House Todo List
Urgent:
- Rear brakes on xB
Next Pick List:
- Clean basement floor before a flood washes all the crap into the drain! (12/16/2009)
- Reconnect rear hall overhead light (1/3/2010)
- Upgrade rear hall overhead light (1/5/2010)
- Build washing machine stand upstairs (1/9/2010)
- Cover/Seal floor around washer stand (1/9/2010)
- Run drain to upstairs washer (1/28/2010)
- Run supply plumbing to washer/dryer upstairs
- Run electrical to washer/dryer upstairs
- Run overhead electrical in bathroom
- Cut/cap vent line in basement stairway
- Install hatch above basement stairway and knock down wall to create a mudroom
- Re-glaze attic windows before they cause water damage!
Plumbing:
- Connect main water supply and hot water to pex manifold (1/23/2010)
- Connect bathroom and kitchen to pex manifold (1/23/2010)
- Run dryer vent ducting either through the roof or exterior wall
- Remove cast-iron drain pipe from under-stair closet
- Remove disconnected water line in basement (above electrical panel) and re-ground phone line if it's not already
- Run supply plumbing to upstairs bathroom (sink, shower, toilet)
- Run drains to upstairs bathroom (sink, shower, toilet)
- Add sewer vent through downstairs bathroom wall and out roof above kitchen
- Add sewer vent through the roof above bathroom
- Install sump pit in basement with a proper floor drain, and seal up the ridiculous open sewer we have now
Electrical:
- Rewire outlets/lighting in basement (1/2/2010)
- Hire a pro to replace electrical panel with 200 amp box
- Install ethernet jacks in living room, downstairs bedroom
- Continue rewiring living room
- Rewire front room downstairs
- Rewire dining room
- Add additional outlets to man cave/garage
- Disconnect ALL upstairs knob&tube wiring
- Rewire upstairs lighting
- Rewire master bedroom outlets
- Rewire upstairs outlets room-by-room (office, bonus room left)
- Put matching porch light on back porch to replace the awful one that's out there now
Trim/Deco:
- Fill wall holes in dining room
- Secure base moulding under switches in dining/living room
- Paint living room ceiling
- Paint bathroom ceiling
- Drywall wall/ceiling in back stairs/hallway
- Tear up the carpet and refinish the wood floors downstairs
- Remove wallpaper and paint the front (dining) room
- Restore beadboard ceiling on front porch, removing awful vinyl crud
- Paint the office upstairs
Construction:
- Build basement shelves for dry storage (12/13/2009)
- Demo remaining plaster in back hallway (1/3/2010)
- Buy/Install telescoping attic stairs (purchased 1/2/2010, installed 1/12/2010)
- Build hatch door for attic ladder opening
- Demo wall between back hall and basement
- Reinforce roof of man cave for additional storage
- Build shoe rack under stairs
- Sister floor joists under kitchen
- Remove/replace kitchen floor
- Build shelving in upstairs bedroom closet
- Move downstairs bathroom door
- Install skylight in stair hallway
- Replace window in basement under kitchen
- Better support the huge wood beam that was cut to install a duct in the basement.
- Build an English conservatory onto the south side, off the dining room
- Install another window in the kitchen, on the north wall
- Remove old, ugly deck from back of house and replace it with a brick patio
- Add a window on the back porch to let light into the (future) mudroom
Services/Mechanicals:
- Install radiant heat throughout the downstairs
- Upgrade furnace
- Fix garage door opener
Insulation:
- Insulate under back door where house overhangs foundation.
- Seal/Insulate man cave
- More insulation above bathroom
- Insulate above/around bonus room
- Insulate & vapor barrier under front room/crawlspace
- Remove framing and all old insulation in basement
- Partially remove particle board flooring in attic to gain access to wiring
- Remove old insulation from attic
- Seal any holes/gaps in upstairs ceiling/framing, add a vapor barrier
- Reinsulate attic
- Insulate behind sill beams throughout the house - drafty and cold
Automotive:
- MG - Install rear axle seal
- MG - Install battery cut-off
- MG - Remove/clean/fill all 4 lever-arm shocks
- MG - Buy/Replace lower fulcrum pin
- MG - Replace remaining front rubbers in suspension
- MG - Buy/Replace rear suspension rubbers
- MG - Buy/Install anti-roll bar
- Civic - Tear down engine, find compression leak (rings or valve), fix it
- Civic - replace battery
Pie in the Sky:
- Pour insulated rat slab in basement crawlspace
- Rip off all the vinyl siding and restore original wood siding
- Build a boardwalk through the yard/garden


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