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Juggertha
Joined: 27 May 2003
Location: Anyang, Korea
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| I do it all... Flush the toilet, let it trickle at first, or just keep it at half stream. Most of hte time it works.. sometimes there just no helpin' it. |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Juggertha wrote: |
| I do it all... Flush the toilet, let it trickle at first, or just keep it at half stream. Most of hte time it works.. sometimes there just no helpin' it. |
Yes, try half stream.. this is true for many apartments in Korea. It is possibly a pressure problem. You many not be able to get hot water at full power so it mixes with the cold water. My shower was almost too hot today. |
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sublimeshawn
Joined: 25 Aug 2003
Location: Nebraska, USA
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 12:39 am Post subject: thanks |
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| Hey all thanks for the advice I tried it and what the hell it worked!, My damn director could have saved me the trouble if shed had said that. Anyway thanks again, at least I feel Im back to a semi-normal existence! |
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Homer
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 5:59 am Post subject: |
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Good to hear about your shower man...
As for me, I hit the public bath every morning...hooked on it!
Such is life. |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 6:02 am Post subject: |
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| Homer wrote: |
Good to hear about your shower man...
As for me, I hit the public bath every morning...hooked on it!
Such is life. |
Ah...the bathing addiction....better than soju.
p.s. The first Gipper went to Notre Dame and died. So, Reagan is the other Gipper. |
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Homer
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 6:06 am Post subject: |
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Dragon...you astonish me!
I will have to change my sig immediatly  |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 6:07 am Post subject: |
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| Homer wrote: |
Dragon...you astonish me!
I will have to change my sig immediatly |
Is that sarcasm???
Just say it is from our greatest living president... |
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Homer
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 6:09 am Post subject: |
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No dude..it was not.
I really did not know Reagan was not the only gipper!
Was time for a change anyway... |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 6:11 am Post subject: |
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| Homer wrote: |
No dude..it was not.
I really did not know Reagan was not the only gipper!
Was time for a change anyway... |
oh...ok...Reagan played the Gipper in the movie. George Gipp was a Notre Dame football star who died during the season. Supposedly, he told Rockne to tell the team to "win one for the Gipper." |
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kingpin
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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| I've had the same problems with my shower water as the other posters here, too. But it's not just the shower - I find I have to jimmy-rig darn near everything I use in Korea: television, heater, laundry machine, fridge...you name it. It's not that any of it is so very old or of cheap price, just that I've found that a lot of Korean brand names will go belly up if I so much as look at them crosseyed. If I try to have them fixed, people look at me like they wish I'd shut up and "accept the way it is," which I more-or-less have at this point (this post aside). |
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chronicpride
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Homer wrote: |
Good to hear about your shower man...
As for me, I hit the public bath every morning...hooked on it!
Such is life. |
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Me too. I've almost become a connoisseur of them. It helps placate my love for water. Especially going to a place like Dongnae spa in Busan. That's my sanctuary.  |
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ratslash
Joined: 08 May 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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| all you have to do is not put on your water full power. the boiler can't cope with such an influx of water and it can't keep up heating it. you just need to reduce the flow of water a little bit. my friends is literally a little bit, mine is about a quarter reduction. |
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seoulmon
Joined: 13 Nov 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 2:42 am Post subject: |
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I just bang the plastic shower head against the sink as hard as I can and shout "*****"! Also, if a soap dispenser runs out, I rip the dispnser open and squeeze the bag. If the thing won't open I rip it off the wall and throw it in the garbage can. Then I light the garbage can on fire and throw it like a moltave cocktail in the managers office.
Does anybody else get mad when there's no soap in the dispenser? |
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Alias
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 2:43 am Post subject: Re: here is a solution |
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I have experienced the same problem in many different apartments - here is how I solve it - whilst taking a shower - I keep (continually) flushing the toilet. This then directs the cold water to the toilet system - as it is refilling and leaves me with only very warm to hot water coming from the shower.
Only problem - you have to have a decent (strong) water pressure - so you don't lose too much water pressure - when the cold water is diverted away.
P.S. - I can hear my neighbours (involuntarily) when they have a shower - and therefore I guess they can also hear me - so they probably think I am a bit strange when they hear the toilet flush 50 times during my shower - but hey - I get the hot water !!! |
Thanks for the tip. I found that flushing the toilet makes a big difference. It was nice to finally have a hot shower.
My neighbour must be wondering why the freaky waygook showers while he is on the toilet. |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 4:09 am Post subject: |
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| Homer wrote: |
Dragon...you astonish me!
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Actually, I have a lot of information in my head. Maybe I should start a Q & A thread like a lot of others seem to be doing...yet those are not taken seriously... |
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