Access to pictures of various things going on in my life.

 
There are a lot of things I want to fix and change in my house, but there is also quite a bit that I've already accomplished, a lot of it with the help of Howdy. Last night he came over and we replaced the gas valve on my living room heater. A few weeks ago we had done the same job for my bedroom heater. I bought a Robert Shaw 710-502 gas valve from a commercial supply place in Oakland. This valve sits between the gas line and the gas supply to the burner. It has a thermostat input, and a thermopile (generator) input, to check if the pilot is on. It also provides a small gas tube for the pilot light. I hadn't done any work on gas lines before, which was a bit scary, but it all went well. The heaters put out a lot more heat now, partially because we blew a lot of the dust out of the burners.

Some other things that have been accomplished:
- Alarm system installed (including wireless sensor on the shed)
- Rain water catchment system connected to toilet flushing
- Washing machine hook-up
- Replacing the shower drain and sealing the perimeter (until I get a new shower)
- Adjustment of sticky doors

The biggest project that is waiting to happen is redoing the bathroom. The floor is rotted and needs to be replaced.
posted by Christian on Tuesday, January 29, 2008, 0 comments