House Repairs and Improvements Planned
Last update: Sept. 25 '01
What's Next?
- Fix up the grading along South side of house.
- Window treatments on front doors.
The Complete List Follows
Outside Jobs:
- Clean out downspout on NE corner of den.
- Pound down remaining extruding nails in the roof (need a spotter).
- Put a watertight (and rodent-tight and baby-proof) door on the crawlspace.
- Insulate floor above crawlspace, w/vapor barrier.
- Re-grade and clear out brush along side of house.
- Re-grade in front and back to keep water away.
- Install combination lock.
- Check drainage on side.
- Put in additional drains, front and back. (And on side?)
- Reinforce roof under delaminated decking.
- Straighten floor in N wing.
- Raise step to N wing.
- Cross-brace Sukkah structure.
- Put roof on Sukkah.
- Fix up outside light fixtures.
- Fill hole at end of driveway, also hole 10 feet in.
Inside Jobs:
- Take up corner of carpet in MBR, see what's under it.
- Clean S wing furnace.
- Lubricate all shower doors.
- Lubricate all sliding closet doors.
- Replace light kit on fan in L's room.
- Take nails and staples out of Den walls.
- Put in a trim baseboard around Den.
- Fix 3 depressions in (or re-)tile in Hall Bath.
- Fix loose toidy in Guest Bath.
- Re-stain the (new) main entrance threshold.
- Fix window trim in the store.
- Fix window trim around top window in lodge.
- Re-paint: balance of N wing.
- Do something about DR carpet.
- New carpet in guest room and R's office.
- Re-finish floors in N wing (possibly re-carpet 2 used BRs and/or hall).
- Drain stopper in Guest Bath sink.
- Guest room ceiling fan trim piece missing.
- Fireplace bricks cracked.
Jobs to hire people for:
- Termite service (must give repair guarantee).
- Grading.
- Drain trenching.
- Clean air ducts.
In Progress:
- Replace single-cylinder locks (by windows) with double (2 done by Dad).
- Trim trees along side of house
(Jeff did worst, waiting for Jerry to do rest).
- Install threshold tile in Master Bath.
- Install computer thermostats.
Done:
- Clean the gutters.
- Put a cap on the drain outside the front door.
- Repair pull-down "stairs" to attic.
- Fumigate the whole place.
- Adjust the closer so the back door closes.
- Replace smoke detector batteries.
- Fix broken bookshelf rail(s) in Den.
- Re-bulb all lights.
- Bolt left side of slide ladder to platform.
- Re-calibrate thermostat in Den.
- Clean green vinyl siding.
- Guest room door (to hall) doesn't latch.
- Replace light kits on fans in Den w/fluorescents.
- Install latch to keep baby out of the store.
- Re-do linen closet (shelves and back wall).
- Bring deck furniture from storage, wash and put on deck.
- Hook up 2nd phone line.
- Fix loose tile in Master Bath.
- Install/fix paper holders in Hall and Guest baths.
- Re-paint: hall in S wing.
- Re-paint: guest room in S wing.
- Re-paint and replace fixtures in guest bath.
- Re-paint foyer in S wing.
- Check, adjust S wing furnace.
- Set up computer, phone in store and guest room to use 2nd line.
- Re-paint: baby's room.
- Clear out brush around play house.
- Remove ivy from E side of Den.
- Replace light by S front door.
- Install doorbell on S front door.
- Replace front door knob with a lever.
- Kitchen replacement - total.
- Replace the windows in the Dining Room and Den.
- Fix window trim in DR.
- Re-paint: DR.
- Window treatments in the Kitchen.
- Re-paint: S foyer.
- Fix the corner of the roof by back door.
- Replace gutters.
- Replace dead siding.
- Put in a new floor in Dining room.
- Replace track lighting in Den.
- Replace the carpet in the Den.
- Tile on S foyer floor.
- Clean, stain, seal the Deck.