More Leaks, Ruined Valves and More Assignments.

Our Location today is Windsor, Ontario.

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I was getting discouragedthat no matter what Idid the problem just wasn’t getting resolved so it was nice to see no ~~Leak~~flooding the floor on the Pumpthat we installed the Steel Flange on Saturday. After completing my Morning Walk Aroundthe only thing I got were more measurements for upcoming jobs and some Trashthat was quickly disposed of.

I was busy repairing a couple of Carrierswhen Kharin came in. Rather then tell you what the job he wants you to work on he has you follow him like a Dogmight follow his owner. (That’s going to end real soon.) There was another Leakto repair on the Reverse Osmosis Systembut this time it was on anotherPump.

I made certain there were replacement parts before going in for the quick fix of just tightening the connections in case the Fittingsjust snapped. Kharen said to let him know when I needed to shut the Systembut when I went looking for him he was nowhere to be found. Instead Avry worked the Systemwhile I tightened the connection. With the Leakfixed there was added pressure in the Systemcausing it to leak about Three Feetfurther up the line. Like the job I reworked on Saturday whoever had piped this in had not thought ahead to be able to isolate One Pumpfrom the Otherand the Main Valvecoming from the Thousand Gallon Tankwould not completely close. After speaking with Paul he told me “Fix it right and make it work”.

After talking to Kathy at lunch I was busy calling our contact at Windsor Factory Supply. Last week when I was given the job to make the Vertical Pipesfor the Number 5 Stationin the Washer they were premature in thinking they would be installed on the weekend. They also miscounted how many Pipeswould be needed and came up quite short. After hearing that I counted the Pipesmyself on the weekend andmade certain to order a few extra pieces so we won’t be short when they are finally installed.

Still trying to deal with the Reverse Osmosis LeakI went scavenging in the Warehouse. Since Paul tends to be overly frugal I believe he likes that I am not scared to recycle used materials. There was an old Paint Manifoldthat had at least Three Dozen Valvesthe exact size I was looking for but the first thing I did was try to turn one off. Then another and another and another until I had tried them all. Whoever had shut down that Paint Manifolddidn’t bother to purge the system and left it full of Paint. The Paintwith time hardened making the entire system garbage.

When I told Paul he could only shake his head in disbelief and told me to order what I needed. He also assigned me the job of getting the Pickupwith the Snowplowready to use tomorrow.

It felt good to be home but while I was talking with Kathy my Cell Phonerang. It was Milan from Windsor Factory Supplytelling me about a delay with some of the parts. I think it’s funny but at the same time sensible that Paul is allowing me to order what I need as the Company Maintenance Manbecause Kharen really doesn’t have a clue. Being a Certified Tradesmanhas its advantages.

For supper we enjoyed Grilled Chickenand Acorn Squashtopped off by a slice of Carrot Cakefor dessert.

The 6 o’clock Local Newsreported82New Coronavirus Cases of which 12were Unvaccinatedbringing the Active Casesto 498for the Windsor/Essex Region.

The Weather Networkshowed we had a high temperature today of 36F(2C) feeling like 28F(-2C). We could see more moderate temperatures for a few days this week before it gets cold again.