New Term of the Day: Sullage hose
I'm nearly out of the old duplex, thanks to some help with Connor and Shelley. Connor has come over two Saturday's in a row to help me pack things up and throw things out. My knee has been very painful for the last month or so, which is a really convenient time for it to decide to protest things.
Meanwhile, in my new house, with the old washing machine leaking all over the floor, I decided to buy a new washer which was delivered and installed a few days ago. I had a look out in the back yard to see what the problem was with the black sullage hose. This was the hose that seemed to have a clog and backed up the laundry sink (and tub). I have since come to learn that "sullage" is any domestic water coming from the house that is not from the toilet. Good to know.
I'm nearly out of the old duplex, thanks to some help with Connor and Shelley. Connor has come over two Saturday's in a row to help me pack things up and throw things out. My knee has been very painful for the last month or so, which is a really convenient time for it to decide to protest things.
Saturday will be Grand Central Station over at the rental with Connor and I there getting another load (kitchen dishes and bathroom still to pack), rental agent coming over with a prospective tenant (second one in a week), and the bond cleaner coming over to give me a quote.
Meanwhile, in my new house, with the old washing machine leaking all over the floor, I decided to buy a new washer which was delivered and installed a few days ago. I had a look out in the back yard to see what the problem was with the black sullage hose. This was the hose that seemed to have a clog and backed up the laundry sink (and tub). I have since come to learn that "sullage" is any domestic water coming from the house that is not from the toilet. Good to know.
As it turned out the hose was full of water and had somehow kinked itself up in several places. Once the kinks were undone the water flowed out fine. Problem solved.
So, once the washer was in place and had been installed by the delivery guys, I tried to do a load of washing. I must admit to some trepidation as I waited for some issue to crop up. I watched for a few minutes, but there was no dramatic spurting of water on the floor, so I felt safe enough to go back to the kitchen and do some more stuff.
Suddenly, I heard a bing, bing, bing from the laundry room. Sigh. I hate being right.
Error message E10 was flashing in time with the chiming of the machine. Quickly I searched for the instruction book and flipped to the error messages at the back. E10 had 5 possible causes, all around the idea that the machine is not filling with water.
I checked that the faucet was turned on. Not as easy as it sounds. With the water hose firmly (and I do mean FIRMLY) attached by the delivery man there was no way easily see if it was getting water. Where's a wrench?...who knows what box those were in and whether they are here or still at the other place. Ah, they did give me a wrench type thing for adjusting the feet of the washer.
Gave it a bit of a turn, and yes, it works. Uh oh, water is coming out. That must mean the water is still on. Great deduction Sherlock (as my brother would say -- actually this is the cleaned up version of what he would say).
Tried the machine again. Nope, still same error. OK, book says there is a filter in the nozzle that must be turned on. Right.
I got the aluminum bowl still in the sink from the last washing machine fiasco, put it under the tap, twisted the knob the other way, and got the hose off. You know, it's a bit harder than it sounds to twist the wrench and hold the bowl under the tap at the same time, and get the hose off. Glad I'm not a plumber!
With the hose unplugged from the tap I can see an itty bitty little plastic piece that will turn. Hoping I've turned it the right way, I reconnected the hose to the tap and restarted the machine. No error. OK, fine.
After a few minutes I realized that yep, it's all good. Whew!
I realized that all the above really made me nervous. I guess deep-down I still have some worries that I can do all the things needed to have a house of my own without someone knowledgeable around. But, there's always the instruction manual, and google. And if those don't work I can hire someone.
And I still remember that having a guy around is not always proof that something will get fixed. My dad was the perennial ignorer of things he didn't feel like fixing. One time, the lights went out in a certain room of the house. Mom told Dad, and as their distribution of knowledge went, this was clearly a Man Of The House thing.
Dad ignored it. After three days of waiting, Mom called the electric company, sent a repairman out to their place, inserted a new fuse to replace the old one, and gave Dad a hefty call-out bill along with a dirty look for wasting his time.
We all get the things done, in whatever way we can.
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