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In response to backinblue (above), yes we have a screen at the drain, and we clean out the filter downstream of the floor drain enroute the pump frequently. Hair and soap scum still make it to the sump pump although it builds up more slowly! I don't believe that the residue scum from liquid...

After a decade of cleaning hair/soap out of the filter, our shower sump pump stopped pumping. I tried backflushing and forward flushing but just filled buckets rather than getting the pump to empty the lines. Finally, I took the pump apart (hard to get at in the bilge) and sure enough, it was...

We just got back from two weeks in the San Juans. Both my wife and I have Verizon and it consistently had outages. We could occasionally get telephone connection by using a local WiFi (Deer Harbor, Rosario, Blakeley) but rarely could we make calls directly to Verizon. Several locals all told...

Replacing RACORs Regardless of the micron value of primary and secondary fuel filters that you determine best, a key element is how much vacuum your fuel pump has to pull to get fuel thru your filters. My diesel guy says that filtration is nice but having the pump die early because you made it...

Try chartering! Another piece of advice in addition to everything above would be try a week-long charter on a boat approximately like the one you are dreaming about. Nothing like a night or two or even a day cruise or two to quickly find you love or detest some feature or two. You can charter...