Words of Wisdom for 350 Edith

• There are 5 smoke alarms in the house (the 2 hard ones to find are in the vaults of the south bedrooms), and they are interconnected such that if one detects smoke, they all go off. 
• Learn about and understand how the boiler works, and the manual adjustments that can be made if/when necessary.  Tingey Plumbing is a great resource and has worked on the system in the past.
• The easiest way to get on the roof is by using 2 ladders (or the same one twice).  Use one ladder to get on top of he porch.  Use the other ladder to get on top of the roof in the south west valley.
• The sprinkling system in the back needs some attention.  Since the carport was put in, I don't trust that the pipes that run under the driveway aren't broken.  I'm sure a sprinkler company could do something to determine the status of the pipes.
• When it gets really windy, you may hear an odd knocking noise that may concern you.  The first time I heard it, I was concerned and found myself outside at o'dark thirty investigating the noise in my pajamas.  I thought it was the gate on the fence backing against itself.  It wasn't.  The noise is the large blue spruce tree on the south east corner of the house bumping against the house.  I've asked a tree guy about this and have been told that it's not a concern.
• The upstairs living room has a set of double pocket doors that have been trimmed in.  "Trimmed in" meaning that a piece of trim was added to hide the pocket opening where the doors are.  We never, ever closed the doors when the opening wasn't trimmed in and so it just made sense to add a more finished look.
• When we had the carport and new driveway put in, we added a 4" conduit pipe that runs from the base of the utility pole in the back yard to the south west corner of the house.  Our intention was that we could have the power lines that hang in the air re-routed through the conduit.  We never got around to it, but always felt it would be a nice change to make.
• It was always our intention to have lights added to the carport.  With that in mind, we ran another conduit under the deck to the south west corner of the house over to and up the middle support column of the carport.  We actually ran the electrical line through the conduit at the same time, but I'm not sure we ran the proper electrical line.