Piss & Moan Table

[Zorba]

Go to get in the pool the other day...heater is not running, so great, that means the pool is 86 deg......nope not even close. I guess I can't complain as it was installed in 2003. Sooooo $5600 later and new heat pump is coming next week...I know first world problems at least the new one will also chill the pool when necessary.

Boats, horses, swimming pools...

Just say NO!

 

[Rickyd]

Go to get in the pool the other day...heater is not running, so great, that means the pool is 86 deg......nope not even close. I guess I can't complain as it was installed in 2003. Sooooo $5600 later and new heat pump is coming next week...I know first world problems at least the new one will also chill the pool when necessary.

I've been eyeballing the heat pump/heat exchanger setups for a hot tub.cheaper than a heating element to run.

Kinda want to make my own if i can. I have several left over from hvac jobs. Hard part is tricking the control system to be happy with a heat exchanger rather than a coil and how to integrate the temp sensors in a way the corrosive water doesn't touch them

 

[KennethS]

Go to get in the pool the other day...heater is not running, so great, that means the pool is 86 deg......nope not even close. I guess I can't complain as it was installed in 2003. Sooooo $5600 later and new heat pump is coming next week...I know first world problems at least the new one will also chill the pool when necessary.

My pool is 90 degrees all from environmental heating. That’s down 2 degrees since last week.

 

[cliffish]

I've been eyeballing the heat pump/heat exchanger setups for a hot tub.cheaper than a heating element to run.

Kinda want to make my own if i can. I have several left over from hvac jobs. Hard part is tricking the control system to be happy with a heat exchanger rather than a coil and how to integrate the temp sensors in a way the corrosive water doesn't touch them

well this heater can go up to 104 degrees.

My pool is 90 degrees all from environmental heating. That’s down 2 degrees since last week.

That is why this also chills, I have had my pool environmentally heated to 92 and it is like soup.

 

[red02tj]

Went to shower in the basement after my workout, valve was sticky, I’m handy. Yep shower valve broke, won’t turn off, had to shut the water to the house and waiting on my 2hr Home Depot delivery of the new shower valve. And when I went to pull the old cartridge, it snapped it was so old.

 

[bucky]

Just got back from 2 weeks of driving around Poland. Just under $9/gal for gas. Back home and gas is just under $6/gal. Never thought I’d be OK with that price.
On a side note Polish drivers are assume. They don’t camp in the fast lane, use their turn signals and let you merge when you need to change lanes. Parking is a Bitch though. Back in Ca and no one does any of that. More stressful driving here than in a foreign country for the first time.

 

[InOmaha]

Went to shower in the basement after my workout, valve was sticky, I’m handy. Yep shower valve broke, won’t turn off, had to shut the water to the house and waiting on my 2hr Home Depot delivery of the new shower valve. And when I went to pull the old cartridge, it snapped it was so old.

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Careful there Hulk. Don't smash.

 

[Zorba]

Just got back from 2 weeks of driving around Poland. Just under $9/gal for gas. Back home and gas is just under $6/gal. Never thought I’d be OK with that price.
On a side note Polish drivers are assume. They don’t camp in the fast lane, use their turn signals and let you merge when you need to change lanes. Parking is a Bitch though. Back in Ca and no one does any of that. More stressful driving here than in a foreign country for the first time.

Its amazing how wonderful drivers are "over there". Their rules may be very different from ours, but they're courteous and competent. And yea, parking is a bitch and you're far more likely to get into trouble over parking issues than driving itself.

 

[KennethS]

waiting on my 2hr Home Depot delivery of the new shower valve.

Dang, both HD and Lowes are a 5 minute drive for me, and Ace Hardware is even closer.

 

[Zorba]

Dang, both HD and Lowes are a 5 minute drive for me, and Ace Hardware is even closer.

I usually walk to Ace, and I *can* walk to HD. Blowes is 20 minutes. It good that I prefer HD over Lowes anyway.