House projects seem to ebb near the end of winter. We are in full hunker-down mode and don't seem to have the energy to take on additional chores. Unfortunately our heat stopped working mid-week and the dryer-tumbler stopped as well.
The short version of the solution was that a regulator valve was stuck on our furnace. The valve regulated the hot/cold mix for our bath water. Since it was broken our hot water was irregular and would go from hot to tepid during showers. To 'fix' this I turned our furnace up a little and the problem was minimized... Unfortunately the extra-hot burner slowly boiled away the hot water in our baseboard heat so eventually it would not circulate. No major damage was done and a new valve fixed everything and the hot water in both the shower and baseboard is better than ever.
At the same time as the furnace issue happened, the dryer stopped working. Some quick troubleshooting pointed to a broken belt.
I took apart the dryer and confirmed it was the belt, I was able to track down a replacement (I think there are only two sizes for dryer belts anyway) and fixed it this weekend.
The short version of the solution was that a regulator valve was stuck on our furnace. The valve regulated the hot/cold mix for our bath water. Since it was broken our hot water was irregular and would go from hot to tepid during showers. To 'fix' this I turned our furnace up a little and the problem was minimized... Unfortunately the extra-hot burner slowly boiled away the hot water in our baseboard heat so eventually it would not circulate. No major damage was done and a new valve fixed everything and the hot water in both the shower and baseboard is better than ever.
At the same time as the furnace issue happened, the dryer stopped working. Some quick troubleshooting pointed to a broken belt. 
I took apart the dryer and confirmed it was the belt, I was able to track down a replacement (I think there are only two sizes for dryer belts anyway) and fixed it this weekend.
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