Feb2024

Jared

2024-02-05

More snow today. About 3 inches.
Arranged to have the driveway plowed tomorrow through "Richie" who removed the Rodgers' outdoor tree lights.
Finished cleaning the kitchen cabinets.
Cleaned the Warming Drawer.
Cleaned the Range Hood, while Rebecca cleaned the hood filters (x2). Hard old grease, very tough to get cleaned. Used concentrated Dawn dishwashing soap for best results, though a specific grease cleaner/cutter would be better.

2024-02-06

Light snow overnight, warming throughout the day to around 41 degrees
"Charles" came around 7:45 and plowed the driveway, it continued to melt in the mild temperature.
Finished cleaning the Thermidor gas range (not the electric ovens, yet). All burners work fine. A real mess, but cleaned up pretty well.
Re-installed the two overhead range hood filters that Rebecca cleaned so that they look brand new.

2024-02-07, Wednesday

Removed kick-plate from range and cleaned out underneath with brush and vacuum. No evidence of rodents!
Started cleaning kitchen floor with diluted Pine-Sol. Did area working areas to raised edge of island. Black water. Ugly floor tile, but clean.

2024-02-08, Thursday

Foggy, but no new snow, driveway melted on lower section.
Finished cleaning kitchen floor from island to family room and hallway.
Called Thermador for owners manual, but was told "too old" and that was that. Pretty lousy.
Hung sheets in rear entry area windows and door, and new patterned sheers in door side-lights.

2024-02-21, Tuesday

Cold, overcast, but dry
"Dennis" and "Cliff" from LD Security came to rekey the locks and install new deadbolts and knobs on various doors, making them all same key
Dennis was unable to finish up and will return next Tuesday (the 27th)
Removed old incandescent bulbs, replacing them with 40W (equiv) LED candelabra bulbs on attached garage exterior (x5 3 bulbs each), and the front porch sconces (x2 4 bulbs each)
Cleaned the front port sconces glass inside and out, and the fixtures inside and out. The north fixture appears to have suffered some damage, dents and misshapen sheet metal.

2024-02-23, Friday

Went in person to FirstSource to ask about replacing both the Interior and Exterior garage man doors which have pet door cutouts. "Chad" will come out for a looksee next Saturday, March 1.
The doors are 94" x 36" (interior) and 80" x 36" (exterior)
Reprogrammed the Intermatic J500 light switch in the shop that controls the exterior lights.

2024-02-24, Saturday

Sky clear
Installed 12 bulbs in shop front exterior fixtures, using 40w (equiv) candelabra LED bulb. Western-most fixture has no front glass; needs replacement.
"Travin" from the overhead doors company came to look over garage and shop doors; determined that the Lift-Master Security+ openers are "red button"; we decided that we need:
- x4 3-button remotes
- exterior keypad for attached garage
- gear kit for center shop opener, gears are presently stripped
- Bottom gasket/seal (9 foot length) for #2 bay door of attached garage
Travin will be back next Saturday to install these items

2024-02-25, Sunday

clear sky, warming, roof nearly clear except for ice dame over south-side front porch
Installed 40W equiv LED bulbs in balcony exterior fixtures (2 bulbs each).
Installed 60W equiv LED bulbs in front porch overhang, 2 bulbs. One fixture had no bulb, the other had an unkown wattage medium base but oversized bulb.
Discovered that the under-cabinet lights use a G4 12v halogen lamp 10-15 watts