{"id":28,"date":"2023-07-04T15:37:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T15:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2025-05-22T19:48:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:48:50","slug":"contractors-and-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/living-at-101\/contractors-and-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Contractors and Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Utilities<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Town Transfer Station &#8211; annual fee <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Town of Amherst &#8211; water &amp; sewer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WMECO \/ Eversource &#8211; electricity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Comcast &#8211; Internet service<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USA &#8211; individually contracted trash, recycling, compost pickup<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Surner Furnace &#8211; oil delivery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>natural gas &#8211; Red Gate not plumbed for natural gas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Local Suppliers<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Summerlin &#8211; for flooring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cowl&#8217;s &#8211; local hardware, paint, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Native Plant Trust \/ Nasami Farm &#8211; native plant nursery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>stones &#8211; Delta Sand &amp; Gravel <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wagner &#8211; woodchips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>pests\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Complete Pest Control &#8211; Stanley; semi-annual termite bait, mouse bait, inspections<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rocky from Problem Wildlife &#8211; bat-proofing, 2019-2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roof &#8211; replaced 2020; annual maintenance Shumway Roof\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shumway Roofing through 80s &#8230; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>replaced with composite by Young Roofers &#8230; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>switched back to Shumway in 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Basement systems\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Surner Furnace &#8211; Furnace, Oil Tank, HVAC, Heat Pump; annual furnace servicing; oil re-supply<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>sump pump &#8211; Leader; became DryZone Basement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>radon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>appliance repair<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amherst Glass &#8211; window replacement; conversion to double-panes; etc<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jay Watson &#8211; construction projects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UMass students &#8211; spring clean-up, etc. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Green Man \/ Dan Griffith &#8211; stonework &#8230; Matt Essig grandson taking over<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>trees &#8211; Bartlett<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>locks &#8211; Amherst Lockworks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>chimney &#8211; Geoffrey Kensweth, the Chimney Sweep &nbsp;413-626-9134<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>plumber \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Western Mass Rotorooter &#8211; Mark Dansereau &#8211; snaking front kitchen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>real estate agent 2012 &#8211; Christine Lau<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>inspections 2012 \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>general inspection &#8211; Harvey Sansoucy at Friendly Inspections<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>radon inspection &#8211; Ahearn<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>air quality &amp; mold &#8211; Forbes &amp; Wheeler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>lead inspection &#8211; none. Ann Crochiere, Aclin Inc., lead testing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>chimney &#8211; Steven Sosz masonry evaluated chimney&nbsp;; fine shape<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>yardwork, household stuff:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>UMass Jobs Board<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Major Work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1980s &#8211; sunroom &#8211; Wright Builders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>? &#8211; furnace replaced<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2011 &#8211; Leader Basement sump pump system installed; water heater replaced<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2012 &#8211; renovations &amp; electrical upgrades \/ Handyman Hank Barstow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2012 &#8211; chimney cleaning \/ Geoff the Chimney Swift. Geoff@thechimneyswift.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2014 &#8211; Conway study<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015 &#8211; pink bathroom floor \/ marmoleum from Summerlin Floors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015 &#8211; back bathroom sliding door &#8211; Bill Johnson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2018 &#8211; American Installations &#8211; vapor barrier in basement crawl spaces; insulation elsewhere<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2018 &#8211; oil tank replaced; Surner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2017 &#8211; entry hall re-tiling \/ Teagno<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019 &#8211; chimney re-built \/ Chris Domian, Domian Masonry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019 &#8211; heat pump \/ Surner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020 &#8211; roof replaced \/ Shumway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021 &#8211; basement remodeled, media room installed \/ Jay Watson\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>basement floor polished<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>firepit patio added, with stone stairway out of basement; stone stairway &amp; patio out back door repaired.  (Dan Griffith)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2022 &#8211; Stonework wall around Ash Hill repaired. (Dan Griffith &amp; grandson). A lot of electrical upgrading (Jay Watson&#8217;s crew). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2023 &#8211; treework (lightning struck oak tree on Broudy border removed; Oliver Broudy arranged); stone path in back completed (Dan Griffith&#8217;s grandson).  bathroom cabinets installed in back bathroom (Jay Watson). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2024 &#8211; Back door keypad (Derek @ Amherst Lockworks)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2025 &#8211; Back bathroom cabinets &amp; sink vanity (January, Jay Watson). Lighting in kitchen, bidet toilet seat (May, Jay Watson). Heat pump repaired (March, Surner). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utilities Local Suppliers Services Major Work<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":153,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":862,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/862"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}