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Mon, Apr 23, 2007

Home Repairs

Posted at 6:26 pm MDT to Miscellaneous

This has been a good news/bad news kind of day.

I had a couple of light fixtures replaced and the electrical and HVAC systems checked out.

The HVAC tech found mummified mice in the bottom of the furnace (ick) and recommended getting the ductwork cleaned (it's probably overdue, even without the mice).

The electrician had recommended a new breaker box last fall (the current one is 30+ years old and doesn't meet current code) He recommended replacement more strongly this time (the winter has done a job on things. But he also suggested that if I decide to put the power underground and buy the materials for re-doing the driveway, he could take care of the regrading at the same time that he does the other work.

That's the more or less good news.

The bad news is that the engineer designing the new septic system called and said he is having problems with the layout. He is calling the Health Department to see if they have any suggestions, and I am going to spend the evening looking for the closing papers from the Mortgage refi before last: they did a formal survey with detailed measurements, and gave me a copy. I've been away so much the past few years, I'm not sure where anything is, so this may be a major project.

Gah. I knew this was going to be a mess. And I can't really schedule the electrical and driveway upgrades until I find out how much the septic system is going to cost. Which they can't tell me until they figure out what they need to do.

Thank goodness I have good credit, high credit limits, and low balances at the moment. But I was just looking forward to getting everything except the mortgage paid off before all of this blew up.

I need to go buy some catfood this evening. I think I'm going to buy a heavy duty shredder while I'm out and toss some of the old papers while I'm sorting things.

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