We have heat.<\/p>\n
I know it seems like this blog has turned into some sort of do-it-yourself home repair journal but lately, all our time seems to be spent pulling things apart and putting them back together.<\/p>\n
So our dryer quit heating and according to our do-it-yourself manual, this probably means our heating coil is dead.<\/p>\n
The dryer repair, however, proved trickier than we thought. Most models have a back panel that you simply remove to locate the heating coils. Ours, however, is an industrial GE dryer built sometime in the 70’s judging from the color. The only removable panel was the front which meant the whole drum had to come out. Oddly enough, it only took us an hour and half to take the thing apart. Sure enough, we had a bad heating coil. Since it was so old, I though we were done for but a re-string kit only set us back $25 bucks and was in stock!! So it’s 12:30 and we’re thinking no problem, we’ll have the puppy up and drying in no time.<\/p>\n
It was then we learned a new lesson. Kevin is not allowed to take apart anything without me watching. That’s right, while I was on the phone with Elmo, Kevin pulled apart the dryer. I wasn’t watching or marking the parts in my anal way that I normally do.<\/p>\n
The result? Disaster.<\/p>\n
It took us SIX HOURS and a whole lot of swearing to get the dryer back together again. First, we plugged it in and nothing – no power. This meant we had to recheck all the wires to make sure they were connected. Then, we had power and heat but no tumble. Kevin had removed the belt but couldn’t figure out how to put it back on. No matter what we tried, we couldn’t get the right tension. In his frustration, he yanked off the door and broke the door safety. You know, it’s that little button that acts as a cut off switch so if you open the dryer door while it’s working it turns off automatically.<\/p>\n
I sent Kevin on a walk with the dog and managed to realign the belt but there was no hope for the door sensor. So we did the only thing possible. By-passed the safety and said good enough. Don’t worry, we’re going to replace it. But the need for clean clothes outweighed our safety concerns. We ended up missing the symphony and spend the rest of the night doing laundry and patting ourselves on the back.<\/p>\n
We decided to go a little wild and Kev made some strawberry pina coladas to go with our pizza. You know, you basic, wild Saturday night. I think we passed out around 10pm. Home repair is exhausting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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