Adventures at The Bunny Manse

While changing Margot's diaper in the middle of the night, Harris woke up and I asked him for some tea.  Upon returning with the tea he says, huh, the whole downstairs smells like gas. Quick call to PSNC and an hour wait later the service guy shows up. Checks every appliance and they are fine. Goes into the crawlspace and OH BOY there's a gas leak. Some section of pipe is bad and will have to be replaced. Our gas (and thus heat) were shut off around 4:30 this morning. We're currently waiting for the service tech repair guy to show up. Guess who has pipe insurance!!! Also, because it's that kind of day, the truck won't start. Editted to add - we now have heat again and a closed gas system. Can't wait to see what the bill is this month. Who knows what's wrong with the truck.

The repair guy from PSNC yesterday was able to fix both Warm Morning heaters yesterday for about $500. This fee also included his checking all of our other appliances for gas leaks.  We have no gas leaks!!  And now that the warm morning heaters are fixed the rooms are warm! Huzzah!! It's a learning experience. The upstairs is much warmer right now than the downstairs. This is good information for when we have the HVAC installed later in 2014. We also need to stay in the habit of closing doors to rooms when we leave them and being aware of drafts etc. Maybe we'll get some little area rugs or something.  Our larger goal is to feel moved in by December. This will mean our boxes are unpacked - we're not constantly searching for things or tripping over things, and that we feel ok living here. There's some trim work, some sash work, and set up to do, but if we do a little each night we'll be finished with it all soon enough. we've been eating out a lot. When our...

 Harris cleaned and created fire in our Warm Morning heater. Lucky for us the 65,000 BTU natural gas heater with thermostat and blower also comes with pilot lighting instructions.   We're both a little trepidatious when it comes to gas, but so far we're doing ok!