# Gayflower Repair List and Wish List

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## Introduction

The Gayflower is an absolute marvel, but it is not particularly robust or fancy. So we always have a ton of improvements we'd like to make to get it better and better! This chart summarizes those plans.

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-priority-project-sta" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 718px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 11.323%;"></col><col style="width: 53.4259%;"></col><col style="width: 35.2512%;"></col></colgroup><thead><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">**Priority**  
</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">**Project**  
</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">**Status**  
</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr style="height: 80.2px;"><td style="height: 80.2px;">**DONE**</td><td style="height: 80.2px;">**Fix Leaks Around Fresh Water Pump**  
The main green fresh water pump has a few little drips. There is a second leak on the thin brass fitting where water goes off to the swamp cooler.  
</td><td style="height: 80.2px;">[COMPLETED spring 2025](https://wiki.futureturtles.com/books/burning-man-infrastructure/page/gayflower-spring-2025-plan "Gayflower: 2024 water system and 2025 potential improvements")

</td></tr><tr style="height: 80.2px;"><td style="height: 80.2px;">**DONE**</td><td style="height: 80.2px;">**Replace IBC Totes With New**  
The four IBC totes in the back were used for fruit juice concentrate and cause the water to smell poorly. One of the three IBC totes in the front (the rearmost one) has a broken shutoff valve.  
</td><td style="height: 80.2px;">[COMPLETED spring 2025](https://wiki.futureturtles.com/books/burning-man-infrastructure/page/gayflower-spring-2025-plan "Gayflower: 2024 water system and 2025 potential improvements")</td></tr><tr style="height: 63.4px;"><td style="height: 63.4px;">**DONE**</td><td style="height: 63.4px;">**Seal Waste Line at Second Urinal**

We haven't been able to use the second urinal because the waste line leaks.

</td><td style="height: 63.4px;">[COMPLETED spring 2025](https://wiki.futureturtles.com/books/burning-man-infrastructure/page/gayflower-spring-2025-plan "Gayflower: 2024 water system and 2025 potential improvements")</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">3 Medium  
</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">**Leaks around sink bases**

</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">unclear; maybe be result of bad faucets.  
  
Faucets are planned to be replaced at Burning Man 2025</td></tr><tr style="height: 63.4px;"><td style="height: 63.4px;">5 Urgent  
</td><td style="height: 63.4px;">**Leak in Grey Water Connecting Hoses**

The one we noticed was probably the rearmost, passenger-side grey water holding tank.  
</td><td style="height: 63.4px;">contract out to Adam Pence</td></tr><tr style="height: 63.4px;"><td style="height: 63.4px;">4 Important  
</td><td style="height: 63.4px;">**Better Support For IBC Totes in Back**

Weld in place a steel structure to support the weight of the water tanks in back, or add more wood</td><td style="height: 63.4px;">contract out to Adam Pence  
</td></tr><tr style="height: 197.8px;"><td style="height: 197.8px;">4 Important  
</td><td style="height: 197.8px;">**[Secondary Containment](https://wiki.futureturtles.com/books/burning-man-infrastructure/page/gayflower-leak-prevention) for Grey / Black Water Tanks**  
There is an interesting problem that if the grey or black water tanks leak or the hoses connecting them come apart, the contents go onto the playa.  
  
There is a black liner there of some sort but it will not contain anything. It is is starting to rot away and probably has a lot of holes and screws going through it right now

</td><td style="height: 197.8px;">  
contract out to Adam Pence</td></tr><tr style="height: 80.2px;"><td style="height: 80.2px;">**DONE**</td><td style="height: 80.2px;">**Level Indicators for Waste Water Tanks**  
Apparently there are already sensors connected to the grey and black water tanks to measure the level, but they are not hooked up to anything that can be used to read their output.

</td><td style="height: 80.2px;">[COMPLETED spring 2025](https://wiki.futureturtles.com/books/burning-man-infrastructure/page/gayflower-spring-2025-plan "Gayflower: 2024 water system and 2025 potential improvements")

</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">5 Urgent</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">**Main faucets broken**

cheap old faucets broke. Replace

</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">contract out to Adam Pence   
or

bring replacement parts to Burning Man

</td></tr><tr><td>5 Urgent</td><td>**Shower heads clogged and corroded beyond repair**

</td><td>contract out to Adam Pence   
or

bring replacement parts to Burning Man

</td></tr><tr><td>5 Urgent</td><td>**System for easy winterization**

</td><td>(1) Bring a tool so we can blow compressed air up through hose bib.

(2) Fixxer said he can add some air connections and more drains. Talk to Adam Pence about this too

</td></tr><tr><td>2 Low Pri</td><td>**Repair Hand Wash SInks**

Both of these were damaged around the foot pump by freezing.

</td><td>People barely used this IIRC

Might be easy just to swap out the foot pumps, though.

</td></tr><tr><td>4 Important</td><td>**Light in back room**

</td><td>Contract out to Adam Pence

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