Well, It’s A Start . . .
After my call to American Coach yesterday about my leaky shower, I decided to give Moen a call to double-check about the leak. I had asked American if it was possible that a faulty cartridge could cause the leak. They didn’t think so, but couldn’t be absolutely sure.
I replaced the cartridge back in February 2011 when we were in Yuma for one of Nick Russell’s rally’s, but for a different reason. It didn’t want to turn off completely.
So just to be sure I called Moen who said, yes, it is possible for a defective cartridge to leak out the back without showing any leakage from the front. So I’ve got a reprieve from cutting a hole in the wall, al least until I try a new cartridge.
I’ll pick one up when we’re down in the Clear Lake area tomorrow.
They’re about $40 or so, but if I don’t need it, I’ll keep it for a spare. I did find my cartridge puller in one of the bins outside this afternoon, so I’m all ready to go.
I’ll probably pull the old cartridge out Sunday morning so I’ll have the entire day to work on it.
Later in the afternoon, I got the ladder out of the truck and had another go at the drilling mud on the roof. The white semicircle is from my first vinegar test.
I sprayed the front area down, and was hoping to see the stuff start running off. But it didn’t quite work like that. II still took a lot of scrubbing with a brush, but it did start to come off. One problem was that the sun was out enough to dry up the vinegar before it really had time to soak in. So it was squirt and scrub, squirt and scrub. But I did make some progress.
It’s a start, I guess.
I’m kind of thinking about getting some old towels, soaking them in vinegar, and then laying them on the roof so that the vinegar will have time to do it’s work. Then I can just spray the towels to keep them wet. So I’ll see how that works.
About 4pm Jan and I headed up to Peter’s BBQ for their Friday Night BBQ Buffet. At $11.50, including drink, it’s a real bargain. Unfortunately, it may be our last visit for a while, since we head back to Conroe this coming Wednesday. And hopefully down to Galveston Bay RV Resort soon after.
Tomorrow afternoon, Jan’s having her annual coworker get-together dinner at the Longhorn Steakhouse down in Webster, so we’ll be heading down that way about 3pm.
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Thought for the Day:
“Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.” – George Bernard Shaw
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