In the Trench, Part 1
In the trench, part 1: a stuck float flooded the well controls, and the pipe to the tank broke.
Tag: Water
Softener Drips
The water softener sprang a few leaks, and the installers fixed them. Incredibly mundane.
Long Lines
Tracing and staking the power line and water main on the hillside, mostly for our own records.
Battery Backup: Hosed
Battery backup: the power wall displaced the hose reel post, so Agent Smith built a better one.
And On the 15th Day, There Were Gutters
After 50-odd years without them, the house finally has gutters, made on site by Commercial Gutter.
Replacing the Second Water Heater
The second water heater gets replaced, and now we’d like to move it somewhere more useful.
How do you get a flood on a mountain?
A tap left slightly open and a half-assed fix by the previous owners led to an inch of water in the studio.
Excavation Fun
A busted irrigation box and a big open hole behind the garage, sorted out by our gardener.
Let’s not let this happen again…
Heavy rain, a clogged roof drain and our first roof leak, right over the foyer.
Time Extended!
Not enough entries, so the contest prize goes up to a Purgatory cap or tote bag, and the deadline is extended.
Paving Snags
A driveway repaving project becomes a replace-the-main-water-line project, and I’m on day two without water.
Fun With Math and Water
A summer project: how much rainwater could we catch from our roofs? About 60,000 gallons.
Water, Water Everywhere, Part 3: And Some to Drink
Our softened water tastes a bit salty, so the reverse-osmosis system handles our drinking water.
Water, Water Everywhere, Part 2: Softening the Water
Our water is very hard, so here’s how we soften it, and why that makes it taste a bit salty.
Water, Water Everywhere, Part 1: The Well
How our well works, and the saga of replacing the rusting well tank with a new poly one.
New Hot Water
The hissing 80-gallon water heater turned out to be failing in many ways, so it’s replaced.