Home Owner Meeting - Increase Maintenance Level

On Sunday, 10 April, we had the opportunity to meet most of the other home owners and attend the yearly meeting at the cul-de-sac at the end of the lane.  We met the president, her board and learned most of the residents have been here for a long time.  I had a chance to alter the bylaws concerning hurricane panels for windows.  On Saturday, Sue and I saw some translucent 4x6 and 4x8 panels that were 1" thick and were approved by Dade County for 200+ wind situations.  And since the cost of these panels were so much less than the steel ones, I asked for a chance to use these panels and place them on the windows that could not be seen from the main street before we left later this month.  I received an almost unanimous vote since I waited to present this item lastly during the agenda.

Other maintenance projects we are actively working on are: high pressure blast the entire house and upper areas around rain gutters, garage floor, and paint it and the concrete side walkway. 

Sanding the 1x6 top covers were the worst

Painting Northeast Sector Windows where the weather usually comes from
 

Sue doing the third coat after I used an entire jar patching this area



Replaced both feeder valves that were leaking under the kitchen sink

 

The front porch (really small) needed so badly to be painted.  I used a whole tub of wood putty up patching the open spots and filling voids that looked terrible.  We put multiple coats on and will finish with a glossy cover on the very top.  I suppose the whole day was spent sanding, patching, and painting.

 

The limb is falling...

 On Sunday morning before church, John came over with his fantastic extended saw and cut a limb for me that was close to the roof and with a little wind could scratch the shingles and destroy them.  Sun protection is important, but not at the loss of roof shingles.

Sue was her normal self, worrying about dropping the limb on the newly painted porch area and day/night light. 


This light is required for each home in this 60 home development.  If the light ceases to work a fine is levied to the owner.  In looking over the history of this light, we found it has been a problem area for a considerable amount of time.  The previous owner didn't know why the light didn't go off during the daytime and then blinked for 20 seconds throughout the day.  I decided to replace the sensor in the light and found one in Lowes across the street.  When I took it apart I found the previous owner didn't wire the sensor correctly according to the schematic presented.  We will replace the tungsten bulb with an LED that will be less costly to operate over the next year and perhaps will last that long.
The last two nights the light has worked flawlessly coming on at nearly 8PM and going off at 7AM.