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Tabletop Gas Grill Added

A fancy shmancy Cuisinart gas grill was added to the lake inventory this summer. It takes those little gas bottles unless someone wants to buy and adapter and a big tank. A little tank lasts 3 – 4 uses. I think this will be handy for times when you don’t want to get a bunch of charcoal started for two hamburgers. The grill part is cast iron, so don’t use detergent on it unless you plan on recoating it with oil.

Should be stored in the cabana at the end of the season.

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New Shower Head

Installed a new shower head that claims to be a low flow (2.5 gmp) but it sure works well. I find myself taking shorter showers with the thing. I think we need a tent up here for emergency guests and trips to the dunes. Also two sleeping bags (in hermetically sealed containers for Carol) would be nice.

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Leaving Checklist

  1. Turn off
    1. The pump
    2. The bathroom heaters
    3. The washer faucets
    4. Water to the hose
  2. Turn down the refrigerator
  3. Close the curtains, put the wood in the track of the sliding door
  4. Lock the shed
  5. Close and lock all windows
  6. Close the fireplace damper
  7. Take care of all the garbage
This is NOT the closing up for the season checklist.
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Pump Maintenance

Once a year the air ‘buffer’ that keeps pressure in the water system needs to be recharged so that the pump doesn’t go on every time you get a glass of water.  The air buffer tank should be 50/50 water/air.  To do this:

Take the round cement cover off the well box and climb down in it.
Turn off the power at the big grey switch in there.
Open the spigot to the hose and let the water drain out until only air comes out.  Shut the spigot.
With some kind of compressor (there is a 12v on in the closet now) attach to the hose to the nipple that leads into the air tank.
Fill with 15-20 ppsi of air.  Detach compressor.
Turn on power.
Note that you did it in a comment below.
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General Notes

At the beginning of the year, this is most important:
TURN THE PUMP ON FOR 10 MINUTES OR SO BEFORE YOU TURN ON THE WATER HEATER.  OPEN A HOT WATER TAP A LITTLE TO LET ANY AIR OUT.
If you turn off the electricity, you must prop the refrigerator doors open.
Use only water or water and ammonia on the floor.  Most other kinds of cleaners/shiners will leave a bad residue.  We are uncertain about swiffers.
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Bill’s Opening Notes

I’ve started this because although the little book is wonderful, there are things we may want to keep track of in a way we can get to year round and there are things we all may need to know before we get up there. Like:

  • Beach towels are running low, good beach towels non-existent. May want to bring your favorites. Alice reports that beach towels are hard to buy at the end of the season.

In other news:

  • Huge basswood tree fell down on lot across from Buzz. Missed house. Rot and bugs brought it down.
  • Treated septic tank, but flushing is still slow. May need a copper sulphate treatment for roots in drainage field.
  • Sandy next door has wireless that she will share, but she turns it off capriciously. A fiber optic line was run to the junction box by her house, so we should get fab bandwidth if anyone wants to hardwire it in.
  • Verizon is very sporadic this year down here. Not bad at Al’s.
  • Ordered more firewood. It never showed up.
  • I found some chairs I bought for the place being held against their will in the cabana, so I will take them home.
  • I bought a somewhat portable, medium sized gas grill and don’t know whether to leave it up here for folks to use. Opinions?
  • Leslie (of the Juterbocks) is up for July, renting the place from Steve, who now owns it. He is eager to rent it out.
  • Alice is interested in getting a bush/evergreen buffer at the parking lot fenceline and I approve wholeheartedly. Too bad Dad didn’t extend the spruce buffer with the Fisks.

If i get bored, I may keyboard in here the standing instructions for closing up, for charging the pump buffer, . . .