August 22, 2013
Broad Brook, Connecticut
And that’s a good thing! The new furnace is installed and
operating. Water is hot. Fingers are crossed. And, we’re ready to hit the road
and continue our adventure.
The majority of last week was spent on the furnace project,
either working on it or planning to do so. Yes, I do tend to ruminate on
things. Hopefully, this yields a better end result, even if I don’t finish in
record time.
Of course, to replace a furnace, you actually have to have
the new one. Scheduled for delivery on Monday, the 12th, and –
nothing. More calls on Tuesday yield the information that it was at the freight
company in Middletown, about 25 miles away. Unfortunately, the third party
company that does home deliveries doesn’t show a scheduled date. I’m told by
the central office that they aren’t set up for customer pickup but should get a
call by the end of the day. Nothing…
So, Wednesday, I was back on the phone. The online system
now shows a delivery date of next Monday! I finally got them to transfer me to
the local depot and, wonder of wonders, “Of course, you can pick it up. Just
not until after 5PM”. Fine by me! Al and I headed out in his pickup after he
got out of work, and we had the furnace in the garage before dinner.
I spent all day Thursday and Friday getting the old furnace
out and the new one ready to install. By Saturday evening, Al and I had the new
one in, filled, and heating. Since the new model had a lot of connections in
different places, there were numerous fittings and hoses that had to be
adjusted. Awesome! Both electric and diesel operation seem to be OK, although
we’ll obviously have to monitor this closely.
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| Old furnace ready to come out |
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| New furnace ready to go in |
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| Got the "Full Hot" level very close! Good Job!!! |
So, what else have we been doing? Well, we’ve continued to
eat and drink well. We had dinner at Geri’s son, Pete’s, place where Val did a
great job with pork loin. We had “wing night” to wrap up our stay in
Connecticut, and we did a wine-and-music evening at a local winery. And the
Cribbage Tournament is complete, and I have trophy to prove it!
So, The Rez Bar & Grill is closed for the season and
we’re ready to move on. So long, Broad Brook!
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