LORAX MANNER MAINTENANCE CHECKLIST

Provides a rough calender guideline for elected maintenance personnel. Tasks may also be passed onto other house members or work traders. Please check off as each task is completed.

Created February 2012, Updated February 2012. Ask the Office Manager for new copies or go to the Lorax Manner maintenance pages at http://sites.google.com/site/scawiki/

See back of page for short descriptions of each listed item.

See Lorax Manner maintenance map (also available from the Office Manager) for locations of items if you are unsure of where they are or by asking.

YEAR: _______

MAINTENANCE PERSONEL FALL: ______________________________________________

MAINTENANCE PERSONEL WINTER: ___________________________________________

MAINTENANCE PERSONEL SPRING: ____________________________________________

	Fall	Done?	Winter	Done?	Spring	Done?
Week 1	-Inventory -Furnaces -Fireplace Flue		-Inventory -Furnaces -Fireplace Flue		-Inventory -Fireplace Flue
Week 2	-Dish Sanitizer -Dryer -Refrigerators		-Dish Sanitizer -Dryer		-Dish Sanitizer -Dryer
Week 3	-Drain Catches -Rodent Proofing		-Drain Catches -Rodent Proofing		-Drain Catches -Drains -Rodent Proofing
Week 4	-Rooftop -Downspouts		-Rooftop -Downspouts
Week 5	-Fireplace/Chimney				-Refrigerators
Week 6	-Stove		-Stove		-Stove
Week 7	-Chest Freezer				-Chest Freezer
Week 8	-Heating System		-Boiler System
Week 9
Week 10	-Update LM Maintenance History		-Update LM Maintenance History		-Update LM Maintenance History
Week 11

QUARTERLY
**Inventory -- Inventory all tool room and bike room tools and purchase things such as screw drivers, crescent wrenches, and saws that we might need. Thrift stores and pawn shops are a good place to find these things used for cheap. First check the Campbell Club though. Make sure that all tools are labeled with LRX or LORAX or LORAX MANNER.

**Stove – Soak and degrease burners on stove and stove vents.

**Dish sanitizer – Clean filter (very easy).

**Dryer – Clean the vents behind the dryers.

**Fireplace Flue – Make sure the fireplace flue is closed so that warm air doesn't escape.

**Drain Catches - Make sure that all drains (showers and sinks) have a wire catch.

**Update LM Maintenance History – Update the physical maintenance history in this book and online maintenance history at http://sites.google.com/site/scawiki/SCA-houses/lorax-manner/Lorax-House-Maintenance

!**Rodent Proofing – Talk to the house about rodents and measures to prevent their take over. If a rodent problem is not taken care of disease and death are possibilities on top of wasted food, destroyed wiring, and ruined infrastructure. In the past the only option that has worked is poison. Patch any holes you notice. Give any new compost and any non-broken down compost to a composting program. Have at least 1 trap set up in a public space such as the kitchen at all times, and possibly 1 up in the attic. Live traps should be washed after each use to remove scents. Rats and mice are smart and will learn how to avoid the food in traps so change up the bait (peanut butter works very well as well as cheese).

BI-ANNUALLY
***Stove suppression system – Serviced (usually coordinated by office) in Fall and Spring.

**Chest freezer - Remove all items and chip out ice.

!**Refrigerators - Deep clean refrigerators (clean the air intakes!).

**Rooftop downspouts - Clean with a snake and hot water. Remove leaves.

!**Furnaces – Replace each furnace’s filter every 3 month they are in use (basement, 2nd, & 3rd floors). Remove existing filter and purchase filter of same size. Clean air intakes (1st, 2nd, & 3rd floors). Filters can be purchased from any hardware store.

ANNUALLY
***Fire extinguishers - Serviced (usually coordinated by office) sometime between fall and winter time.

**Fire alarm systems - Cleaned and serviced (coordinated through the office) in the Summer.

***Heating system – Service check up – Contact Comfort Flow Heating Company (541)726-0100.

***Boiler system - Service check up – Contact Kevin Cohen Plumbing (541) 607-9208.

!***Fireplace / Chimney – Check the chimney for signs of needing a chimney sweep. Not necessary if few fires are being lit. May explode if too much residue coats inside.

**Drains -- Snake all sink and shower drains then pour baking soda, vinegar and then hot water through them or at your discretion. This can also just be done as drains clog or to drains that actively have a lot of stuff fall into them.

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** - Maintenance / Worktraders / Workparty is responsible for
*** - Office coordinates.
! - high priority