Sometimes our business conversations lead us into things we are doing around the house and/or out in the garden / yard. This thread will serve as a spot to share these things and take a breather from the grind.

[image] VitRhea: pressure switch Ahhhh yes. The good old pressure switch. That senses whether or not the inducer motor is working which starts the flow of exhaust out of the furnace and out of the house. Safety thing as I mentioned above…. I keep one of those in stock for my furnace. It’…

[image] ASV_Vites: run capacitor Best $15 ya can ever spend!

I have one for my outdoor unit on hand too and I would have changed it when I changed the fan motor last summer but the contact switch needs to come out to get to it and I didn’t want to get involved with that bc it’s 20 years old… Maybe I’ll get a new contact switch and do both in the spring….. T…

So we scheduled this one two weeks ago before any weather station forecasted the storm. The house is 90 years old and this was the last of the 90 year old cast iron line. It was to be a one day job … now two days. [IMG_1294] [IMG_1295]

Happy to report I still had heat this morning! (Which is good, because Georgia is still pretending it lives in the north.)

I was always told never plant anything before mothers day, so tomorrow is no longer before mothers day! This is fitting: [image] Plant Seeds Do Something Incredible When The Sound of Rain Strikes Plant seeds can sense the vibrations generated by falling raindrops and respond by waking f…

I generally aim to get at least my basil planted before now (after all, usually aim to plant a second crop later anyway), but hasn’t happened this year. Considering that we’ve had days with highs in the 50s just in the last week, no need to rush. But finally looking a bit better now; I have the pott…