In our new rental home here in San Roque de Grecia, our washing machine is electric but the dryer is propane. Our stove is fully propane - oven and six burners. I recently wanted to use the clothes dryer but couldn’t get any heat so I figured maybe the tank was empty.
The propane tank for our stove ran out a couple of days ago. Our landlord, Luis, had given me the name and phone number of the guy that replaces the propane tanks. Costa Rica runs on WhatsApp and I contacted Engardo this way. He arrived this afternoon in his big propane tank carrying truck.
He BACKED DOWN our somewhat steep laneway, at the same time negotiating a sharp turn. I haven’t even yet attempted backing out of our garage, not hitting the fence, making a sharp left maneouver and then gunning the car up the hill and turning right without running into the semi-ditch in front of Serví-Frio, the taller that repairs AC systems just up our laneway. Lance has it down to a science and has no problems.
Engardo installed the new stove propane tank and showed me how to turn on the dryer tank. He assured me that I would not blow up the house.
The big stove:
The new stove propane tank:
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3 comments:
Thank you for this info. I am currently renting in Mal Pais and she the exact stove as in your photograph. My oven seems to take twice as long as it should to bake anything. I don’t understand the thermostat that shows a range of temp rather than a specific temperature. What am I missing??? Thanks much for any help. Anne
Hi Anne! I don’t bake very much so rarely use the oven. Also you can’t broil in it, but need to use the bottom warming section to broil! For baking I use our trusty toaster oven. The six burners are great tho. I tried to find a service manual on line. I don’t know why exact temps aren’t shown and I always have to convert C to F ‘cause that’s just what I am used to for cooking. How do you like Mal Pais? Haven’t been there yet.
Hi Anne! I don’t bake very much so rarely use the oven. When I do need to bake I use our trusty toaster oven. Also you cannot broil inside the oven - you have to use the bottom warming compartment. The broiling is done from the elements above that heat the oven (if that makes sense). No way am I going to bend over that far to move heavy dishes in and out! I tried to find a user’s manual on line. How do you like Mal Pais? Haven’t been there - made it as far as Tamarindo. Cheers!
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