Living at 101
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Lyndon tree work 2018
9/7 fri — TREES – tree work 2018/09/07 – Lyndon Tree. Pruning rhododendrons, taking off dead branches, chopping fallen dead trees … grinding two stumps in main front yard, chipping the debris pile … arboreal cord on japanese maple … treating hemlocks & spruces
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bat-proofing
Bat saga. 2018/08/03 fri – BATS
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fluorescent bulb meltdown
Early in our tenure here — maybe 2013? — a fluorescent light fixture in the middle bedroom closet melted, with a horrible plastic smell. We took it out, and then eyed the others with some anxiety. In 2022, we replaced all the rest of the old fluorescent tube fixtures throughout the house with LED fixtures…
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oil tank replaced
Surner
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2017 renovations & upkeep
; 2017 major work
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entry hall tiling repaired
Teagno did this work, late March 2017. The entry hall tile was very similar (but not identical!) to the kitchen tile, but I tried and tried and could not find either of those tiles. So, we went with something, again, similar. When we had moved in, a couple of the tiles at the front door…
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2016 renovations & upkeep
; 2016 major work ; did NOT do ; 2016
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gravel borders
gravel border in front of house, mudroom & carport walls – aiming to get mudroom dryer. Installed an underground pipe (French drain) to conduct water from spillway …. Zhem Behr, November 2016
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basement windows
single pane all this time! imagine. Now double-paned, thanks Amherst Glass.
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Skinny barn door for back bathroom
In 2015, we commissioned Bill Johnson to build a sliding barn door for the skinny 20″ doorway between the bedroom and the back bathroom. We purchased a barn door kit from Rockler Hardware, and Bill made a beautiful door, with handles that match existing handles on cabinetry and doors throughout the house. Bill Johnson –…
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2015 renovations & upkeep
2015 yardwork 2015 possibly redundant notes
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pink bathroom linoleum and paint
Pink bathroom improvements! (Post back-dated for chronological consistency.)
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