Winterization

I still have some projects to complete before winter hits the area, but I am quickly running out of time. I need to get the water system shut off, and the pump removed before the freezing temperatures cause damage. I have been trying to hold off as long as possible on the water system, so I can still work in the house on other projects. I decided that I cannot wait any longer.

Sunday, November 11

I decided to drain the water system and remove the pump. I turned off the water supply to the pump and opened all of the faucets and let them drain into buckets. I let them run long after the water stopped flowing to allow every possible drop to escape the lines. I went back outside and shut off the well valve and removed the inlet hose. I was not completely sure of what I was doing, but it helped to know that I only needed to save two pieces of the water system; the water heater and the water pump. I could not remove any of the iron pipe fittings, so I removed the flex hose on the inlet and the flex hose from the water filter. Once the hoses were disconnected, I was able to lift the pump from the brick base and place it in my truck to store in the basement for the winter.

I still need to place a more secure closure to the flexible hoses to prevent anything from entering them over the winter, but other than that, the job is complete.

Kitchen Floor

I think that the kitchen floor has taken up way too much space on this blog site. I am sorry to report that while I worked on it this weekend, I did not get it finished, so there will be another installment next week.

What I did this weekend...

Once I got the water turned off, I was able to remove the sink and the sink cabinet. I pulled up the old floor boards in that area and replaced with the new plywood sheets.





At this point, the floor looked like this, and I thought that the project was complete. But if it really was finished, I wouldn't have told you that there would be another installment of "floor talk" next week. This is beginning to resemble one of the old western serials where you think it will never end.