Difference: HoneyDo (6 vs. 7)

Revision 730 Aug 2003 - TobyCabot

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 Things to do around the house:
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  • New dryer
 
  • take old landscape timber to dump.
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  • prep/paint trim around front door, fix door sill.
 
  • rip up nasty alu gutters on front awning
  • fix upstairs bathroom tile.
  • shutters in den. http://smithandnoble.com/ sent me a catalog. others?
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  • re-open doorway between den and dining room
  • cracked window in Toby's office
  • cut back yard fence to waist high, paint.
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  • rip up front walk, replace with something less tarmac
 
  • patio behind kids' playroom
  • get rid of crappy storm windows on first floor front windows. look for a less cheezy alternative.
  • wood gutters on front of house?
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  • need outlet by Tory's bed
  • light fixture by washer is shot
  • move chandelier fixture in dining room
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  • can we put the upstairs hall light on the switch below it?
 
  • wiring in dining room is nasty - run behind baseboards

Honey Done

  • strip/paint front door to match shutters. This was a minor disaster. I used "strip-away" alkaline paint stipper which did a fantastic job stipping the four coats of paint but then wouldn't stop. It kept bleeding through the primer and dripping brown gunk down the front of the door. I also had to do a bunch of work to get the lock to close correctly; another Frank McDonald hack job.
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  • prep/paint trim around front door, fix door sill.
 
  • get rid of cinder blocks, etc. took them to a place on the road to Costco, on the left, they charged $5 to take them.
  • outside hose faucet is shot - leaks
  • re-hang shelves in upstairs bath
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  • get rid of gutters around garage looks much better
  • ethernet to back porch, toby's office
  • dining room door hinge (was held together with moly bolts and toothpicks. It's not fun cleaning up after a hacker)
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  • rip up front walk, replace with something less tarmac Hired a local contractor to do the work, a guy named Andy Shumway. My Mom suggested running the walk around the side of the house to the driveway and that seemed to make sense so we did, and it worked out really well. The work was slightly more expensive than we hoped but we saved a little bit of money when Andy jackhammered the concrete pad in front of the front door and found a huge slab of granite *inside* the concrete. The previous owners had evidently taken a nice granite step, encased it in concreate and then painted the concrete Navy grey. At least it looks good now.
  • New dryer
  -- TobyCabot - 24 Sep 2001-10 Feb 2002
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