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I couldn't figure out why I was having such serious failures to fire. I had the prep, the attitude, but something just wasn't... working, hitting, clicking. Then I noticed it, just this morning. It has been cooling off so gradually that I hadn't realized the problem. Like a snake in a slowly freezing freezer, I simply didn't notice. Not this morning. I jacked the furnace up to 76, when I warmed enough, I took a shower and shaved out my chops again, this time leaving the hair just below my lip... looks... better, I think. Then a load of clothes in the washer, worked on my feet and heals with the grinder while air drying and planning. I still wasn't sure I could pull it off.
An hour after dressing though, I was on my way. I decided simply to buy gravel for the pit. I bought enough to cover three square feet to six inches. I bought two types, two bags of smaller stuff and one bag of bigger stuff, though I am not sure which I will place where if I think big should go on top? Yes, if I put the big stuff on the bottom, the little stuff would settle right through it. I also purchased a shower head with a removal middle section, a wand. That was a request of my mother. She works so hard I want her to enjoy the little things. Oh, and I had to buy another strain cap for my sink faucet. On D.C.'s advice (if I thought it to be incorrect and was right), I took off the screen cap, ruining it in the process. The water runs no faster with or without it, if there was sediment built up it wasn't blocking (yet). Well, live and learn. Though, from what I hear, there is no good way to get those off, especially brand new ones. It is advised to put them on just tight enough that the water won't leak... in hopes of changing it out rightly the next time.
Then on to the store. I bought enough dry cat food for six months or so, and enough extra wet to have the normal two month supply plus being able to put up about a month and a half in the larder. I will be working on that as part of my ongoing preps. Then milk, tortillas, and other such just for daily. Finally, I drove through McDonalds on my way home. It wasn't too bad, but I pushed it to get in, done, and out. I doubt if the gravel will go in today. But I have it, sitting right near the hole. Tomorrow. I wish I could do it tonight but I am done in, period, if I won't be able to sleep for... a while yet. Finally, most of the way there.
Good day.
Hrm.
ReplyDeleteSometimes the restrictor is in the body of the faucet, and not at the screen.
A question: does both hot and cold run equally slowly, or does one run fine and the other not?
A test you can run to potentially isolate the problem, is to unscrew the flexible supply line at the bottom of the faucet under the sink (after shutting it off down there first!), point that line into a bucket, and then turn it on again under the sink. If the water flows freely into the bucket, then the problem is in the faucet. If the water trickles out like before, then the problem is anywhere from that shut-off valve back to elsewhere in the plumbing system.
This, at least, narrows down where to look next.
Ah! That might be it. I didn't stop at checking the valves. I did follow through and checked the pipe runs to make sure there wasn't something that could be switched, and I banged on the pipes (not... too hard, I can break things... I have a way). The lines to the sink "t" off the lines to the bathtub, without a valve in there, so...
ReplyDeleteI think the reason I didn't go further is... I didn't want it to be the faucet. That will mean taking it out, and they are monsters a bit. So, yeah, I'll check that. I am hoping, if that is the problem, that I can simply try to reverse flush it, maybe do some of my (in a less destructive way) Bam-Bam method on it. Oh, how about simply running a straightened metal coathanger through? Yeah, that would... be best befor Bam-Bam and after atempting a reverse flush. I would hate to have to replace a one year old faucet! Argh!
And, thanks for plumbing 101 online. I am smart enough, but both a bit unschooled and it is cranky to get my bean working. I think, in time, I might make a fine home diy'er. But I have to... get over some hurdles. You are helping, and much further than just this problem. Once problem solving becomes second nature, and some knowledge, experience, success is/are gained, then cranking it up just requires a problem to be solved. Well, and my regular problem of simply being able to suspend my body off my butt. But that is a whole other can of worms, though made easier with some surety.
Much appreciated.