Should have gotten the tractor before the house. Shoveling out 3 months of Washington County snow is not my kind of fun.
Bob Wright was kind enough to meet us at the house this morning to explain some of the creative plumbing in the basement. The house has been shut down since a hired plumber "winterized" it back in November, and we need to turn on the water and fire up the boiler for inspections and water tests etc. Old houses are always a little quirky, but we were still bummed out to find the basement floor covered in shattered PVC from a blown water pipe, and numerous copper heat pipes burst... After Bob left, Luke shoveled out 3 months of Washington County snow while Cara made to-scale drawings of all the rooms.
In other news, we solved the mystery problem with our van: Turned out to be a burnt up injector harness, which resides INSIDE the valve cover. Getting the valve cover off in a van is kind of like taking your socks off without removing your boots: You can't be 100% sure it's impossible, but it sure seems like it.
In other news, we solved the mystery problem with our van: Turned out to be a burnt up injector harness, which resides INSIDE the valve cover. Getting the valve cover off in a van is kind of like taking your socks off without removing your boots: You can't be 100% sure it's impossible, but it sure seems like it.
Hard to see in the blogosphere, but this is $250 worth of burnt up injector harness. The valve cover is part of the wiring harness. Ingenious but break-y.
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