Up at 7am after a quiet night. The goldfish seem fine. I think they just get tired after a long day under the lights.
I
have had another offer on my large subwoofer components. Potential buyer lives in
Copenhagen. At least 2 hours away. I wonder if he owns a low loader? A
fork lift? A gang of labourers?
8.45 62F/17C in the room. Stove lit.
I have been exhausting myself removing the heavy boxes and units from the balcony room. It suddenly seems half empty! Everything is at least twice as heavy as I remembered it! Eight 15" [39cm] subwoofer drivers and a powerful amplifier.
Selling for mere pocket money. I have enjoyed years of building, testing and researching their capabilities. Years of film and music as few others have heard it go so deep. I shan't ever build another subwoofer from scratch. They owe me nothing more after all this time. Hopefully the new owner will start his own exploration of what is possible. In plumbing the real depths of bass.
10.00 29F/-2C. Back from a half hour walk around the neighbourhood. Despite the low temperature it did not feel cold. Except for my nose and eyes streaming. The sun was already out as I left. Though struggling with thin cloud and the mist. A lady cyclist passed, riding slowly. Well wrapped up and going the other way. Towards the village. The neighbours' hens dashed towards me. Until they realised I was not carrying the mandatory pocket full of corn. The room temperature has soared to a toasty 72F/22C. All thanks to a single, large log.
11.45 31F/-1C. Solid sunshine. A bird is beeping in the trees. Can't se it but it may be a woodpecker. I have been outside cooling down. By digging deeper for the missing drainpipes. Perhaps I should go sideways instead of straight down? My fuzzy logic suggests. That if they were any deeper. Then the pipes wouldn't have a proper fall to the bottom of the inspection chamber. Never mind, it's all good exercise. 😊
12.15. Found it! My guess was close enough. The orange pipe is 85-90cm deep and goes off sharply to the right. As I am facing the house wall. Now I just need to expose enough of it to be able to fit a branch. To bring a pipe upwards to the surface. Where an adapter will connect the washing machine's 40mm pipe to the 110mm drains.
Unfortunately I cannot find the approved system of running a washing machine, waste pipe to the sewage system. In England it would be a matter of fitting a grill at ground level. In colder Denmark there would be a risk of freezing. Even though the washing machine only drains intermittently. So there should be no flow able to freeze. The obvious danger would be the grill freezing over in winter. Due to snow or low temperatures. Causing the waste water to be diverted by the ice onto the surrounding area.
At least that is my theory. I need to talk to an authorized drainage contractor. One of the three websites which claims to get three offers for any building work. Has already closed my request. For a qualified tradesmen to carry out the work. No responses after a whole month.
It is illegal to carry out drainage work in Denmark without using an authorized contractor. Though I would be perfectly willing to carry out the work myself to their approved design. Then have it inspected and approved by the authorized contractor at my own expense. There is a local drainage contractor but he never got back to me after I sent him my details at his own request. I have now sent a request to two more local drainage contractors to carry out the work. Their websites have a contact form. With room to describe the work required. Both are only a stone's throw from my own address.
Dinner was chicken and mushrooms with chips. I turned the heat down in the oven to prolong the browning of the chips. Chips in the mini oven were always a disappointment. I am getting the hang of cooking and washing up simultaneously.
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