Balance.

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While I realize there is much to do, and I see that I am more able right now than usual by a great deal, I also realize that I fracture if I push too hard, too fast, or even put too much on my list with real intentions. While today is Sunday, I have been pushing all week (within my worldview), and even though I planned to rest, I may need to push on. If nothing else, I might try to figure out how to get the water back on for the rest of my home.

I suspect a simple cap, possibly even a screw on cap, might be enough to deal with the water heater, keeping the tank from filling when I turn on the water, thus flooding again. I may, however, actually need to solder. That is something I have never done before, or... at least for many years... 25 to 30 years. I am going to look on the internet and see what that is all about. I have a propane torch, but will need, what, emery cloth, a pipe cleaner (for inside and outside, though one tool might work for all), solder itself, a pipe cutter, and some other things I suspect. While there I will also look for a new valve. I wonder if a little more money would get a valve that lasts. Most valves are notorious for potentially failing in a few years without any use. All available, even if only Walmart is open, probably.

If I end up stopping the water flow myself, and it works, I may end up installing the tankless water heater myself. Well, with one caveat. If the electrical switch needs to be upgraded I will call in an outsider on that. My guess is that it will need to be changed. Perhaps even new, heavier gauge, wire run as well. I probably could do it all, in truth. I just... I'm not sure.

Beyond that I have much else to do as well. I have to clear out the bedroom and living room to get the carpet cleaner in. I need to figure out what must be done to fix the floor, whether to replace the sub-floor or just add new surface materials and plan it out. I want this stuff to go up the walls a bit, and be water-tight for ease of cleaning and any future flooding issues. I need to figure out a drain of some sort in the bathroom, even just a simple thing, but I want the drain flush with the lowest spot on the floor, and I actually would like it to feed into the main drain pipe. That doesn't include everything else I want to get done, including keeping the mowing up, doing a bit of legal research, sawing then stacking and covering the wood to dry, figuring out roping a bit, going hiking, going swimming, getting a window replaced, and keeping up on food and home cleanliness. So, yeah, it's getting tricky.

Hmm, let me... start with one thing. I probably will go ahead and get the plumbing items and look over the how-to's on the net regarding soldering. Even if a screw on plug will do, for now, if I want to install the new heater I will need all of that stuff anyway. Gah! Still, this IS what I signed up for when buying a home. It isn't an accident, an afterthought, or an incidental. It's just, like climbing, eventually if you look down the reality of the thing can hit you. Are you really ready? Well, here it goes. Oh, one other thing. The pipe comes out of the wall with only a few inches of the copper pipe protruding. I might have to consider a heatsink of some sort. Maybe just a wet cloth wrapped around the pipe where it comes out of the wall?

Good day.