Nothing beats having good/useful tools and some “handyman” skills. Nice job, flu.[/quote]
Normally, home improvement/fix it projects are fun… This particular project, though, really wasn’t. I couldn’t find fireplace expert who could do minor repairs like this…Most of the places I contacted would have replaced the entire front, which is several $$$$$.
Drilling through what appears to be steal wasn’t fun, and I broke like 4-5 drill bits in the process….Fortunately, they were cheap drill bits… If it were my own house, I would say screw it and not use the fireplace and leave everything alone. But I’m afraid that even if I ask the tenant not to use the fireplace, I’m afraid they might anyway, without a screen…..
I took down two ceiling fans because I couldn’t find the remotes to them. Initially I tried to install normal overhead lights, but I realized for some odd reason the wiring to the two ceiling lights were “always on” without a corresponding light switch. The light switch that was in the room didn’t control the ceiling light outlet, but was connected to a outlet in a wall, which also so happened was bypassed so that the outlet was always on…
Took me awhile to figure that out too. So I ended up reconnecting the wall outlet to the switch, took down the ceiling fans, and then installed a smoke/CO detector that uses hard wiring + battery backup where the ceiling fans use to be….Probably better this way, because I doubt any tenant would expect overhead lighting, and if a ceiling fan was there, I would have to deal with it if it breaks…
I replaced the locks, the mailbox keys… The most painful part was getting a replacement pool key…Those keys are made by medeco and I couldn’t find a locksmith to duplicate the key..So that was like $100 a key…Ouch…Don’t loose a medeco key!
