Comments on: Otis the disabled plumber http://www.rapideyereality.com/archives/2008/03/14/otis-the-disabled-plumber/ Personal blog of Brad "Otis" Willis, writer, traveler, amateur photographer, and family man Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:57:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: T’s Rules for Home Improvement | Rapid Eye Reality http://www.rapideyereality.com/archives/2008/03/14/otis-the-disabled-plumber/comment-page-1/#comment-1725 T’s Rules for Home Improvement | Rapid Eye Reality Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:27:56 +0000 http://www.rapideyereality.com/archives/2008/03/14/otis-the-disabled-plumber/#comment-1725 [...] I got out of the shower yesterday and a five-inch section of popcorn ceiling fell on my head. The dishwasher broke. I won’t even go into the problem that has made me scream like a little girl already. Mt. [...] [...] I got out of the shower yesterday and a five-inch section of popcorn ceiling fell on my head. The dishwasher broke. I won’t even go into the problem that has made me scream like a little girl already. Mt. [...]

]]> By: Franky5Angel http://www.rapideyereality.com/archives/2008/03/14/otis-the-disabled-plumber/comment-page-1/#comment-1671 Franky5Angel Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:55:07 +0000 http://www.rapideyereality.com/archives/2008/03/14/otis-the-disabled-plumber/#comment-1671 Chilly is the man and right of course. Brad stop pretending and pay the professionals first. And on your new house in .CA, make sure the plumbing is not on its way out, or just call Holmes on Homes. Chilly is the man and right of course. Brad stop pretending and pay the professionals first. And on your new house in .CA, make sure the plumbing is not on its way out, or just call Holmes on Homes.

]]> By: MGM http://www.rapideyereality.com/archives/2008/03/14/otis-the-disabled-plumber/comment-page-1/#comment-1670 MGM Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:32:11 +0000 http://www.rapideyereality.com/archives/2008/03/14/otis-the-disabled-plumber/#comment-1670 Nothing like a real "friend" (see previous comment) to deflate your freshly inflated sense of manliness, eh? (how 'bout that Canada reference, there-eh?) Here's hoping that he's wrong or you get it fixed properly so you don't get the "stank" thing going on. That doesn't make for good "wife lovin'." Perhaps some good "wife lovin'" is worth the $400 buck after all? Nothing like a real “friend” (see previous comment) to deflate your freshly inflated sense of manliness, eh? (how ’bout that Canada reference, there-eh?)

Here’s hoping that he’s wrong or you get it fixed properly so you don’t get the “stank” thing going on. That doesn’t make for good “wife lovin’.” Perhaps some good “wife lovin’” is worth the $400 buck after all?

]]> By: Chilly http://www.rapideyereality.com/archives/2008/03/14/otis-the-disabled-plumber/comment-page-1/#comment-1669 Chilly Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:24:15 +0000 http://www.rapideyereality.com/archives/2008/03/14/otis-the-disabled-plumber/#comment-1669 "The water was actually shooting out of a long, ridged white plastic tube that ran from the garbage disposal to the dishwasher. To this moment, I’m not entirely sure what purpose the tube serves. I think–think–it provides rinse water for the dishwasher, but hell if I know for sure." You rinse your dishes with water that has gone through the garbage disposal? I don't think so. Was this white plastic about as big around as a quarter, maybe a bit bigger? Did it have a high loop->came out at the bottom of the dishwaher looped up above the garbage disposal and then into your insinkerator? That is the discharge from the dishwasher into the drain. If you removed the high loop to gain the slack to make the repair, you need to replace the tube. At a minimum the absence of the loop will allow stale dirty water to sit in the tube and get stanky. You don't want stank in a house that is for sale. Another possible side effect is that you will have dirty food/water back up into your dishwasher, leaving dishes dirtier than before you washed them. See this link: http://www.doityourself.com/stry/dishwasherinstall “The water was actually shooting out of a long, ridged white plastic tube that ran from the garbage disposal to the dishwasher. To this moment, I’m not entirely sure what purpose the tube serves. I think–think–it provides rinse water for the dishwasher, but hell if I know for sure.”

You rinse your dishes with water that has gone through the garbage disposal? I don’t think so. Was this white plastic about as big around as a quarter, maybe a bit bigger? Did it have a high loop->came out at the bottom of the dishwaher looped up above the garbage disposal and then into your insinkerator?

That is the discharge from the dishwasher into the drain. If you removed the high loop to gain the slack to make the repair, you need to replace the tube.

At a minimum the absence of the loop will allow stale dirty water to sit in the tube and get stanky. You don’t want stank in a house that is for sale. Another possible side effect is that you will have dirty food/water back up into your dishwasher, leaving dishes dirtier than before you washed them.

See this link:
http://www.doityourself.com/stry/dishwasherinstall

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