It was cold last night, so cold I could hear the boards on the deck cracking as they froze. With the snow squeaking underfoot, I checked the thermometer on my way out the door for an early morning emergency call, -11° (F) it read. It may have been colder.
I was laying awake last night [...]
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Smelly Hot Water
Update and bump: I finally got around to replacing the anode rod today with a zinc aluminum rod purchased on line. I took this picture of the old and new anodes:
As you can see, the old anode is pretty much shot. When I flushed the tank out, all sorts of black junk came [...]
Iron Filter for Potable Water
Iron in well water is a very common problem. Everyone within a 20 mile radius of us and perhaps beyond has some type of iron in their well water. When we first moved into our dream house, I noticed two water softener bypass valves left by the previous owner. I never really [...]
Well Pump Installation
This is a big one. In September of 2005 we discovered that our well was not really on our property. In fact, it was located across the street! That means that if anything happens to the pipe coming from the well to our house we are basically out of luck since the [...]
Maintenance of a DWS-7 UV disinfection unit
The other day I was driving to work and thinking to my self; you know, I just don’t have enough problems, I wish somebody would give me some more problems. Well, apparently “somebody” was listening. Cut to last Sunday. We have an Ultra Violet light water disinfection unit installed on our old [...]
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