Even a simple job, like replacing one side of a door casing, requires a lot of tools.
Category: Life with Pratts
Patio Progress
Day #3. A new walkway will lead down to a patio.
The materials are the same as were used for the front walkway that was built last year.
See that area next to the steps? That’s where I’ll set up the portable screen for the hoped-for movie nights.
The portable projector’s contrast ratio isn’t the best, so dark scenes can appear a bit washed out, but cartoons look okay even in bright daylight.
Here There Be Much Loud Banging
Day #1.
Ten Years After
As I did ten years ago, on Monday I will be at the starting line of the Boston Marathon as a spectator. It’s an event I used to participate in, until one of my ankles decided that 10k was the longest distance it felt like running.
These are the posts I put online April 15, 2013, shortly after hearing about the explosions at the finish line.
Air
Haier products were everywhere when I bought this air conditioner fifteen years ago, but the brand seems to have disappeared from stores.
I’d forgotten it’s 11,500 BTU’s, and extra heavy, so getting the thing out of the house was a struggle.
Dropping off the old A/C at the big trash and recycling center this morning cost $50, but I should be getting a $40 rebate from the Mass Save energy program for the new LG. At 8,000 BTU’s it’s quieter than the Haier was when running.
And that’s about as mundane as a blog post can be.
A/C Action Required
Did I mention the porch air conditioner died at the end of last summer? Well, it did. This was how it looked the day it was installed in October, 2007.
The thing about a thru-wall A/C is, it has to either be left in place or replaced. Otherwise, the wall has to be closed up. As Trustee of my late parents’ estate, I had the long dead thru-wall swamp cooler in the garage at their house in greater Phoenix removed, and the wall repaired. Cost? $600. A job like that would cost significantly more in greater Boston!
Before in AZ
After in AZ
Thursday and Friday we could get a taste of Arizona heat here, with weather in the mid-80’s. A replacement A/C for the porch should be here on Wednesday.
