Clay St Oil Tank Filler Tubes Removal

 

Monday May 5, 2025

Oil filler & vent tubes 418 Clay St, Watertown, NY
Removal needed for new siding.

My brother Al & I spent better than 3 hours removing filling tubes on fuel oil heating tanks. The tubes protrude out the back wall of the house which will be getting new siding soon. It would have been quicker to use a Sawzall to cut the pipes, but that could potentially create sparks that might possibly ignite any fumes lingering in the storage tanks. I'm sure the pipe connections have never been undone since the original install. I don't know when that was, but many many years. We used a 4 foot pipe on  pipe wrench too break the fittings free. Due to space constraints we could only give the connections very small turns. Every turn of the wrench required much exertion. All said, it was a long, dirty, sweaty job. 

Disconnecting filler & vent tubes from home heating oil storage
 tanks at Clay St, Watertown

Disconnecting filler & vent tubes from home heating oil storage
 tanks at Clay St, Watertown

Disconnecting filler & vent tubes from home heating oil storage
 tanks at Clay St, Watertown

Disconnecting filler & vent tubes from home heating oil storage
 tanks at Clay St, Watertown

Disconnecting filler & vent tubes from home heating oil storage
 tanks at Clay St, Watertown

Disconnecting filler & vent tubes from home heating oil storage
 tanks at Clay St, Watertown

Live Trapped Two Squirrels

 I recently trapped and released two squirrels at our home in Chaumont, NY. The great squirrel I got on December 4, 2023. The red squirrel I caught yesterday, February 23, 2024. I released each one near my celebrity brother's home in Calcium. Squirrels have been a big nuisance here in Chaumont over the years. Occasionally I use a Have A Heart live animal trap. to try and get some away from our house.

Grey squirrel in live animal trap, December 4, 2023

                       

My celebrity brother Al checks out a red squirrel I caught yesterday, Feb 22, 2024

Wind Storm Damage: Clay Street Door Replaced

Tuesday January 9, 2024, big wind storm tore door off our Clay St, Watertown apartment house.

It also caused wide spread power outages. My tenants on Clay St were fortunate that their power never went out. 

My brother Alan helped me replace old wooden door that was torn off at our
Clay St apartment house during wind storm January 9, 2024

Door was torn apart leaving the hinged side intact.

The rest of the door lying on porch floor.  

New steel door purchased from Home Depot in place. Waiting for better
weather to do the trim.

Receipt for steel door from Home Depot 

I bought a steel door from Home Depot for $364.00 plus $29.12 tax. 

Morning Moon Photo, Christmas Tree Down, & Notes

 

Moon at 7:30am, Chaumont, NY, sonny a6600 camera, Minolta 200mm f2.8 auto focus lens.

We took our Christmas tree down today. I should say I took it down. The Better Half watched me as she has limited mobility with her broken leg. 

Photo of the moon at 7:30 this morning, Sunday January 8, 2023, as seen from our backyard, Chaumont, NY. Temperature this morning was 14 degrees. The coldest night & morning we have had in more than 2 weeks. Most days we have had temps in the 30's and low 40's. The wood stove has been doing a great job, limiting how much heating oil we have been using. Price of home heating oil has been above $5.00 a gallon, and I have heard as high as $6.75 a gallon. That is insane. It was $2.00 a gallon in 2020 when President Joe Biden took office.

etter Half gets better every day as she heals from the broken femur. She as her low points of despair and frustration each day, but that's to be expected. 

Siblings a A & S dropped n this evening for about an hour. They arrived from Arizona after a 4 day road trip. S has new job in Utica, NY, starting in a few days.

Breakfast this morning was Italian sausage, fried eggs & toast.

This evening we had a variety cheeses & crackers, variety of stuffed olives, Croghan Bologna, sliced carrots.