Day #1.
Category: Porch Life
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.
Black Friday the 13th
Dealing with a nightmare situation resulting from having the deck demolished, in preparation for replacement. The work is now on hold, pending review by the town’s building inspector. When can he get here? No idea. I’ll try to cheer myself up by looking at this delightful Jack Davis illustration.
Follow-up: After crawling around in a small and very dirty space, all is well once again. The inspector is still required, but for a routine reason.
Decked
The lawn mower suddenly went kaput, and after spending too much time figuring out the problem, I’m deciding on a new one. The furnace needed major surgery, which is now done. And I had to straighten out a permit problem with the town for the contractor I hired to replace the deck.
Stimulating the economy
Behold! My venerable and beloved Sony 32XBR100 has left the porch and is now being used by Eric for his “classic” video game setup. In its place is a Samsung LN40D630, and this one came without a vertical line of red pixels. The LN40D630 has received uniformly positive reviews, with the most comprehensive of them being at this link. The stand came from Target.
