August 15, 2005 Posted August 15, 2005 [quote name='Old_Joe' date='Aug 15 2005, 07:15 PM']It's the microwave that scares me. someone could make a deadly death ray out that thing! Set death ray to Defrost! [right][snapback]686100[/snapback][/right] [/quote] The microwave fan in my house turns on by itself almost every Thanksgiving...no idea why...
Old_Joe Posted August 15, 2005 Author Posted August 15, 2005 [quote name='StColette' date='Aug 15 2005, 06:14 PM']About the water problem. Are yall using well water? lol Because since we live in the country we're on well water and sometimes our faucets do that when air has got into the pipes and we have to drain the well out to make it stop lol [right][snapback]686098[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Yeah we are. We think that's a definite possibility. My mom thought maybe something was wrong with the pump. Unfortunately, money's tight right now and we can't exactly have it fixed, yet. in the meantime I just let it drip to release the air.
Old_Joe Posted August 15, 2005 Author Posted August 15, 2005 (edited) [quote name='Raphael' date='Aug 15 2005, 06:17 PM']The microwave fan in my house turns on by itself almost every Thanksgiving...no idea why... [right][snapback]686102[/snapback][/right] [/quote] call the exorcist! The Power of Christ compels you! Ding! Edited August 15, 2005 by Old_Joe
StColette Posted August 15, 2005 Posted August 15, 2005 [quote name='Old_Joe' date='Aug 15 2005, 06:18 PM']Yeah we are. We think that's a definite possibility. My mom thought maybe something was wrong with the pump. Unfortunately, money's tight right now and we can't exactly have it fixed, yet. in the meantime I just let it drip to release the air. [right][snapback]686104[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Believe me I know what it's like being tight on money. Have yall tried flushing out the tank yet?
Old_Joe Posted August 15, 2005 Author Posted August 15, 2005 I haven't heard anything about that. I'm not even sure we have a tank.
StColette Posted August 15, 2005 Posted August 15, 2005 Okay Zach, I just asked my dad what to do, it won't cost you any money lol You need to cut off the power on the well and find the closest faucet to the water well and open it. That'll drain out all the water. He said just let the water run until nothing else comes out. And then turn off that faucet switch back on the power. Open another faucet. There will be some air in the line but it'll bleed out the line and should fix the air in the pipes problem
Old_Joe Posted August 15, 2005 Author Posted August 15, 2005 It's only the drinking faucets that cough. Everything else seems to be fine. I'll try it anyway.
StColette Posted August 15, 2005 Posted August 15, 2005 [quote name='Old_Joe' date='Aug 15 2005, 06:29 PM']It's only the drinking faucets that cough. Everything else seems to be fine. I'll try it anyway. [right][snapback]686116[/snapback][/right] [/quote] that's what our's do from time to time. I don't think the tub faucet has ever coughed rofl
Old_Joe Posted August 15, 2005 Author Posted August 15, 2005 okay I've turned off the power and I've turned on the faucet in my shower. How long does it usually take?
StColette Posted August 15, 2005 Posted August 15, 2005 it'll probably take a while depending on how full the tank is.
Old_Joe Posted August 15, 2005 Author Posted August 15, 2005 (edited) Everything seems to be working fine now. Thanks and tell your Dad thanks too. Is this a temporary fix or will this solve the problem? Edited August 15, 2005 by Old_Joe
Old_Joe Posted August 15, 2005 Author Posted August 15, 2005 It only took about ten minutes. I was using the faucet in my shower.
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