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I live in a small town in Washington State, USA, with my wife, two sons, two dogs, a cat, and family nearby. I work at the local community college as an I.T. Specialist. In March of '02, we bought a 70-some year old house that needed a lot of work. When I'm not working on the house, I like to throw pots, be outside, and read a lot.

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Monday, February 20, 2006

Under Pressure

It's actually something we haven't had for sometime...in the shower that is. We knew when we moved in that the waterheater was on its way out. But it has lasted us three years. Until this month when the hot water and the pressure became a small trickle. And in the winter...you want a hot shower, not this trickle business. Finally yesterday Scott with a little help from sister's man, installed a new waterheater. It is glorious. So much water, so much heat!

the never ending joys of owning an old house!

posted by Anonymous at 3:20 PM |

5 comment(s):

  • Our water pressure is poor too, it's the galvanized pipe to our water main that is mostly clogged. We hope to replace it this summer.

    By Blogger Derek, at 2/20/2006 04:57:00 PM  

  • We corrected two wrongs this weekend. First, replacing the 40 gallon tank that had that telltale death knell of water heaters - the ring of rust and slight leakage around the bottom with an 80 gallon tank, and also removing the two foot length of galvanized that connected the tank to the PVC piping. The galvanized was chocked with rust that you couldn't pass a pencil through the 1" pipe - probably what helped to send the tank to an early grave.

    SD

    By Blogger Scott in Washington, at 2/20/2006 06:53:00 PM  

  • I got a new water heater and had the house repiped.. Oh my god what a glorious hot shower I took that day..........

    Heaven on Earth..

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2/21/2006 12:20:00 PM  

  • I was beginning to wonder why you smelled. Maybe I'll hang out with you more now. ;)

    By Blogger Joe, at 2/28/2006 08:59:00 AM  

  • All I can say is this: whoever decided to get David Bowie and Freddie Mercury together was a fricking genius.

    By Blogger Unknown, at 3/19/2006 09:21:00 AM  

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