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24 Crestwood
2024
Jill and Tyler's marriage puts me of Jeff & Jen's marriage a few years earlier. We had put some effort into the RI house then and felt the desire to hit it a bit harder this year. Chiefly on the list - the hallway into the basement. I'm not sure if the ceiling was ever painted by any of us. I got out the catwalk and rolled it out, walls and ceiling with ceiling paint. My brother's attention to the exterior windows, doors and general patch work allowed me to continue to "move the needle" to borrow some government parlance and also paint out the floors in the basement, making it easier to sweep.
The exterior drainage runs have been worked on, runoff water flowing much better, Upstairs & downstairs leaky bathroom faucets replaced, leaky washing machine replaced - some of the plumbing mended, downstairs fridge was dead and also replaced. A socket installed behind it - no more extension cord. Various pieces in the ceiling and walls also make it look a bit more finished.
In the kitchen that obnoxious range hood and low power lighting fixture have been replaced. Throughout the building I got on various vintage switches and electrical sockets (plugs) replaced with the safety shielded kind in the living room and the wallpaper striped, ceiling and walls painted.
Outside the deck got done, some of the closer boards flipped and sanded. We're using quality Sherwin Williams paint now forgoing the near match Home Depot special. The side stairwell has new steps! and one of the risers replaced. Funny that the above lampooned Home Depot had them, (I could not find them there back in the day). I used the rolling pressure washer to spray the exterior concrete, it knocked down a lot of the green mold.
Sorry I don't have any pictures. See you all next season.
2021
New Storm Door
Deck Repaintment
The deck has been pressure washed and repainted!
Washing and Working
Pressure washing the walkway while getting some trim done on the front door.
Waterproofing Treatment
Floors in bathrooms and outside walls needing cleaning and coating with Clear Seal product we found at Walmart.
Underdeck Cleanout
The underdeck area has been cleaned out and raked. Maybe lattice for it in 2022?
Roof Jet Replacement
The southwest roof detail replaced with monolithic piece.
Western Wall Sills
Both western wall window sills needed scraping and painting.
Basement Window Trim
Wall Pressure washed
The backyard side wall has been pressure washed.
Resetting Stepstones
The backyard side stepping stones had become recessed and covered with dirt.
Backyard Rock Drilled and Split
A protruding rock bolder is drilled and leveled to soil.
Painted Stairwells
The two exterior wall stairs painted.
Front Yard Stumps Removed
The two bush stumps in the Front yard have had their sod packs removed, stumps detailed, cutout, sod replaced.
YARDWORK: Detailing Yardwork: Trimming bushes and hedges arond and alongside the edges of the property.
Big Pine Tree
Rakeout under the big pine tree - usually good for at least one wheelbarrow load of needles.
Uphill Pine Trees Rakeout
Rakeout under the two uphill pine trees - each usually good for at least one wheelbarrow load of needles.
Backyard Rakeout
Rakeout behind the hammock - used the rider mower to vacuum it up then dumped into liners in garbage cans.
Compost Reduction
Called the trash company who said they would take the clippings, loaded 8 bags to go on trash day.
2021 Wear and Tear
New kitchen faucet Replaced existing faucet due to leakage problems on hot side. The existing unit threads had up and required cutting out.
Bathroom Floors Resealed grout in both bathrooms using a WaterSeal gloss product which was also applied to the scrubbed and pressure washed outside walls.
Basement Ceiling The laundry area ceiling was partially demoed and not put back up.
Bathroom Ceiling The bathroom ceiling was peeling and the tub in need of a re-caulk. The bathroom fan has been taken down and cleaned. Please run the fan for 20 minutes after your shower with door open. This will go a long way to remove the moisture and is greatly appreciated.
Grill Tarp The grill tarp was found shredded, grill left uncovered. Two of the flame diffuser elements were burned out. We purchased a new tarp and diffuser elements. The grill housing noticeably faded.
General Items
Garage Fixup - Trying to remove as much stuff being stored so we can all benefit from a less cluttered building to visit.
Pets The vacuum cleaner bag and rotary mechanism was clogged with pet hair. Visiting pets are OK, no long term pet residence.
Garage
North side garage wall has be repurposed for the house ladder. Removed my lumber previously stored.
2019 Improvements
GFI Socket in bathroom - removed vanity, found power drilled hole, ran wire and installed a GFI in the bathroom.
Electrical Upgrade - Contractors install new panel and basement heater element:
Main Hall Heater
Laundry Room Heater
Bathroom Heater
Bedroom 2 Heater
Bedroom 1 Heater (not pictured)
Garage Heater
Also they replaced the breakout main panel with a larger capacity one and upgraded the RV/Tesla Power Station wiring.
With this going on did some more garage re-oganizing
And some paneling
Then raced to completion the last minute but long overdue basement windows!
Winterizing - for use:
1. upper side outer gable vents - cap
2. porch side gable vents - cap. (remove 3 screws and slide in a piece of flashing)
3. storm windows kitchen - tack in so it is tight
4. Bay window/basement casement. Make sure they are properly latched.
5. Room windows - proper deployment! (furthest back pane goes up)
6. both exterior water sillcocks - winterize.
7. Make sure garage door is all the way down and locked.
8. Set minimum (50 deg) temperature in basement "main hall" "laundry room" bathroom and garage to protect plumbing infrastructure and regularly inspect.
9. Basement main hall casement window. install plexiglass shield.
The garage at 24 Crestwood has been opened up so that the tractor no longer blocks access through the room. We put the table saw last in so that it can immediately be brought to bear next season.
The rooms in the basement meticulously cleaned out of stuff, cords and appliances, (bagged in plastic) ready for hot clorox washdown in spring. Bedding moved away from the known "wet" wall. The air filters moved upstairs.
Oh those tricky storm windows, Here, out of order again! The outer one up, the inner one down. Also we put the screens in the down position, leaving them partially up, although it makes no difference, gives the appearance from the street that something has been left open
Winterizing Water Lines -(WWL) The water lines have blown so many times that we have developed a detailed guideline for using an air compressor to force any remaining water from the lines. (picture pending)
WWL - Prep Turn off water, turn off electric circuit to hot water. Drain Hot water tank (connect hose, turn lower valve, upper valve - it will take some time to drain. Locate the electric air pump and appropriate hose to connect to outside garage spigot - let water out of the spigot first. flush toilets, turn off both toilet valves. Once hot water tank is empty, remove hose. Close both valves, close the hot water tank cold intake valve.
WWL - Cold SideTurn on air pressure device and allow air to enter the water lines. Open upstairs kitchen sink cold, allow water to stream out to a sputter. It is not necessary to drain out every last drop, allow to sputter for a few seconds then close valve. Got to upstairs bathroom, repeat for vanity sink, tub and tub main spigot then turn valve to blast shower head of any remaining water. close then open toilet valve to clear then close. Basement: Repeat for downstairs sink, toilet, the water filter (you might want a bucket) then turn on the washer as if attempting to run a load to force air through it. Turn off washer then open outside backyard spigot.
WWL - Hot Side with air compressor still running open the hot water tank cold intake valve, this lets air into the now empty hot water tank, repeat blowing out for upstairs and downstairs water fixtures. Note - we do not have hot water connected to the washing machine so not necessary to purge washing machine on hot water side. - Once completed turn off air compressor and call town to turn off - remove water meter which froze in winters of 2014 and 2015, back to back event - not seen since we started opening the house going back at least 10 years.
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