27 April 2015

Spent the first part of the morning doing more chainsaw work and the Kubota’s 160 hour periodic maintenance.  Tyler Maynard arrived at 11 to review the location changes I want for the septic system and wells.  He didn’t like where I was proposing to locate the leach field, but said the area where we originally wanted to put the second well (up by the road on the north side of the driveway) would be quite suitable for the field.  He had me dig four moderately deep pits in that area to verify the soil composition. After a late lunch, backfilled the four pits, then culled through the lumber salvaged from the old dock shack for material to be used in the sauna woodshed.  Super chlorinated Delores’ fresh water tanks and water lines today, hoping that might improve the hot water pressure.  Finished that whole rigmarole, turned on the faucets and got a weak stream on the heretofore strong cold water side and virtually nothing, I say again, n∙o∙t∙h∙i∙n∙g, out of the hot water side.  ^%$&#$ !!!!  Fortunately for my continued sanity (not to mention cleanliness), once I closed a system drain valve that I had inadvertently left open, full pressure was restored to both sides.