Joys of rural home ownership

Water issues

We are experiencing a house-water situation. There is air in the system from a currently unidentified malfunctioning part. The symptoms include pressurized air blasting and sputtering from the faucets and sounds of an unknown drummer when toilet tanks are flushed. All the rocking and roiling in the lines and tanks is breaking loose many years of accumulated mineral content of a rusty orange color. For reference, see this document.

All of this is particularly galling insofar as we are having a perfectly gorgeous fall day – going for a high of 63, sunny, and only a slight wind (for our Valley “slight” is equivalent to none). But instead of being out and doing things we will be in. We can maybe (not likely) solve the problem. We can maybe (more likely) eliminate a few possible problems. We can (most likely) provide our plumber with a better idea of how much time he will have to allocate to this job.

We’ll likely post a blog late tonight – Saturday, but (more likely) Sunday. This is Nancy adding a note after John’s comment on posting Saturday. We are attending a Dutch oven cooked dinner tonight, and more on that later in the future completed blog.