Valentine’s Day is on the minds of many of us, particularly as it seems to be creeping closer and closer…If you’re looking for new and exciting ways to treat the love of your life to something special this year, look no further than your home water cooler, and execute any one of our innovative and ground-breaking ideas, any of which are a sure fire way to impress your someone special:
• Treat them to a lovely cup of tea made from the hot tap on your home water cooler. Delivering it to them in bed along with a continental breakfast is another good way to earn brownie points.
• Use some of the spring water from your home water cooler to make ice cubes; make them special by adding chopped up fruit, jelly heart sweets, or, if you’re feeling very adventurous, a ring…(we cannot guarantee that this is the best way to propose…)
• Get in touch with us and make sure that your water order is taken care of for the next week. You could even set up an automated delivery system so that your other half literally doesn’t have to lift a finger (until they need to pour a drink, that is).
If you have any questions about our products or about setting up a romantic auto-order, please do get in touch and one of our friendly team will be more than happy to help.

As we think we’ve said before, we at Home water coolers love water, and all things water-related. As we endeavour to bring a little love/joy to the world as often as possible, we thought you might like to hear some of these things, so you too can reflect and enjoy the thought of them.
Paddling pools: Although not quite appropriate for the season, these pools of joy bring happiness to all those lucky enough to dip in. Bring on the summer time!
Snowmen: Following our snowy weather this winter, we’ve fallen in love with snowmen, snowballs and all other snow-related things all over again. Definitely not just for kids.
Rainbows: Although indirectly water-related, but a definite (much more pleasant) bi-product of rain, rainbows bring a smile to even the saddest face. And of course, there’s always hope that we’ll be the one to find the pot of gold at the end of it.
Our home water cooler: Hugely useful and enriching for the whole family, our home water coolers bring us joy every day of the year, whatever the weather or season. What a gadget.
Have any other watery preferences? Do get in touch and who knows, you may find your contribution part of one of our future blogs. That’s one way to get famous, certainly.

New figures show that throughout 2008, more than 125, 000 new home water coolers, pumps and dispensers were installed in residential and business addresses throughout Eastern Europe, bringing the total of products in use to 1.65 million (figures from Zenith International). Some find the fact that the biggest boom has come from the water dispensers, rather than bottled coolers, and the POU (Point of Use) machines are yet to make a real dent in the Eastern European market. Russia’s top of the league table, guzzling down more water than anyone from the masses of coolers that make up 40% of the entire regional market. Others aren’t too far behind though, with Serbia and Romania’s maturing markets grabbing onto their share of ownership, a percentage that is continuously growing at a steady rate. Zenith predict that by 2013, just over two million coolers and other such products will be in use. If you’d like some more information on how to/why to jump on the home water coolers bandwagon, please do get in touch, and we’ll happily answer any questions you may have. We look forward to hearing from you!

The House Democratic Office in Springfield, Illinois, this holiday weekend (December 28th 2009) suffered some damage to their carpets after one of their water coolers sprung a leak. One of the plastic bolts holding the cooler together came loose, thus allowing around fifty gallons of water to pour out into the surrounding carpeted area. As the staff were on holiday leave, no one was around to witness the “explosion”, allowing more time for the water to spread. The company who lease the coolers to the office, Watts Pure Water Technologies, agreed to examine all their coolers and replace the faulty bolts in other machines, if necessary.
We at Home Water coolers appreciate that these things sometimes happen, and have a section of our blog dedicated to troubleshooting your own water cooler, hopefully allowing you to solve 99% of hiccups without us interfering. Our prompt response time for those in need is also excellent, as we’re sure our clients will agree, meaning that your water cooler experience with us is as hassle-free as possible.
If you have any questions about our products or service, or about a problem you might have/have had with your cooler, please do get in touch and we’ll be happy to help.

Following last week’s troubleshooting blog, we thought we’d do one more, to help as many of our customers as possible in finding solutions to problems with their home water cooler. Of course, these blogs can also be used for later reference, in case one of these incidents was to occur in the future.
Tap has snapped off: If one of the taps on your cooler has broken, please do get in touch with the home water cooler office as soon as possible, and we will arrange for an engineer to come round and replace it for you, free of charge. When calling, please do let us know if it is the hot, cold or room temperature tap which is faulty.

Drip tray is full: The drip tray, which is infinitely useful for catching excess water from the taps, can be completely removed from the cooler and emptied into the sink. During your quarterly sanitisation, our engineer will completely clean out the driptray as part of the process.

If you have any questions or queries about your home water cooler or any of our other products or services, please do get in touch and we’ll be happy to help.

We love our home water coolers, but occasionally things can go wrong. We thought we’d compose a little troubleshooting guide which helps deal with some of the most common problems that our customers encounter, to help you save time in dealing with them.
Leaking cooler: If it appears that your home water cooler is leaking, it is most likely because of a hairline crack in the bottle. Simply remove the bottle (the valve in the cap will prevent any water left inside from spilling out) and replace. Please do let the office know that this has happened, and we’ll replace the bottle free of charge on your next delivery.

The water isn’t dispensing/water is only coming in small amounts from the tap: Air pockets can sometimes form inside your cooler when the bottle is changed, which can in turn mean that no water is being dispensed when the taps are released. Simply lift the bottle off the cooler, whilst another holds down the taps as though pouring a drink. This only needs to be done for a few seconds, after which the bottle can be replaced and water should flow at its normal pressure.

If you find that these tips do not solve your particular problem with your cooler, please do get in touch as soon as possible and we’ll send one of our engineers out to you.

The good old, trusty, never-failing traditional English cup of tea. How we love you so. You solve almost any problem, by providing a delicious accompaniment to various biscuits and other sweet treats, by simply being a lovely, hot, soothing drink with which we can wind down after a hard day, after a walk in cold weather, with which we can sit and natter with old friends. Oh yes, we love tea, and we know lots of you do too. Which is why it’s such a joy to be able to use water from our home water cooler to make one. No cup of tea should have to settle for second-rate water, oh no, and with our spring bottled water or water filtered from your own mains supply, it doesn’t have to. The hot tap on your home water cooler will dispense water heated enough for hot drinks (so do be careful when pouring it, as it may scald any hands that are in the way), which also saves precious time rather than waiting for the pesky kettle to boil. Let’s face it, when you want a cup of tea, hanging around isn’t what you want to be doing.
If you have any questions about any of our products or services, please do get in touch and one of our team will be happy to help.

It’s a great misconception that the fantastic, practical and humble home water cooler is an eyesore in a trendy home, which of course makes us a little sad. If you’re concerned about your home water cooler fitting in with the décor, and particularly with the time of year, we have some suggestions for dressing it up, which can of course make taking a drink of water just that little more fun.
Spring: A homemade bird’s nest of twigs and twine will sit comfortably on top of your cooler; why not invest in some toy chicks to fill it? A great spot for hiding Easter eggs, too.
Summer: A simple sunhat might suffice in this instance (also acts as a handy bottle cover), however dressing your cooler in Hawaiian shirts is also a possibility if you’re really getting in the spirit of summer.
Autumn: Lovely autumnal colours certainly compliment any water cooler; how about bunches of fallen, golden leaves, conkers strung together wrapped around the bottle?
Guy Fawkes: Dress your cooler up as the man himself- hat, trousers (maybe pinned to the front of the cooler, or maybe use a skirt if you insist on fully dressing your machine in your chosen outfit). We wouldn’t recommend putting him on the bonfire, though.
Christmas: There are several options here- two of which would be covering your cooler in fir branches and hanging tinsel upon it to disguise it as a Christmas tree, or you could stick cotton wool buds sporadically over your cooler, and hey presto, a snowman stands in your house.
If you decide to make any of these great ideas a reality, please do send us some photos. We always love to hear from you!

Wedding presents can be tricky. Even though many couples now invest in a wedding list service, which helps ensure they don’t receive (that many) duplicate gifts, it’s always nice to feel as though you’re giving something unique and special, but at the same time practical for them and their future together.
A home water cooler can be just this- cool, original, and infinitely useful for reminding us that to help us remain healthy and active, we need to drink a lot of water to stay hydrated and energised. And who needs energy more than a pair of newly weds?! All that running around together, looking for furniture, sorting finances, not to mention writing wedding thank you notes, maybe planning for children, possibly moving into a new premises. It takes it out of you. So give them a helping hand and invest in this great machine. We offer a range of models to suit everyone’s tastes and needs, either on a rolling contract rental basis, or we often have refurbished models in stock that we sell to those interested in this option. Do get in touch and we can discuss your options with you- once you’ve made your choice, we’ll send one of our friendly and efficient team around to you (or your newly hitched pals) to install the cooler and get it up and running for you/them.
We look forward to hearing from you!

We at Home Water Coolers are a creative lot (or so we like to think…), and part of that is feeling like we can be inspired by things which we find around us, seeing beauty in the seemingly ordinary and mundane, and finding ways in which to express our love of all things, well, watery. This week we’ve been thoughtfully contemplating the ways in which many artists have been known to use various materials to create beautiful pieces which celebrate the purest liquid we know, which gives us life and nourishment, energy and vitality (see, we’re getting there already). Monet’s Waterlillies is probably the most famous example of a watery celebration, beautifully constructed on a canvas.
If you’re looking for something to get to your inner artist, why not invest in a home water cooler, which will not only provide a great source of spring water for whenever you may desire, but will also stand proud and strong as you gaze at it, and decide how to convert your love of this wonderful machine into visuals for all to appreciate and enjoy? Whilst you’re thinking, you can pop over for refreshment, try and different temperatures of water from your cooler, and think some more.
If you find yourself getting artistic, do let us know, and maybe send some pictures of your creations! We always love hearing from you.