Vent time...
Been a long few weeks for me, about 3 weeks ago, a bracket on our mower deck ripped putting it out of order while the already in need of cutting grass continued to grow... It was something that I could fix 'easily' if I had the proper tools, but sadly I don't... So it was fix it with what I do have, and that took much longer and required a lot more work, but in the end I was able to fabricate a new bracket with mostly hand tools and weld it on with my cheap welder even though it came with a lot of choice words knowing full well how much easier it would be with the proper tools...
Get that done and start to catch up on the mowing... Then my allergies were over the top 2 weeks ago, apparently ragweed was in full force then and abnormally high in the area from what I read... Even though I have a slew of allergies I'm generally never that bad off... My body finally adjusted to the allergies only to have everyone in the house including myself come down with the flu this week, seems it's going around the pre-school as everyone is sick there...
So trying to deal with all the health things and come Thursday our dishwasher fails, the control board inside actually burned up, the 'fire' was contained but it's literally toasted and not really worth fixing due to cost and risk at this point
The landlord will cover the cost of replacement on that but due to our lease agreement handshake, I'm responsible for buying a new one (I'll get a used one) and installing it... Not a big deal as it's a quick job but still a hassle of picking one up and doing the work when everyone is sick... Figured I would do that this weekend, but to add insult to injury our cloths dryer took a poop Friday night as well, and that is our owned appliance so our responsibility... I narrowed the fault down to either the gas valve solenoids (about $10) or the gas valve itself ($100+) but both would require ordering online and rolling the dice as the solenoids actually test OK but could still be bad from what I read... So today we hit up a few Menards, unknown to many most Menards sell the used appliances they pull from peoples houses when their contractors do installs... They put them outside by the guard station for $69, $49 or $29 and then drop it down to the next level every 30 days if it doesn't sell... So it's a great place to get cheap appliances in a bind... They also offer a 2 week return on it so it's not sold as is, but from my past experiences they always need some TLC... Anyway rolled the dice on a very unique Fisher and Paykal brand 'top loader' dryer that appeared to be in decent shape and because it was an oddball and generally foreign top loader design it was only $29... Sadly to say after giving it a once over it needs a new $100 bearing to function properly, but on the good side I was able to snag the gas valve solenoids off it and get our old one running for now so it won't be going back to Menards.. And if I find my existing dryer actually needs a new gas valve and it's not just the solenoids, I have that as well since most are universal and can be made to work.. I'll just part the rest of it out on Ebay and get back my $29 and then some but still a hassle... Or another way to look at it we paid $19 for same day delivery of the $10 solenoid with a free backup $100 gas valve
Have a few Craigslist emails (as well as LetsGo and OfferUp messages) out on some dishwashers now, hoping to grab one tomorrow since the three local Menards didn't have any used dishwashers in black or stainless, just a single dented up white one between the three stores we visited...
So now we hold our breaths now and hope this is all for now...
Been a long few weeks for me, about 3 weeks ago, a bracket on our mower deck ripped putting it out of order while the already in need of cutting grass continued to grow... It was something that I could fix 'easily' if I had the proper tools, but sadly I don't... So it was fix it with what I do have, and that took much longer and required a lot more work, but in the end I was able to fabricate a new bracket with mostly hand tools and weld it on with my cheap welder even though it came with a lot of choice words knowing full well how much easier it would be with the proper tools...
Get that done and start to catch up on the mowing... Then my allergies were over the top 2 weeks ago, apparently ragweed was in full force then and abnormally high in the area from what I read... Even though I have a slew of allergies I'm generally never that bad off... My body finally adjusted to the allergies only to have everyone in the house including myself come down with the flu this week, seems it's going around the pre-school as everyone is sick there...
So trying to deal with all the health things and come Thursday our dishwasher fails, the control board inside actually burned up, the 'fire' was contained but it's literally toasted and not really worth fixing due to cost and risk at this point
The landlord will cover the cost of replacement on that but due to our lease agreement handshake, I'm responsible for buying a new one (I'll get a used one) and installing it... Not a big deal as it's a quick job but still a hassle of picking one up and doing the work when everyone is sick... Figured I would do that this weekend, but to add insult to injury our cloths dryer took a poop Friday night as well, and that is our owned appliance so our responsibility... I narrowed the fault down to either the gas valve solenoids (about $10) or the gas valve itself ($100+) but both would require ordering online and rolling the dice as the solenoids actually test OK but could still be bad from what I read... So today we hit up a few Menards, unknown to many most Menards sell the used appliances they pull from peoples houses when their contractors do installs... They put them outside by the guard station for $69, $49 or $29 and then drop it down to the next level every 30 days if it doesn't sell... So it's a great place to get cheap appliances in a bind... They also offer a 2 week return on it so it's not sold as is, but from my past experiences they always need some TLC... Anyway rolled the dice on a very unique Fisher and Paykal brand 'top loader' dryer that appeared to be in decent shape and because it was an oddball and generally foreign top loader design it was only $29... Sadly to say after giving it a once over it needs a new $100 bearing to function properly, but on the good side I was able to snag the gas valve solenoids off it and get our old one running for now so it won't be going back to Menards.. And if I find my existing dryer actually needs a new gas valve and it's not just the solenoids, I have that as well since most are universal and can be made to work.. I'll just part the rest of it out on Ebay and get back my $29 and then some but still a hassle... Or another way to look at it we paid $19 for same day delivery of the $10 solenoid with a free backup $100 gas valve Have a few Craigslist emails (as well as LetsGo and OfferUp messages) out on some dishwashers now, hoping to grab one tomorrow since the three local Menards didn't have any used dishwashers in black or stainless, just a single dented up white one between the three stores we visited...
So now we hold our breaths now and hope this is all for now...
