We will be doing a minor water line repair on East Mountain, near 14th and Belt Line. This is a 3/4″ line, but will require that we shut the water off at the main supply.
We will begin repairs after trash pickup (around 10AM) and should be finished by 2 or 3 PM.
The Pool will be closed until Memorial Day 2015.
Here are a few pictures of the new thermal windows/doors on the rear of the Office. They are still sliding doors, but much sturdier than the original ones. The difference in the Office is remarkable; the A/C units don’t run as much and the noise level from outside is much less. I will get some pictures of the front later today or tomorrow.
We received a resignation in the mail from long time Board member Mr. Daniel Flores, effective on September 4, 2014. We want to thank Mr. Flores for his many years of dedicated service to the Association and wish him all the best.
The plumbers came out today and mentioned that the broken gate valve before the meter was the City’s responsibility. So, we called the City, they sent someone out to look at it, and the Repair crew will be back out sometime on Friday to repair the broken valve and to replace piping up to their side of the water meter.
Our maintenance guys will come out on Saturday to replace the leaking part which is after the meter; they will be less expensive than having a plumber come out over the weekend.
We are not certain when the water will be shut off tomorrow when the City does repairs and this will affect a large number of homes. On Saturday, our guys will get started around 8AM, but these repairs will only affect a row of homes. We will have the water back on as soon as possible.
In order to fix the gate valve, we will have to shut off at the 6″ City primary connection. This will likely affect most, if not all, of the East side. I hope it doesn’t, but we have put notices up in that area as a precaution, so everyone is aware of what is going on.
We will have the water back on as soon as we possibly can.
Here’s a few photos of the top windows; they will have the East and West top windows finished today and begin installing the lower glass and doors tomorrow. I will post more photos then. Sorry, but it was cloudy when I took these. I will post some better ones later.
These are between West Townhouse and the end of West Mountain Creek Drive; they look a lot better. Plus, thinning them out lets the grass below have a chance of some sunlight, just like at the Pool.
Once we dug into the area around the leak on the east side and tried to shut off the water, the top part of the gate valve (where the “handle part” is) sheared off. So, we cannot shut off the water with that valve and it must also be replaced. It may not have been shut off in the last 40 years so I am betting it seized up. We do have plumbers coming tomorrow morning.
The main issue now is that we have to go back to the city shut-off valve to shut off the water so we can fix our shut-off valve. This means most of the East side of the complex near 14th and East Townhouse and E Mountain will be without water for part of tomorrow.
We will be putting out more notices on affected townhouses today.