Hot water...
May. 29th, 2007 11:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stellar_muddleThere are definite advantages to a gas hot water system like the one we have here. While not the instant hot water type, it is a good sized cylinder and will do more than two showers in a row and me washing my hair happily with no threatening of cold (unlike the pitiful little electric bucket we had in the last place in Canberra - no way could you wash your hair within 30 min of someone else showering). No running out of hot water.
Until today.
You know those nice strong winds I mentioned in the last post. These do not combine well with an outdoor cylinder, even if it is in a nice usually sheltered southern alley way between the house and next door. Z discovered this when he went to wash the dishes and there was no hot water. Much muttering and wandering out into the cold, followed by a large panel with the instructions being lugged inside to read where it wasn't so miserable and nasty. Then things (pilot light) were relit and back into action. I was evil and stayed inside during these proceedings. Will find out how to relight etc soon in case we get the same sort of thing when Z is in the field, but will do it in daylight when not so cold and wet. Gotten wet outside twice already today. Not repeating.
So, Z is currently back at the dishes, having boiled the jug several times in the hope of having them done before midnight. I am pausing in the sewing of the psuedo victorian chemise, having found where I stopped and swore lots and biffed it in a box last time. Unhappy sewing machine stitch unpicking time. But 2 1/2 of the 6 side seams are done now.
But after sleep.
Until today.
You know those nice strong winds I mentioned in the last post. These do not combine well with an outdoor cylinder, even if it is in a nice usually sheltered southern alley way between the house and next door. Z discovered this when he went to wash the dishes and there was no hot water. Much muttering and wandering out into the cold, followed by a large panel with the instructions being lugged inside to read where it wasn't so miserable and nasty. Then things (pilot light) were relit and back into action. I was evil and stayed inside during these proceedings. Will find out how to relight etc soon in case we get the same sort of thing when Z is in the field, but will do it in daylight when not so cold and wet. Gotten wet outside twice already today. Not repeating.
So, Z is currently back at the dishes, having boiled the jug several times in the hope of having them done before midnight. I am pausing in the sewing of the psuedo victorian chemise, having found where I stopped and swore lots and biffed it in a box last time. Unhappy sewing machine stitch unpicking time. But 2 1/2 of the 6 side seams are done now.
But after sleep.
