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The case of the winter cough

November 15, 2011 by sueboland

2010 we moved in to our town house in arlington… It was a recently renovated townhouse style condo and of course we had additional things done to it such as recess lights etc etc
By the time winter rolled around we caught our typical early Nov colds
But Sue’s cough won’t go away. She spent all winter coughing heavily and feeling exhausted.

She went to the doctor repeatedly convinced she had some sort of brochidous (sp)
She tired every cough suppressant in the book Nothing helped!
Finally Sue was able to get some relief by using an air purifier, a heavy duty air filter and a nasal spray, and by turning off the heat.

Spring 2011 arrived – now we started trying to solve the problem of the cough that stayed all winter
First we thought it was related to the insulation problem. So we had insulation blow in.
We asked around and many people suggested getting the ducts cleaned out. We waited for the summer to see what would happen when we turned on the AC (nothing did)

Finally Nov 2011 rolls around again and we start to use the heat again – the cough returns worst then before
We have a heavy duty air purifier installed onto our furnace
And finally today we had the ducts cleaned out…
Yea the problem was the ducts there was a lot of materials from the renovation and construction

please note: this is a rough draft waiting for vk’s input

Updates to the town house – the first year

June 12, 2011 by sueboland

We are nearing a the end of our first year here in Arlington and I thought I would list what we updates we haev made to our move in ready condo

* Replaced the washer and dryer
* Repaced the dish washer
* Replaced the hot water heater
* Replaced and secured floor board in the attic
* Replaced and rebuilt the stairs in the basement
* Replaced and rebuilt the stairs to the basement from the outside
* Replaced the upstairs toliet
* Replaced the ceiling fan in
* Installed a timer in the bathroom for the fan
* Switched out the vanity installed double sink
* Replaced the medicine cabinate with a large mirror and wall scones
* Added closet maid organization to the hall, office, bathroom, and all the bedroom closets
* Replaced the shower head
* Replaced the shower rod
* Painted all the rooms in the first and second floors
* replaced the thermostat

dehumidifier

June 12, 2011 by sueboland

This week we ordered a dehumidifier for the basement. Because we don’t have a way to drain the dehumidifier water we also ordered a small pump that will transport the water to the sink drain.

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