My faucet piece on my portable dishwasher doesn't fit... Now what???
I purchased a portable dishwasher for my apartment only to discover that the "standard piece" they provide for the faucet does not fit my faucet. So now what do I do? The faucet is to large for the piece... completely different model than your standard. Please don't tell me to go to a hardware store. I did that already, and they looked at me with the dumbest look I've ever seen... Had no idea what i was talking about. Where do I get an adaptor that will fit my faucet, or is it a total loss? I wish the manufacturers would be a little more specific about the actual SIZE of the faucet you need to have to accomodate their product....
How do I connect my portable dishwasher?
Connect it to the sink, best way is to one day have someone fix a space so you can do away with that one and put you another one in....K
Can I use a built-in style dishwasher as a portable?
Yes you can, but why would you want to? I would install it permanently and buy another cupboard or build one--easier than converting a new dishwasher to a portable one that you have to lug around everyday and take up space somewhere. The rental house value would go up with an installed dishwasher--the owner should help you out with that. A built in dishwasher will be less messing around and less risk of making a mess and ruining floors and cabinets of someone else house. The electrical is one of the most important steps. Dishwashers take a lot of load--to heat the water and run the pump. I would make sure that there is adequate amperage available before doing anything. With a portable unit you have to worry about messing up the floor every time you drag it around and power cords and everything else kids might play with. I know that it doesn't make much sense to put a dishwasher in someone else house, but ask for at least 50% of it to come off your rent. A new cabinet could be made and painted for ~$50 or purchased with a counter top for ~$150. If you have room for a portable dishwasher somewhere, then you could probably put a 24" cabinet that went up to the ceiling in it's place.
Can you hook up a portable dishwasher to a spray faucet? If so, how?
If the spray faucet has an aerator that can be removed, you can take it out and replace it with an adapter that should work with the dishwasher. They make aerators with a "quick disconnect" so you can remove and reconnect the dishwasher more easily.
Portable Washing Machine?
This one is self contained. It's about the size of a bucket. http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20051122/mini-washing-machine/
How to connect hand shower to sink faucet?
I've got one of those big bathtubs that have no shower head in it. Instead of the faucet coming out of the wall, it comes from the top of the side of the tub. I guess thier solution to this was to put a large sink faucet on the tub instead of a normal tub faucet but this has created a problem for me. Because there is no shower head in this bathroom, I'm forced to wash my hair with a giant cup! I bought one of those handheld shower heads with the hose that you can hook up to a normal shower head but obviously its not made to go on a sink faucet. Since its a sink faucet, it has one of those littler aerators that screw into it that can be taken out. This gives the faucet a female end to it with thin threading. Well the hose is meant to hook up to a male end with thick threading. I'm trying to find a male to male adapter with thin threading on one end and thick threading on the other. This has become a nightmare as nothing is working and of course it's the people who work at the diy stores that dont even know what a male and female end is so they know less than i do. One of them showed me this little thing which is a handheld shower that has a big rubber cup on the end which is meant to go over a tub faucet but that didnt work either. I finally got the thing on, turned the faucet on half way and it shot water everywhere for a second before shooting off the end of the faucet. Any help on what kind of adapter I could use would help, it doesnt even have to be for that. I bought something in the plumbing department last night that was male to male that fit the shower hose part but when i got it home i realized that the threading was way to big for the tub faucet. Seriously about to take my faucet off, go up there with faucet and hose in hand and just ask them to connect them somehow!