Tag: maintenance

• Up, yet down

  #so #maintenance #rental #summer

  About the best summer ever in the mountains, doing a ton of work on the cabin, and how I still managed to mess things up so that I’ll have to limit rentals again in 2025/26.(The seas)

• The Wallas is back, and diesel is a thing again

  #wall #heat #diesel #maintenance

  Wallas is our paraffin stove, which has been running more or less nonstop for nearly twenty years. Or… “paraffin stove” isn’t really the right term anymore. Paraffin disappeared from the market when the ban on heating oil for residential use took effect in 2020, so now it runs on diesel. It burns just as well on that, but as it turns out, there are still some annoying differences in practice.

  (The seas)

• Two steps back

  #water #wall #winter operations #maintenance

  I was just supposed to go out for a quick trip with Fredrik to fill up on diesel and water before winter, but I had to come back empty-handed. The Wallas won’t start, and the water pump is broken. On top of that, someone had forgotten to drain the water from the faucets and put antifreeze in the drains, so things were a bit tense this time.

  (The seas)

• After the storm

  #storm #so #maintenance

  Last winter, we really didn't have any luck, andmade the news. First, a hurricane struck in late November 2021, bringing the strongest winds ever recorded in Sigdal. Wind gusts reached 52 meters per second (about 200 km/h)—so strong that the moss was stripped from the rocky outcrops all around 😱(External report)

  (The seas)

• The water problem is fixed!

  #water #pipe #maintenance

  I went up to the cabin with a plumber today and got the water problem fixed! It turned out there was a cracked pipe that was causing the pump to suck in “false air.” It must have expanded over the winter, but it must have been there for years. As soon as we replaced the pipe, the faucet started working again right away! No more waiting or trouble. This bodes well :-)

  (The seas)

• Cinderella Ruined: Backup in Place

  #toilet #maintenance #rental

  Unfortunately, the new Cinderella restroom was vandalized yesterday :-( It's a little unclear exactly what happened, but here's roughly how it went down:

  (The seas)

• Lots of repairs, but the door and water supply are broken :-/

  #water #pipe #maintenance

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