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#107287 - 09/28/07 11:32 PM Re: Prepping a house for vacation? [Re: stargazer]
sodak Offline
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Registered: 03/20/05
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Good suggestions. If it's over a winter holiday, I always ask my neighbors to have their guests park in my driveway. Gives it a good lived in appearance, and it's nice to have fresh (snow) tire tracks leading in and out.

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#107327 - 09/29/07 04:38 PM Re: Prepping a house for vacation? [Re: sodak]
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Registered: 08/18/07
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Loc: Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Hi Blast

Your neighborhood may not have sump pumps installed. In case anyone is not familiar with them, they live in the basement usually in a small well below the level of the basement floor. They pump out the water that would otherwise fill the basement.

For those of us that have them:

1. They fail most often when you are away, so you return home to a new swimming pool. Having someone check the basement frequently, and especially after a rain storm is a very good idea.

2. They also don't work if there is no electrical power. During last year's hurricane, I had to run my neighbor's sump pump (and mine) off my generator for 2 days while they were on vacation.

If you have a sump pump, have a plan.
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#107330 - 09/29/07 04:51 PM Re: Prepping a house for vacation? [Re: bws48]
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Ah, sump pumps. Not a problem here. The water table is about four feet down so houses here don't have basements.

Which severly limits where a husband can stash stuff. frown

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#107342 - 09/29/07 07:30 PM Re: Prepping a house for vacation? [Re: Blast]
Kris Offline
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Registered: 04/13/07
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Loc: A Canadian Back in Canada
Originally Posted By: Blast


Which severly limits where a husband can stash stuff. frown

-Blast


Thats why we have garages!!!!!
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#107351 - 09/29/07 09:26 PM Re: Prepping a house for vacation? [Re: Kris]
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Registered: 09/30/01
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That's why we build "workshops," separate from the house...
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#107370 - 09/30/07 12:35 AM Re: Prepping a house for vacation? [Re: OldBaldGuy]
Susan Offline
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Registered: 01/21/04
Posts: 5163
Loc: W. WA
Unplug the important stuff, like the computer. Surge protectors won't protect a really nearby lightning strike. A friend of mine in WI just discovered that, as did all her neighbors.

Set the timers to times the stuff would normally be on.

If you're leaving a small booklet with a neighbor with all your photos in it, include a photo of the friend(s) who would be checking your house. Don't confuse the Neighborhood Watch AND the police.

On your last walk-through, be sure to turn off all your wake-up alarms. I had a townhouse neighbor who left before his alarm went off.

"I've always turned my gas back on myself. Hmmm, I wonder what's the best way to ask my insurance company about that..."

Don't EVER ask your insurance company about something like that! They maintain logs of calls in your file. A question like that would probably raise your insurance premiums, and if you were to have a claim for any kind of fire, it WILL be used against you. Yes, it's insane. And YES, they do it.

Anyone in a snow area should have a neighbor drive in and out of your driveway a few times to leave tracks. What does a pristine property tell the local junkies when it hasn't snowed for four days?

Sue



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