Salt Log
Written after the visit, not before it. No product recommendations, no affiliate links, nothing invented.
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Humidity, Gaskets and Sweating Doors
Condensation on a cold surface in a humid room is physics. Condensation inside the cabinet, or frost on the evaporator, is a seal that has stopped doing its job.
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Outdoor Kitchens Have No Off Season
Indoor equipment rests when nobody cooks. An outdoor kitchen four blocks from the Atlantic is being worked on by the weather every hour it exists.
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Old Cottage Kitchens, New Ranges
The appliance goes in, the building stays the same. Every service call afterwards is shaped by the cabinet opening, the circuit and the floor it has to cross.
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Ice Maker Fill, Freeze and Harvest
An ice maker makes worse ice for a year before it makes none, and the shape of the cube tells you which part of the fill-freeze-harvest sequence has drifted.
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Storm Season and Control Boards
A board killed by a surge is easy. A board aged by a hundred small ones is the call that comes back twice, and the fix is usually in the supply, not the board.
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Salt Air Is the Clock
Inland, appliances age on hours of use. Three blocks from the Atlantic they age on exposure, and the two schedules are not close.