Tag: walls

• 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)