OT - Grumpy Old Man Thread

[FearlessF]

I don't spend time at the driving range - the bev cart doesn't drive over there

[FearlessF]

Yup, water filter for water and ice on the fridge, and return air filters on the return air ducts on the A/C units.

this implies you have a fancy fridge with ice/water on the door
up in the great white north the same return air duct goes into the furnace/AC

my furnace filter is a monster - 20x25x5 - costs a stoopid amount of money - and with the workmanship of the tinwork/sheet metal work under the furnace is a bitch to change.

makes me damned grumpy every 6 months!!!!

[Cincydawg]

My wife wants the water and air filters in the fridge changed any time the light lights.  I don't think they do much of anything myself, especially the air filter.  The standard water filter is nearly $50 but I did find an off brand that is about $20.  It's easy to change, the air filter requires a minor contortion, or emptying half the fridge.

Our HVACs were behind a rather heavy "door" that I had to wrestle away from the mountings to change the air filters.  We had a guy doing some work and I asked him to mount the door on hinges, problem solved.  Now they just open easy as Pi.  The guy was depopcorning our lower level offices, which still had the old ceilings.  We weren't around for that fortunately.  They did clean up pretty much.

[MikeDeTiger]

Both the air and water filter are pretty easily accessible in our fridge.  I think it's a Samsung.  I don't know the recommended amount of time to change them, but it claims to be "smart" and it tells us when to change them.  It's only claimed it needed its filters changed once in owning it about 3 years now.  I bought a 3-pack of each, so two of each are just sitting in the box collecting dust.  Don't know when I'll ever use them.

The two biggest problems we have with the fridge are: 

1) it's design makes it not-ideal for the space it sits in.  I tried to argue my wife out of that model for that very reason, but guess who was adamant and who decided to let it go.  Consequently the situation is exactly what I said it would be and the left door won't open correctly and it annoys the hell out of me.  Amazingly, she doesn't care at all.  She wanted that model and it doesn't seem to phase her that one door is half useless.  

2) the pest control guys had to install a bath-trap in the wall by the fridge because the other side of that wall is where the guest bath is.  Every time they come to spray I have to move the fridge completely out so they can get to it and then put it back in.  I don't think it would be so bad if the kitchen floor were flat, but the tile is textured, so items with rollers such as the fridge don't just go where you want them to without a lot more force and finagling.  

[847badgerfan]

Both the air and water filter are pretty easily accessible in our fridge.  I think it's a Samsung.  I don't know the recommended amount of time to change them, but it claims to be "smart" and it tells us when to change them.  It's only claimed it needed its filters changed once in owning it about 3 years now.  I bought a 3-pack of each, so two of each are just sitting in the box collecting dust.  Don't know when I'll ever use them.

The two biggest problems we have with the fridge are:

1) it's design makes it not-ideal for the space it sits in.  I tried to argue my wife out of that model for that very reason, but guess who was adamant and who decided to let it go.  Consequently the situation is exactly what I said it would be and the left door won't open correctly and it annoys the hell out of me.  Amazingly, she doesn't care at all.  She wanted that model and it doesn't seem to phase her that one door is half useless. 

2) the pest control guys had to install a bath-trap in the wall by the fridge because the other side of that wall is where the guest bath is.  Every time they come to spray I have to move the fridge completely out so they can get to it and then put it back in.  I don't think it would be so bad if the kitchen floor were flat, but the tile is textured, so items with rollers such as the fridge don't just go where you want them to without a lot more force and finagling. 

We have a Samsung with "French" doors too. Filter is a piece of cake.

[jgvol]

I had no idea refrigerators had air filters.

[FearlessF]

hope mine doesn't

[Cincydawg]

Most new fridges have air filters, I don't think they do much of anything.

[Riffraft]

this implies you have a fancy fridge with ice/water on the door
up in the great white north the same return air duct goes into the furnace/AC

my furnace filter is a monster - 20x25x5 - costs a stoopid amount of money - and with the workmanship of the tinwork/sheet metal work under the furnace is a bitch to change.

makes me damned grumpy every 6 months!!!!

I just have the company that services my a/c and furnace every 6 months change out all my filters.  And I have a null filter in my fridge because I have r/o water sent to my ice maker, so when the water softerner and r/o system is serviced once a year it is handled.

[847badgerfan]

I looked into an R/O system for here. Man, those waste a lot of water.

We have a softener and a Halo system.

Definitely not on par with Lake Michigan water, but not as bad as it was when we moved in.

[Cincydawg]

R/O water tastes awful unless it blends back in some salts.

The city water here is fine with me.  The bedrock is granite, not limestone, so the hardness is pretty low.  I don't taste the chlorine.

Our big problem is old water mains.

[MrNubbz]

Out of sight out of mind - until it bursts

[847badgerfan]

R/O water tastes awful unless it blends back in some salts.

The city water here is fine with me.  The bedrock is granite, not limestone, so the hardness is pretty low.  I don't taste the chlorine.

Our big problem is old water mains.

Water here is very hard.

[Cincydawg]