Washer/Dryer and More Discoveries

The washer and dryer came yesterday morning and I hooked them up last night. They work fine. In setting them up I found a few more things that need to be fixed. The lighting in that area of the basement is screwy. Some fixtures are hooked to switches that don't do anything, others to direct lines with pull chains and the one over the washer and dryer is a direct line with no shut-off. Also, the hot water shut off valve for the washer connection leaks when it is in the open position. It will have to be replaced.

I found the remains of an old shower in the basement. It looks like it just drained into the sump. I have no idea what good an open shower in the corner of the basement would have been. I'll just add that to the list of 'what were they thinking?' things that have turned up. Also on that list: the removed center supports in the barn, the bathroom in the pantry, the light fixtures hanging from a drop ceiling, the brass fireplace cover screwed into the decorative tile, the covering over of all the doors into the barn except the chicken door, the upside down and backwards door to the porch and last, but not least, the hideous wallpaper patterns. Then there is the list of bad choices that aren't entirely crazy. That one is pretty long.

While over at the lodge yesterday afternoon, I was talking with the trustees and they mentioned they were planning to throw away some 'junk' in the basement of the hall. The junk includes things like 10' tall oak doors. I told them not to throw the junk away before I had a chance to come and take it. One man's junk is another man's treasure. In fixing this house, I can use all the old junk I can get. I imagine most of the junk in the lodge basement is junk, but some things that were removed during upgrades and saved in case they were ever needed might come in handy.