Our friends Anne & Scotty have left and we sure do miss them. As I mentioned in a previous posting, they stay at the same park in the winter where we do, but this year, instead of going home to visit family in New England for the summer, they made a trip through the western part of the country and spent time with us. Scotty is an amazing handyman and boy did we have stuff for him to be handy with. Below are some photos of the projects he did [with Dan, his able bodied assistant].
The light over our dining room table was one that I had disliked since we moved here. The guys replaced it with an antique fixture that we brought from Oklahoma that had been given to Dan by a very good friend. The lights in the kitchen were track lights that only illuminated the island, but no light over the kitchen sink [who wants to do dishes anyway]. It didn't matter in the summer when there was lots of light but early spring and late fall it was a problem. They replaced the original with a different kind of track light that was longer and flexible so that it lit the sink and adjacent counter tops.
We have radiant heating in our floor but it was put in 12 years ago when the house was built and while it worked well, we were not sure if it needed any repair or maintenance. Scotty has installed many of these units so checked ours, and said it was a really good system and did not need any repairs, other than a shut off switch for safety, which he installed.
In the shop, he got our second well working [we have plenty of water for domestic use but this well is for irrigation etc], fixed the heater, fixed the generator, and installed 20-30-50 amp electicity [and built a box to put them in] to take care of any visiting RV's.
The light over our dining room table was one that I had disliked since we moved here. The guys replaced it with an antique fixture that we brought from Oklahoma that had been given to Dan by a very good friend. The lights in the kitchen were track lights that only illuminated the island, but no light over the kitchen sink [who wants to do dishes anyway]. It didn't matter in the summer when there was lots of light but early spring and late fall it was a problem. They replaced the original with a different kind of track light that was longer and flexible so that it lit the sink and adjacent counter tops.
We have radiant heating in our floor but it was put in 12 years ago when the house was built and while it worked well, we were not sure if it needed any repair or maintenance. Scotty has installed many of these units so checked ours, and said it was a really good system and did not need any repairs, other than a shut off switch for safety, which he installed.
In the shop, he got our second well working [we have plenty of water for domestic use but this well is for irrigation etc], fixed the heater, fixed the generator, and installed 20-30-50 amp electicity [and built a box to put them in] to take care of any visiting RV's.
We kept telling him he didn't have to do all this stuff but he said he loves projects. We really did appreciate all he did for us.
Scotty and Dan replacing ugly light fixture.
New light fixture
New light fixture
New track lighting in kitchen
20-30-50 amp RV hookups in weatherproof box
Fixed heater
New hose bib [backyard never had one]
Second well in shop now works
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