May2025

May 13, 2025, Wednesday

Honeywell T6 PRO Z-Wave thermostats

Upper South Hallway (Library BR)
1. Turned off power to the heater using nearby switch
2. Removed Vivint thermostat and mounting plate
3. The 'R'ed, 'G'reen, 'W'hite, and 'Y'ellow wires were connected to the Vivint mounting plate
4. The cable also has 'B'lue and 'Br'own wires that are unconnected at the thermostat and the heater control PCB
5. Connected the 'B'lue wire to the 'C'ommon terminal on the heater control PCB
6. Connected the 'B'lue wire tot he 'C'ommon terminal on the new T6 Pro mounting plate
7. Connected the 'R'ed, 'G'reen, 'W'hite, and 'Y'ellow wires th the T6 mounting plate
8. Loosely attached the T6 mounting plate to the wall
9. Installed x3 new AA batteries in the T6 thermostat
10. Attached T6 thermostat to mounting plate, and powered the heater via switch
11. Basic functions work great; haven't yet enrolled or tested Z-Wave (with TUXWIFI control panel)
Upper North Hallway (Craft Bedroom)
1. Turned off power to the heater using nearby switch
2. Removed Vivint thermostat and mounting plate
3. The 'R'ed, 'G'reen, 'W'hite, and 'Y'ellow wires were connected to the Vivint mounting plate
4. The cable also has 'B'lue and 'Br'own wires that are unconnected at the thermostat and the heater control PCB
5. Connected the 'B'lue wire to the 'C'ommon terminal on the heater control PCB
6. Connected the 'B'lue wire tot he 'C'ommon terminal on the new T6 Pro mounting plate
7. Connected the 'R'ed, 'G'reen, 'W'hite, and 'Y'ellow wires th the T6 mounting plate
8. Loosely attached the T6 mounting plate to the wall
9. Installed x3 new AA batteries in the T6 thermostat
10. Attached T6 thermostat to mounting plate, and powered the heater via switch
11. Basic functions work great; haven't yet enrolled or tested Z-Wave (with TUXWIFI control panel)

May 10, 2025, Saturday

Roof Inspection

Rod XXXXX came (with dog, Stanley) to inspect the roof
found a broken bull-nose tile on the SE corner of the lower roof of the garage.
replaced the broken tile with a spare that I had on hand
Rod reminded me I have a 5-year warranty on the work done last year
Rod said that next time he is on the roof, he can paint the new vent line flashing/boots black for aesthetics

Yard Care

Josh Newmon treated the lawn areas with fertilizer and pre-emergent weed killer
We talked about projects for the coming season
1. Debris removal
  - Behind shop, dead shrubs and limbs pile
  - East, outside fence, dead shrubs and limbs pile + concrete footings
  - Behind shop, old aluminum pool cover tracks
2. Mow east of fence on "flat", as needed [I will stake sprinklers]
3. Mow firepit triangle, as needed [I will stake sprinklers]
4. Lava rock removal, corner beds, and master BR bed
5. Removal of Playset and Trampoline
6. Re-curb inner pool fence
7. new curb on south slope bed
8. Bury sprinkler line along long driveway
9. Move rocks

May 5, 2025, Monday

Finished clearing the red dogwood shrub from the corner of the living room bed

May 3, 2025, Saturday

Planted three (3) Euonymous bushes in the lower gateway planter bed

May 2, 2025, Friday

Planted in lower gateway planter bed:

six (6) hostas
two (2) lilac bushes

Fertilized roses and other last-year plantings