Homeowner adventures

So, Through some friends of Mom and Dad, we were able to get a Free, though used, dishwasher and stove. Kevin and Greg brought them over for us, and installed the dishwasher without a problem a couple weeks ago. Since the stove was Gas, we decided to call in the big shots for it. Aka, Dad.

Now we knew the basic procedure - turn gas off, pull out old stove, put in new stove, turn gas back on, relight pilots. End of story, right?

So dad comes over, and they set about turning the main gas line off (the one to the house mind you - so bye bye hot water, furnace, and the stove.) He takes his wrench, and turns the knob 90 degrees to the "off" position. Took some strength to do, but it moved consistently. Well, as soon as he did that, he realized it was suddenly very loose. Apparently there's a catch in there that you need the "special we only sell to professionals" tool to turn it back on. *gah!* Well, Dad doesn't have one of those, but, he called up Kevin, told him the dimensions, and asked him to make a tool.

So, the gas is now off at least, and while we're waiting for the tool they decide to replace the stove. So, they pull the stove out, turn the gas line off at the connection (to prevent the line filling up with air) , disconnect the stove and carry it outside. I scrape 25 years of grime off the linolium while they're doing this :-/ ewwwww.

And in comes the new stove, with quite a bit more grunting and griping than the one going out. Apparently it's heavier. So they get it up, and near the opening, and I stupidly ask "What's the plug for?". So, after a few minutes, we determine the stove has electric starts, and not pilot lights (woot!). We thought it was still a pilot lit stove, and were't too happy about it, if only for the safety factor. Of course, that now poses a 2nd problem - it's a 110V plug, and we have a 220V outlet. Oh well, it can reach to the one next to the opening for now.

So Dad's on the floor, about to connect the gas line, and realizes something is amiss. Apparently, Stove gas lines are not universal.

Which means the boys are now out getting a new pipe fitting for the stove... not that we currently have a gas supply to cook with :-(


I'll update this with the remainder once it happens :-)

So, we found some holes in out backyard - thought it was a woodchuck (still do). But we got a have-a-heart trap and put it out int he back yard. This is our furry friend we found in it on Monday after work :-)

I didn't really want to get too close to get pictures!

Gambling...

Phoey... we didn't win the megamillions...