{"id":1029,"date":"2020-12-31T18:18:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T18:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2025-05-23T19:27:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T19:27:26","slug":"2020-renovations-upkeep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/2020\/12\/31\/2020-renovations-upkeep\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 renovations &amp; upkeep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>; 2020 major work<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>[x] tree \u2026 summer 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>roof \u2026 summer 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[[yardwork 2020]]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[[house plan 2020-2023]] &#8211; to aim for selling summer 2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>== 2020 chronological ==<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>; Jan 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>[x] rebate from Mass Save for heat pump<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020\/01\/10 fri &#8211; Surner &#8211; furnace cleaning, assessment. &#8211; invoice 97134, $409.63 &#8220;Bronze Clean &amp; Service&#8221; $165; &#8220;Tech also replaced the weak transformer and bad pump&#8221;; efficiency after was &#8220;83%&#8221;<br>** oil pump &#8212; pump-A2va7116-Mini &#8220;a&#8221;3450-New $141.41 and Pump Coupling Beckett $8.83<br>** transformer W\/base all-standard, $80&#8211; coil on the burner on the furnace<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020\/01\/31 &#8211; ordering house # from etsy &#8220;bythenumbers.com&#8221; after getting ANOTHER mis-delivered package last night<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>; summer 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>June &#8211; July &#8211; August &#8212; [[yardwork 2020]]<br>** 2020 July &#8211; large red oak on north border taken down, $2400 split with neighbors (lightning strike winter of 2018\/19 we think) \u2026 also wood chipping a brush pile \u2026 Lashko or Lash Co &#8212; 413-537-0407 cell, 413-534-8733<br>** woodchips north paths<br>** gravel for gravel border along front of house<br>** planting blueberries &amp; raspberries on blueberry hill<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020 July &#8211; [[roof at 101 Red Gate Lane]] being replaced by Alan Shumway Roofing &#8211; approx $45k \u2026 finished 2020\/07\/31<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July &#8211; back bathroom light fixtures<br>** 7\/14 ordering replacements for Varaluz light in back bathroom &#8212; LED lamps to replace the 50W halogen G-style<br>** replaced halogen lightbulbs in back bathroom with LEDs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July &#8211; street number on side of house<br>** 7\/14 hanging up street number on side of house by carport &#8212; it looks great!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July &#8211; M fixed leaking back bathroom faucet (Delta faucet, needed new plastic part)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July &#8211; [[utility closet at 101]]<br>** cleaning &amp; sweeping utility closet<br>** ordering &amp; installing racks to closet for brooms etc<br>** July &#8211; ordered metal baskets for supplies for third wall<br>** [ ] \u2026 install metal baskets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8221;&#8217;2020\/07\/14 &#8211; sunroom window&#8221;&#8217;<br>** calling Amherst Glass about sunroom window<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July\/August &#8211; sunroom french door doorknobs<br>** 7\/14 &#8211; $480 &#8212; ordered new french door doorknobs from [https:\/\/ModKnobs.com ModKnobs.com] &#8212; the old ones were ugly, brassy, and non-functional &#8211; $135 for full set, $105 for full dummy set &#8212; two sets \u2026<br>** ordered doorknobs for sunroom doors, from ModKnobs, close to $500 for all four sets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July \/ August &#8211; shower door handles<br>** orering replacement shower door handles<br>** trying to do shower door handles \u2026 rusted screws \u2026 WD-40 unsuccesful, Liquid Wrench being tried 8\/1 \u2026 successful! new handle applied.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020\/08\/11 &#8211; Stanley with Complete Pest Control to refill termite bait stations, inspect for bees along roofline, deal with [[mice at 101]] in basement &amp; mudroom \u2026 [[pest control at 101]] \u2026 $415<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>; October 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>glass replaced over sunroom \/ Amherst Glass<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>wood frame replaced over sunroom windows \/ Jay Watson (Maplewood)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>power washing walls &amp; deck \/ Jay Watson (Maplewood)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[[mice at 101]]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>; November 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>[[mice at 101]]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>mudroom &#8212; sealing up interior<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>staining of walls around sunroom, front of house \u2026 put nails back in for board at front of house (Jay Watson \/ Maplewood)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[[basement cleanup 2020]]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>; December<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jay Watson @ 50 Maplewood Drive, 413-522-7769 &#8211; final bill, 2020\/12\/07 &#8211; Oct 5-9, Nov 16-20 &#8211; $3,082.73<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[[basement cleanup 2020]]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sump pump basement system &#8211; Water level watch alarms rang on 12\/25 because pumps turning off and water levels getting high. Called Leader &amp; decided we were not in imminent danger of flooding. After discussion w\/ M about covid-19 anxiety, we scheduled for Tuesday 12\/29 for maintenance. (Last sump pump maintenance was 2018; supposed to be annual\u2026.) The Leader Basement Systems people showed up &#8211; did &#8220;flood test&#8221; of our sump pump. Both pumps working but not very well. 9 years old; typical pumps have 3 year warranties &amp; last about 5 years. We replaced both @ $389 (?) each. Dehumidifier also checked &#8212; new filter, new coil or something \u2026 total $900-something.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>; 2020 major work == 2020 chronological == ; Jan 2020 ; summer 2020 ; October 2020 ; November 2020 ; December<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[29,90],"class_list":["post-1029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-renovations","tag-29","tag-annual-renovation-logs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=1029"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1057,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029\/revisions\/1057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}