Category: Maintenance

Maintenance Timely Tune-Ups
2011 November Timely Tune-Ups

The boiler squats at a building’s core, churning out heat like some hulking behemoth of the deep. We tend to take the boiler and its labyrinth of pipes entirely for granted, except when it fails to work properly. Ignored in spring and s…

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Building Draffted Ice Dams
2011 November Draffted Ice Dams

It’s a very special formula, says Ralph Noblin of the professional engineering firm Noblin & Associates. In New England, we literally went close to 20 years without that formula coming together. As a decades-long veteran of condo engine…

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Building Up to Code
2011 November Up to Code

 Every resident living in a building with more than two stories understands the  convenience an elevator affords. While antiquated forms of the modern elevator  date back to Ancient Rome, the first passenger hydraulic elevator was installe…

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Building Breathing Easy
2011 November Breathing Easy

When you live in a multifamily building with possibly hundreds of people residing under one roof, cooking, cleaning, dusting, and breathing, it’s no surprise that the airways, chutes, and garbage rooms can get clogged and dirty over tim…

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Building Close Encounters with Wildlife
2011 November Close Encounters with Wildlife

 Winter is coming, and they’re looking for a cozy place to hunker down, stay warm and dry, and maybe raise a  family. And like relatives stopping in for a vacation, they’re cute at first, but more than likely will overstay their welcome. …

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Exterior Waterville Valley, New Hampshire
2011 March Waterville Valley, New Hampshire

 One of New England’s more unique resort communities, Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, beckons like  an oasis from the heart of the White Mountain National Forest. Two hours from  Boston and served by one main road – Route 49 –the village…

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Exterior Proposed Transfer Fee Rule Drastically Revised
2011 March Proposed Transfer Fee Rule Drastically Revised

 A proposal to ban federal lenders from purchasing mortgages in condos with  deed-based transfer fees has been drastically scaled back following intense  lobbying against the rule by community associations around the country.  The p…

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Exterior Seasonal Walk-Throughs
2011 March Seasonal Walk-Throughs

It’s a simple equation: Warmer temperatures and melting snow means that spring is rearing its head around winter’s chilly corner. And aside from the change of wardrobe, there’s one other thing that condominium residents have to look forwa…

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Exterior Go With Your Gutter
2011 March Go With Your Gutter

Everyone knows the old phrase about April showers bringing May flowers, but what the saying doesn’t tell you is that the rain in April can also bring a lot of damage to your gutter system. Hard rain and blustery wind are always around o…

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Exterior Material Differences
2011 March Material Differences

 When a condo’s fencing, decking or siding wear out and need replacement, smart condos are  looking well beyond “apple-for-apple” replacement materials.    Wood siding, a favorite for decades, is frequently being replaced by vinyl  …

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