- Unplugged the water ports on the rotating dishwasher part (today)
- Unplugged the food disposer, requiring some nasty fishing under the sink
- Replaced toilet valve assembly
- Replaced toilet handle
- Replaced toilet seat
- Replaced external AC unit blower motor
- Ugly fix for upstairs shower splash damage
- Ugly fix for peeling kitchen linoleum
- Painted inside of gate
Pending
- Kitchen sink
- Linoleum replacement
Paid for repairs
- Garage door repair
- Downstairs shower faucet
- A/C
Once I called out a telco guy, because I could debug no further, and it was their fault (so I didn't pay for it).
We have never called an insect exterminator. Though for some visitors, e.g., sleeping (sick) raccoon, possum who set up home in the garage, sick crow, we have called animal control. Once they started giving me a nature lecture on how "they're endigenous", which was stupid, because you don't call the police for nature lessons, and anyway, normal endigenous animals don't sleep in the open in daylight, nor am I as an Irvine homeowner & taxpayer about to extricate a possum if I can get help.
We have, of course, had ants, but you can outwit them, if you try. Also there are poisons.. which I am very careful and frugal with.
Fortunately (and this is how antibiotics, etc work) ant metabolism or nervous system chemistry differs enough from mammals'.
Home Networking
RF:
- A cheap cordless phone
- x10 camera
- microwave oven
- keyfobs
- garage door opener
- pager
- cellphones
- FSMR walkie-talkies (ie leash for kid when camping)
- (No GPS yet. No toll-road transceiver, no contactless pay dongles. Don't use WiFi b/g/n/a. No bluetooth devices. Luddite? Cheap? Old-school?)
Wired:
- Cox digital phones
- Cox analog cable TV
- Cox Docsis2 internet
- 10 Mbps Cat-5 custom cabling (using built in would be nicer looking but harder to install & maintain) including a hub at the end of a hallway acting as a repeater to a PC downstairs
- 12V doorbell
