Water, Water everwhere and not a drop to drink!

When we had the cottage inspected, the inspector (◄That's Mike) informed us that the bladder in our water tank was ruptured and the tank itself was undersized (read: needs to be replaced).



We picked up a spanky-new bigger one at the Despot that winter, and it languished all last summer under the cottage because at first we didn't have the right connector bits, and then later because installing it would've meant disconnecting the water (!? - ya, I'm not sure how that's a valid reason either. Sometimes it's better not to think too hard about it.)

But at long last, it's installed! It's Big! It's Blue! The increased capacity means the pump will have to run less frequently, extending the life of the pump. Hopefully the water pressure will also improve now that the bladder in the tank is whole.



Once the water was hooked up, they realized the shower faucet was left on, so they had to run and turn that off. The water all headed down the drain, though, even though there was no grout yet on the floor tiles, so that tells me I'm an awesome shower-floor-slope-builder lady. There's also a leak from somewhere under the bathroom that they didn't have a chance to troubleshoot yet because.....

There was a bigger problem in Peaky. At some point the water supply for the Sheeter-to-nowhere in Peaky came apart. Once the water was turned back on, the bunky began to flood. By the time they realized, the floor was soaked.

They've since capped off that pipe into the bunky and installed a spigot on the end of the supply line until there's time for a more permanent fix. Of course the captain didn't photograph the wet floor. That would've been too interesting to look at and we didn't want to be responsible for any heart palpitations.



I still need to pound my head against the idea of some sort of pre-filter before the pump. Lake water isn't the cleanest, and any debris in the water will plug up faucets and, oh, say, things like shower heads. I really don't want to have to continually remove them and clean them out. I'm sure it's also not very good for the hot water tank to be full of all that guck and sediment.



So, if you know of something, or have suggestions, I'm all ears!