Only reached about 16C today with grey skies.
A lazy morning until I went out to see what size pipe I would need to replace the water filter I wanted to take out of the system. The current water filter is one of those under the sink type that you replace the filter every so often. Unfortunately it is located in a hard to reach area under the trailer, so we use an outdoor filter that connects directly to the supply tap. In playing around with the water I managed to get the outside shower tap to explode and spray water everywhere. If you recall in one of the earlier posts I said that there was an issue with the outside shower due to freezing, well I finally found out what the damage was. There is a plastic, threaded retainer ring that holds the valve in place; this had a hairline fracture in it allowing it to “pop” off if it felt that way inclined!
With no running water it was easier to have lunch out on the way to the shops! Lyn had her shopping agenda and I had mine, amazingly there was at least one common store, HobbyLobby.
I wasn’t able to get a replacement part for the tap, so rather than fork out for a new one I decided that there must be a cheaper solution, more to follow. While we were at the RV store I also got a vent hood for the roof. In the bedroom and bathroom are two vents that open up for ventilation. With all the strong winds around here the the vent door tends to flap around in the wind, which is a) noisy and b) opens up the opportunity for the door to break off. The cover goes over the vent and still provides circulation, but protects it from direct wind. It also means we can keep the vent open when it rains!
Once we got back from shopping I attacked the taps, and the problem was easily solved by putting a tie wrap around the cracked ring. The filter came out OK and the new pipe fitted perfectly, so a good days work!
The “goodness ” continued into the evening as the planning for a trip to New Zealand later this year made some progress, hopefully we can get all that confirmed soon.
Below is a picture of the finger painted spoon, taken without flash on my new smartphone which it transpires has an 8Mp camera with auto focus. Still haven’t tried it out as a phone yet! The picture resolution has been reduced to save on bandwidth.
Finger Painted Spoon