tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37913725.post1037946034667258341..comments2023-03-29T07:22:43.667-06:00Comments on sometimes far afield: seasonalmdmnmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191436711956580423noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37913725.post-42404761983338709142009-06-01T09:41:48.056-06:002009-06-01T09:41:48.056-06:00Matt,
I'm pretty familiar with the phenomenon of ...Matt,<br /><br />I'm pretty familiar with the phenomenon of the unhooked, but not drained, water supply line and the attendant leaks.mdmnmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00191436711956580423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37913725.post-50776029593636648732009-05-31T10:12:36.294-06:002009-05-31T10:12:36.294-06:00While the traditional dates for swamp-coolering ar...While the traditional dates for swamp-coolering are July 4 and Thanksgiving, they are flexible. In the springtime, the actual date must be a day so unbearably hot that you burn your fingers on tools and your knees on the roofing tar. A 40 mph wind is also de-rigueur. A typical hook-up also involves at least 5 trips to the hardware store and ten trips up and down the ladder. In most homes, the heater or the cooler can be hooked up at any one time, but not both. Therefore, in the fall, gusty arctic canyon winds and snowfall can accelerate the process, to be done in the dark, after work, so the pipes don't freeze. The flimsy water supply line has already been unhooke, but not drained, during the last blizzard, in a usually fruitless effort to keep it from bursting (whether or not this was successful (not) will not be determined until next July 4.Mattnoreply@blogger.com