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DaveSauce posted:
Yeah I have a bosh dishwasher and I agree on the racks. They are weird and I’m not sure if I like them tbh.
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Sweeper posted:Is the third rack the utensil rack? If so we put all spoons, forks, etc up there grouped by type so when you u load you can just grab the whole set at once and plop it in the drawer. Our washer also came with a utensil thing for the bottom rack, we just removed it since the 3rd rack is better So the version we have has a slightly different 3rd rack I guess (edit: it's the "MyWay" rack apparently?). It's bigger than the other models and is designed to also accommodate smaller dishes like shallow bowls and stuff. There's a utensil holder on the side, but it's smaller than the normal 3rd rack utensil holder. Only takes up like 1/4 of the rack. So far we've found that this actually works great for the kids utensils since they have the wider handles that don't normally fit in slots in the baskets on the bottom rack. That said, looks like I can get a half-rack utensil holder for the 3rd rack, or apparently I can just swap the whole drat thing out for the other style if I really wanted to. Probably not going to, but nice to know it's an option I guess! We run the dishwasher every drat day, so I'm sure I'll figure it out. DaveSauce fucked around with this message at 14:06 on Jul 6, 2023 |
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Jul 6, 2023 14:04
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We specifically didn’t buy a Bosch dishwasher because the racks were so dumb.
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Jul 6, 2023 14:22
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The top, shallower rack in my Bosch 500 is dope as poo poo
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Jul 6, 2023 14:25
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I just want to be able to shove a baking half sheet in no problem. Will the Bosch let me do this
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TheWevel posted:We specifically didn’t buy a Bosch dishwasher because the racks were so dumb. My Bosch 800 is still in the packaging because I haven't gotten my cabinets assembled yet so I can't even look at the racks yet, what part is dumb? From this video it seems pretty nice and very customizable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYeUWEf3wZU
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Sirotan posted:My Bosch 800 is still in the packaging because I haven't gotten my cabinets assembled yet so I can't even look at the racks yet, what part is dumb? From this video it seems pretty nice and very customizable: The bottom rack is whack AF
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I think once we figure it out it'll be fine. It's just so different from any other dishwasher I've used, so it'll take some adjustment.George H.W. oval office posted:I just want to be able to shove a baking half sheet in no problem. Will the Bosch let me do this Haven't tested yet, but the middle rack is height adjustable so probably! But worst case you can also remove the middle rack completely and buy a "tall item sprinkler head" that turns the back water connection (that normally feeds the middle rack) in to a sprayer. We always hand wash our pots and pans anyhow. Non-metal baking dishes will go in the dishwasher if there's room, but anything metal usually gets hand washed. Honestly we normally fill the dishwasher up pretty good as-is with regular dishes, so fitting pots and pans is questionable. DaveSauce fucked around with this message at 14:43 on Jul 6, 2023 |
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Jul 6, 2023 14:37
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The dark secrets of the beloved Bosch dishwashers are finally coming out.
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risking lives ITT by speaking against the cult of bosch
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Using German engineering to load your dishwasher.
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Jul 6, 2023 14:46
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 LOCAL BREAKING NEWS: WATER EDITION I look outside this morning after I woke up to the local news channel pointing a camera down my street and water authority trucks and news trucks swarming everywhere. I walk outside and the anchor asks me "hi sir were you affected as well?" And I'm like "  "Apparently something happened with the water main on my street and every house got like a billion PSI straight to their water meters and most of my neighbors had said meters literally blown off their walls and houses flooded. I fortunately was unscathed but only because (I think) about a month ago I had everything up to my meter replaced and per local code all those fittings are flared and threaded as opposed to soldered. I'll post the local news clip whenever it goes up
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cr0y posted:
So did your flared fittings blow out under the pressure and that saved you? Or did they actually hold the pressure completely?
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So what I'm hearing is you want a flared base on pretty much everything.
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SpartanIvy posted:So did your flared fittings blow out under the pressure and that saved you? Or did they actually hold the pressure completely? I didn't have any damage whatsoever. I have flared and threaded fittings all the way up to my PRV. I'm assuming they can take a hell of a lot more pressure than a soldered connection. I have this chonky boy on my main now and I thought I was being obsessive anytime I turned off my water/hot water tank when I left my house for more than a day or so but nope gonna keep up with that habit. Also probably gonna buy a curb key so I can turn poo poo off at the street in an emergency. Legality be damned.  A house a couple units up from me recently sold and I'm pretty sure it's currently sitting empty and flooding if I had to guess. cr0y fucked around with this message at 15:24 on Jul 6, 2023 |
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Jul 6, 2023 15:18
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Your fittings took the pressure long enough, once all your neighbor's weaker poo poo blew the pressure would have presumably been relieved enough for you to escape unscathed.
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In my case the Gary is the lovely contractors the flipper hired. drat it
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100 HOGS AGREE posted:Your fittings took the pressure long enough, once all your neighbor's weaker poo poo blew the pressure would have presumably been relieved enough for you to escape unscathed. So a "you don't have to outrun the bear" situation. I wonder if the water authority would appreciate having a pressure relief valve installed upstream of the meter. Probably not.
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Guy Axlerod posted:So a "you don't have to outrun the bear" situation. I wonder if the water authority would appreciate having a pressure relief valve installed upstream of the meter. Probably not. If I was more handy with a pipe cutter and blowtorch I would put one right after my meter and plumb it to a drain line that just dumps outside somewhere or something. I have an outside spigot before my PRV and I put a meter on it occasionally throughout the past year and my street sits at about 160 psi. I have no idea what point soldered copper joints blow but apparently it's north of that somewhere.
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At least it was water and not an improperly installed valve failing and sending 10x the normal pressure to your natural gas line and blowing up your neighborhood.
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stealie72 posted:At least it was water and not an improperly installed valve failing and sending 10x the normal pressure to your natural gas line and blowing up your neighborhood. A similar thing happened in Merrimack Valley, MA in 2018. They abandoned a gas line that had the pressure sensor for a pump station in it, and the pump thought the line was dropping in pressure so pumped the gas up to max and blew up a ton of people's homes. These kinds of stories make me glad my water meter is at the street and my gas meter has its own regulator. I feel a little bit protected from catastrophic overpressure events. E: I also have pop-up sewer clean out plugs so if the sewer backs up my yard gets flooded with poo poo and not my house. SpartanIvy fucked around with this message at 21:26 on Jul 6, 2023 |
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Jul 6, 2023 21:23
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In the 2011 San Bruno, California explosion, PG&E had installed pipes made by welding bits of other pipes together. One of them exploded and killed eight people. Subsequently PG&E had to do a massive amount of work in all the other suburbs where they had used this technique. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bruno_pipeline_explosion
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The local gas company used a bunch of "Driscopipe" in their lines, which apparently has a habit of degrading rapidly in hot, dry climates. I'm in Arizona.
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IOwnCalculus posted:The local gas company used a bunch of "Driscopipe" in their lines, which apparently has a habit of degrading rapidly in hot, dry climates. You should be fine then.
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What would the hivemind recommend if someone need to, say, clean a couple years of accumulated bacon spatter off of a ceiling? The plan is to hop up there on a ladder and magic eraser until either it's gone or my neck hurts too much to continue.
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Poldarn posted:What would the hivemind recommend if someone need to, say, clean a couple years of accumulated bacon spatter off of a ceiling? The plan is to hop up there on a ladder and magic eraser until either it's gone or my neck hurts too much to continue. Put the magic eraser on a long stick instead?
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Poldarn posted:What would the hivemind recommend if someone need to, say, clean a couple years of accumulated bacon spatter off of a ceiling? The plan is to hop up there on a ladder and magic eraser until either it's gone or my neck hurts too much to continue.
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Poldarn posted:What would the hivemind recommend if someone need to, say, clean a couple years of accumulated bacon spatter off of a ceiling? The plan is to hop up there on a ladder and magic eraser until either it's gone or my neck hurts too much to continue. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisodium_phosphate This stuff can be hard to find locally because it's a wonderful source of algae bloom promoting phosphates but it will dissolve caked on grease and oils like nothing else. Use with appropriate eye protection and gloves especially on a ceiling.
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TSP in hot water and lots of clean rags changed out frequently is absolutely the correct answer.
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Saturate it in Awesome Orange for at least ten minutes. This will require multiple re-sprays. Scrub it with a Scotchbrite pad. More Awesome Orange Possibly a new pad if the first one is choked. More Awesome Orange Old towel to wipe down. Consider a TSP wipe-down if necessary.
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skybolt_1 posted:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisodium_phosphate On a ceiling I'd probably wear some sort of mask as well, you really don't want it dripping into your mouth/nose
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Poldarn posted:What would the hivemind recommend if someone need to, say, clean a couple years of accumulated bacon spatter off of a ceiling? The plan is to hop up there on a ladder and magic eraser until either it's gone or my neck hurts too much to continue. You ever heard of this thing called Paint?
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$7200 later I have A/C again. And a significantly more efficient, quieter system. Guy showed up at 4:30 and worked until 9:30. Price seems pretty good especially since my next reputable quote was $2000 higher and he’s been doing it for >20 yrs.
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I like simple green personally but it's up to you on your preferred "why does this room always smell like ____ ?" Tangentially related but never ever eat movie theater popcorn
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SpartanIvy posted:A similar thing happened in Merrimack Valley, MA in 2018. They abandoned a gas line that had the pressure sensor for a pump station in it, and the pump thought the line was dropping in pressure so pumped the gas up to max and blew up a ton of people's homes. A family friend was affected by this. He heard a noise from his basement and went down to find his water heater pilot light looking more like a blowtorch. Fortunately he caught it in time and was able to shut off his gas before any damage occurred.
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cr0y posted:Also probably gonna buy a curb key so I can turn poo poo off at the street in an emergency. Legality be damned.
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QuarkJets posted:You ever heard of this thing called Paint? I don't want to work that hard devicenull posted:On a ceiling I'd probably wear some sort of mask as well, you really don't want it dripping into your mouth/nose I nod sagely, as if this had always been something I'd considered. Muir posted:Put the magic eraser on a long stick instead? skybolt_1 posted:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisodium_phosphate PainterofCrap posted:Saturate it in Awesome Orange for at least ten minutes. This will require multiple re-sprays. Thanks everyone!
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One AC stopped cooling. Sigh. Let’s find out much this will cost.
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spf3million posted:I was able to use an adjustment crescent wrench no problem. I'm in Pittsburgh so the actual valve is about 4 feet down, I can take the cap off the pipe no problem but need something to reach. A curb key is just a half inch socket on a long pipe with a T at the top. Amazon link Orbit 53034 Steel Curb Valve Key, 5' https://a.co/d/dSMedPe
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Upgrade posted:One AC stopped cooling. Sigh. Let’s find out much this will cost. Only $230 hurray
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