Sky wanted to know how we’re fixing the mouse-gnawed hot water PEX hose.
![[Sky wants to know why that red hose is cut]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2024-11-08--hot-water-line/20241108_075820.jpg)
Sky wants to know why that red hose is cut
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Mouse PEX 2024-11-03
Update 2024-11-11: Fixing hot water line 2024-11-08.
Why does the well pump run in the night?
Why is the water hot immediately at the outside sink?
![[Gnawed]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2024-11-03--rat-pex/20241103_163029.jpg)
A mouse gnawed through the duct tape at the end of the PVC pipe around this hot water PEX tube, and gnawed a hole in the tube.
![[Label]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2024-11-03--rat-pex/20241103_163050.jpg)
We had to dig it up, but it’s easy to fix.
Wrapping it in aluminum foil this time.
-jsq