Very hot now, 101˚F 38C. Plumber and his son came and replaced the hot water heater this morning. Getting old when we moved in, so we put it off as long as we felt we could, then scheduled a new one before a collapse. The bathroom sink renewal is a couple of years off, as that is merely annoyingly hard to clean, and ugly.
Noticed on Sunday the basement floor was wet. Took us a while to localize the problem, the AC condensation. A bucket to catch the drips, and the floor is drying reassuringly. Plumber took one look and suggests the pump has gone out, gives me the name of a reliable HVAC guy. Took photos, sent them to Dave, who knows about this sort of thing, to see if we need it done for us, or if this is something even we can do ourselves. No point calling today, holidays being what they are.
Drove along one of the streets where the parade will be tomorrow, and there are people already camped out, blankets and tents, tables and sleeping bags. This seems utterly ridiculous to me, not to mention a bit mad. It's not that great a parade, and it's never that hard to get to a place to watch it. The two facts being connected. I may be bored enough to walk over and watch a bit of it, or not. D is wholly eschewing the experience this year.
Cats very unhappy at being put in closed rooms, but the Cat Exclusion Device was moved aside as the plumber and his son worked, and the front door was held open a number of times. Remarkably functional idea, from an engineer friend.
Update: Got clear directions from Dave*. Cleaned out the reservoir, and float. Mucky, muddy, greasy mess. Seems to be working, will check in the morning. Oh, and I do have to work Friday, bummer. Oh and 23 Jul 5:05 pm MDT 102˚F, 39C, 10% humidity.
*You know, Dave.
3 comments:
FRESCA/FREX here.
10% humidity?!?!
Wow, that is DRY.
I wonder if we ever get humidity that low here in MN. Maybe when we're below freezing? I'll have to watch this winter.
We're a comfortable (and surprisingly low) 33% humidity today, in time for our annual Torchlight Parade, part of the Aquatennial celebration of our watery city.
Your "Days of 47" looks very exotic to me!
I love the Cat Exclusion Device: useful design is so wonderful!
Fresca,
Yup. Makes the heat almost bearable. 100˚ at 10% is hot, but not sweltering. It's all about the dewpoint, which is running in the low 30s.
The parade is kitsch with an extra dollop of tacky, and a soupçon of baloney.
Engineer Friend so wanted us to do a steel door with a hydraulic lift, but then came up with solid insulation foam covered with duck tape. We needed it as soon as we moved in, the basement has some asbestos tape, unknown exits, and some plain dirt, that we did not want Moby getting into.
I must organise a cat exclusion device to seal off my attic in the winter (not from cats, just from cold air).
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