Archive for July, 2007

The Shed

Marian July 9th, 2007

Well, our friend Bill, who is a great “handy” guy, was almost finished with the repair of our shed, when he went inside to add concrete panels to the wall, when he found TERMITES. Well, that put everything behind, as far as finishing the shed….

We had some spray for carpenter ants and termites, Bill removed the door from the side shed and we are letting the area dry out and continue to spray the affected areas every day…

My husband, son, and I went out and cleared most of the area around the wall where the termites have nested. We moved thing, threw things out, and got rid of an old desk that was made of particle board that was falling apart, not just due to the termites but also the moisture that the old side shed configuration allowed to exacerbate!

Well, it will be a few weeks before we can get back in and remedy the damage to the shed. Bill won’t be available until then!

We will have to replace some of the plywood flooring, the wall in one section, the building was constructed right on top of the ground… Not on any kind of pier! Well, it will be repaired soon enough!

Wish us luck! :-)

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Don’t Buy Amana Refrigerators… They don’t last!!!

Marian July 4th, 2007

In 2001, when Circuit City was getting out of the appliance part of their business, we bought an Amana side-by-side refrigerator… It worked well for the first year or so, but after the 3rd year, we began to have problems…
Now, here we are in 2007 and the thing was irreparably broken… A wire, somewhere in the back wall of the fridge was broken. Now, the repairman said it could be made to work once again, but it would open him up to lawsuits.

The refrigerator was an Amana ars 2364ac. I Googled it, and found that we weren’t the only ones to have this problem… I still have fridges that are over 20 years old… They may not be terrible energy efficient, but they used to be built to last! These companies need to think of the consumer, rather than the bottom line!

The scary thing is, is that Maytag Corporation, which bought Amana a few years ago, also owns Whirlpool, KitchenAid, et al… Be careful when shopping for your new appliances… You may get exactly what you don’t want. DO YOUR RESEARCH! Remember, Caveat Emptor…..

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