October is gone, and November has begun. The nights are dipping down to near freezing, and I’m in deep denial. I really can’t continue to drag my feet about winterizing. It needs to be done, and it needs to be done soon. I need to buy a new, shorter fresh water hose, a new length [...]
Instead of Ms. Fixit, I’m Ms. Breakit. Yesterday I turned off the water in hopes of resolving the fresh water leaks around the toilet. Well, I took the whole, nasty, stinky mess apart and discovered that the water valve and vacuum breaker are leaking. More like spewing, really. Each time I flush, water shoots out [...]
You know that scene in the movie RV where Robin Williams’ motorhome spews raw sewage into the sky? Well, just so you know, that is quite possible, as I managed to prove this evening. I emptied the holding tanks, and then turned on the black tank flush. This forces clean water into the holding tank [...]
Last night as I was falling asleep to the sound of the wind battering the outside of the RV with gusts of up to 50 mph, temperatures in the teens, and sub-zero windchill, my final conscious thought was, “I should leave a faucet dripping.” I promptly went off to the land of Winken, Blinken, and [...]
Tonight’s the first freeze of the season. Of course, I hadn’t bothered to put the heat tape on the drinking water hose, so I found myself outside after dark in the cold with a lantern, electrical tape, pipe insulation, a pair of scissors and the heat cable. Half an hour later, voila, toasty-warm water line! [...]
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Liquid propane gas, that is, and not a minute too soon, either! I knew we were getting low on propane, but I wasn’t sure exactly how low. Our tanks don’t have a gauge on them. There’s just this little indicator that turns red when one tank is empty, and then a switch flips over and [...]
I spent Sunday trying to resolve the leaky sump cover issue. Despite my efforts last month, the sump still had a slow leak. I figured out that the problem was that it lacked an o-ring. I tried four different stores, but I couldn’t find an o-ring. Eventually, I ended up buying gasket material from Pep [...]
October is nearly here, and temperatures are beginning to cool just a bit. That means one thing: time to break out the winter clothes. I set aside half of my Sunday to do just that. It was a bit of a task that turned into other tasks that turned into yet more tasks. I had [...]
About two weeks ago, right around the same time the awning bit the dust, our toilet starting leaking…and not fresh water. Our bathroom (and for a few days the whole trailer) started smelling like an old folks’ home. I got online, researched our model of toilet, and figured out the problem. There are a couple [...]
After finishing school work, I gathered up the trash, put away the dishes, swept the floor, cleaned the litter box, and then headed outside to deal with our water flow issue. We were back down to a trickle again. I just lived with it for a week or so because I knew what the problem [...]
