Lorax
Manner Maintenance History
Table
of Contents:
*Heating/Gas
*Electric
(lights, power outlets)
*Plumbing
(toilets, showers, sinks, pipes)
*Washer
and Drier Machines
*Infrastructure
(wall removal, wall addition, shelving, bunk beds, etc.)
*Roofing
*Flooring
*Doors
*Windows
*Kitchen
Related (major infrastructure such as ovens, faucets, sanitizers,
cabinets)
*Internet
Related
*Fire
Safety and Fireplaces
*Painting
and Plastering (not mural related)
*Murals
*Room
Theme Changes
*Non-Stationary
Maintenance and House Purchases (includes bicycles, kitchen gadgets,
tools, etc)
*Outside
(compost, walkways, structures, etc)
*Misc
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HEATING
/ GAS
*2003,
Fall - Steam powered radiator heaters replaced with 3 gas powered
forced air furnaces and corresponding duct work. Qualified for
high-efficiency rebates (it is efficient).
ELECTRIC
(lights,
power outlets)
*2009, Summer - Electrical outlets replaced with
new ones and new light fixtures added.
PLUMBING
(toilets,
showers, sinks, pipes)
*1985, ??? - New water boiler installed by
Olsen Mechanical
*1990, October - Estimate from Professional
Environmental Associates, Inc. for an ‘asbestos containing pipe
insulation’ removal project in the tool room, boiler room, and bike
room and dirt room (All 3 houses?).
*2006, Spring - Water
heater/boiler replaced
*2007, Spring - Sanitizer replaced
*2009,
Summer - Toilets on 2nd and 3rd floor replaced with dual flush; 2nd
and 3rd floor bathroom floor drains re-plumbed.
*2009, ??? -
Greywater toilet installed into 3rd floor bathroom.
*2012, Winter
- 300 gallon steel hot water holding tank from the 50’s corrodes
through, cut up and removed, and replaced by 2 80 gallon upright
glass lined hot water holding tanks.
*2012, Winter - Water begins
slowly pooling in tool room laundry basins for first time ever(?).
New hot water system related? Drains snaked to allow water to drain.
*2012, Winter - 2nd floor showers 2nd left shower regrouted.
*2011-2012, Summer-Winter - 2nd floor showers 1st left shower
tile and pipe replaced. 2nd floor showers opened again with only 1st
and 2nd left showers working.
WASHER
AND DRYER MACHINES
*2012,
January - Old dryer vent in laundry room blocked off to prevent cold
air from coming in.
INFRASTRUCTURE
(Wall
removal, wall addition, shelving, bunk beds, etc.)
*2002 or before
- 1st floor shower / bathroom removed from current rear house
entrance past SCA office and Room 2.
*2010, Fall - New roof hatch
built with hinges.
*2010, Fall/Winter - Wooden bicycle racks
built for the Rec room.
*2011, Winter - Tables built for holding
wheels in bike room
*2011, Winter/Spring - Vertical support beam
between Vortex and Kitchen removed to get new stove in.
*2011,
Fall - Bunk bed removed from Room 15.
*2011, December - Second
bunk bed added to Room 10
*2012, January - “Work Trade Room”
(basement furnace room), walled in.
ROOFING
(Rooftop
drains included)
*2010, Winter - Rooftop leak found around chimney
flashing
*2010, ??? - North-East rooftop water drain fixed after
cracking within the house section.
DOORS
*2011,
Spring - Sliding doors between the foyer and Vortex
fixed.
FLOORING
*1992,
Summer - Asbestos removal from basement required after basement
tiling torn up.
*~2002, Summer - Floors sanded and
varnished
*2006, Summer - Kitchen floor replaced.
*2009, Summer
- 2nd and 3rd floor bathroom sub floors/floors replaced.
*2010,
Summer - 1st floor sanded and varnished.
*2011, Summer - 1st to
2nd floor stairs sanded and varnished.
WINDOWS
*2009,
Summer - 2 original kitchen windows replaced with modern windows.
*2011, Fall - Basement and 1st floor windows weatherized with
foam stripping.
KITCHEN
RELATED
(major
infrastructure such as ovens, faucets, sanitizers, cabinets)
*2007,
Spring - New faucet installed
*2007, Winter - New commercial
dishwasher/sanitizer installed
*2006, Summer - The stove venting
and the stove itself was pressure washed/degreased.
*2011, Winter
- New double oven range bought and installed
INTERNET
RELATED
*2011,
Summer - Router added to library.
*2011, Summer - Internet
cabling upgraded from CAT5 to CAT6 and added to vortex and library
areas.
FIRE
SAFETY AND FIREPLACES
*2012,
Winter - Stove fire suppression system altered to meet standards of
new stove
*2012, January - Fireplace chimney swept
ROOM
THEME CHANGES
*2010,
??? - Will and Darton make personal veggie oil processing room below
outside kitchen stairs.
*2010, ??? - TV setup added to Rec
Room.
*2011, Spring - Art room moved into Rec Room.
PAINTING,
PLASTERING AND CEMENTING/CONCRETING
(not
mural related)
*2006, Summer - Kitchen repainted.
*2010, ??? -
Basement work trader room next to band room - wall redone to stop
house’s foundation leak.
*2010, ??? - Rec room wall redone to
stop house’s foundation leak.
*2010, Summer - Meeting room and
Vortex repainted.
*2012, January - Library re-plastering and
re-painting.
*2011-2012, Fall - Winter meeting room
re-plastered.
*2012, January - Room 7
Re-plastered.
MURALS
*2009,
December - Whale in front of room 8 on the 2nd floor paper mached and
painted.
*2010, December - Vortex Lorax coming out of tree stump
painted.
*2011, Spring - The Lorax by Dr. Seuss paper mached into
the Vortex.
*2011, Fall - The Lorax by Dr. Seuss mural painted
over and ripped down.
NON-STATIONARY
MAINTENANCE AND HOUSE PURCHASES (includes bicycles, kitchen gadgets,
tools, etc)
*2006,
Summer - A pressure cooker and industrial blender were
purchased.
*2007, Winter - Industrial food processor
purchased
*~2005, ??? - Burley tandem purchased for food runs
after other (nicer) one was stolen.
*???, ??? - Food Dehydrator
purchased.
*2010, ??? Vitamix found broken upon arrival purchased.
*2011, December - Bagged vacuum cleaner bought (expensive /
supposedly high quality).
*2012, January - Corded drill
bought
OUTSIDE
(compost, walkways, structures, etc)
*~2000, ??? - Front NE cob
bench built specifically designed for
*~2000, ??? - Front wall
created by a landscape architect specifically designed for passersby
to sit.
*2011, Summer - Cob benches added in northwest corner of
property.
*2008, ??? - Cob oven built
*2010, ??? - Cob oven
destroyed because it was falling apart due to having no cover from
the weather.
MISC
*2011,
Summer/Fall - Lorax Manner maintenance map created. Talk to the
office manager or email sage.liskey@gmail.com for a copy
*2012,
January - New Sound Panels Built