Relative Something

First off, I want to thank everyone who took time yesterday to contact me with valuable information in support of my education in sink drain plumbing. Of course, the secret ingredient was, Plumber’s Putty!

I started the morning with a review of some youtube videos that revealed tips and tricks, which bolstered my confidence that stopping the leak was well within my capabilities. It also verified my suspicion that it would probably involve something like Plumber’s Putty. Sure enough, front and center, that is what was needed.

I headed to town with my sights set on the fireplace store, and the hardware store. I came home with new rope door gaskets, high temp silicone sealant, and the putty.

The day was filled with a series of minor accomplishments.

• Cleaned out some pallets and tires from the house garage, and got them moved down to the shop garage for storage.
• Tossed out dead mousesicle and reset trap in the garage. (Steve, I haven’t got the new trap you gave me set up in the barn yet.)
• Scraped some of the melting ice off the upper portion of the driveway, near the house.
• Sprayed lubricant into the latch for the hood of my car, getting it to hold the hood down properly (securely).
• Installed batteries and started the indoor/outdoor thermometer we bought weeks ago.
  

  No, it wasn’t 75° here yesterday; I just didn’t clear the initial data

• Got the remote sensor mounted up under the eave, to protect it from rain.
• Mounted the other thermometer we bought, which sticks directly to the window.
• Dismantled drain of kitchen sink, cleaned all the parts.
• Re-installed sink drain, with putty, and snugged it up tight.
• Replaced rope gaskets on fireplace doors.

The number of obstructions to the success of each project were minimal, and I won praise from Cyndie for my success with the plumbing lesson, so it was a rewarding day of work.

We have an appointment this morning for the dishwasher, for which Cyndie accepted responsibility to be home, so I could get to my day-job.

At the end of the day yesterday, I had saved the expense of hiring a plumber, but I may have initiated something that will cost me a lot more than one service call. While at the fireplace store, I inquired about their geothermal heating and cooling system installations. I now have an appointment next Monday to host a visit from a salesman. We’ll talk about how such a system might fit this location, and what kind of financial commitment it would require to pull it off.

In my dream world, I would also add solar, or wind generated power for the electrical needs of the system.

As long as we are in this Wintervale Ranch dream, we might as well dream big.