insulation issue facing all of us! And that’s the issue
seem, at first glance, to be “boring as hell” –
you better “LISTEN UP”!!!!!
space, that the inside
are NOT
means the crawl space wall insulation is insulated TWICE, but the there
not be so bad if the crawl
to install vent “covers”
portion of our
And since we also have crawl space insulation on the OUTSIDE of our units, that
but they don’t!!!! So the solution, if you wish, is
on the outside of the vent openings during winter periods!
damper, but they are not all operable
work. So your editor, at least, still recommends that
you purchase the insulated vent covers!! Also note that
existing vent cover damper.
spaces to vent to the outdoor atmosphere when moisture (or water) gets
problem that usually
So to prevent (or reduce) having cold floors during cold winter months, the solution is to install “vent covers”
that you can install around October 15th
months).
how effective it is.
–
but not during the rest of the year.
Naturally, if you find your vent grille opening
However, your editor is going to install the new vent cover!!
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vent openings. But the Board of Pelican Pointe has recommended that you install Board-
covers” on all of your vent openings (unless your existing vent damper works) to make your condo unit more
comfortable,
our preferred carpenter, to fabricate and install these vent
Steve Susman, Manager (preferably by e-mail), who will aggregate your orders, so that Moss won’t have to
make or install ‘onesies’ or ‘twosies.
may have to figure it out on one of his trips to Pelican
you can operate by hand, and it will have insulation on the back to help prevent the transmission of cold
temperature to the crawl space. Its
periods will most likely be very DRAMATIC!!
COLD WEATHER ARRIVES!!
approved “vent
The vent cover will come with “eye bolt” screws
the “open” vent that allows moisture to vent from your crawl space
spring, summer, and early fall periods.
put the end of a screw drive in the small horizontal slot in the middle of
push the screw driver to one side or the other and see if the damper slides closed. If it works, you
are one of the lucky ones!!
right hand corner of this picture is the “eye” bolt that will allow a resident to screw the
vent cover into the wall. There will be “six” such eye bolts to allow you to attach the
cover during winter months, and then remove and store the cover during late spring,
summer and early fall periods.
back as was recommended for your garage doors! The insulation will make sure that
the cover fits tightly over your vent opening and reduces
amount of outdoor air that gets into your crawl space during cool and cold fall, winter
and early spring months.
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Mexican Restaurant at 3737 Quebec Street across from Stapleton. It is on the west side of Quebec between
36th
are planning to attend.
at the Windsor Gardens Restaurant’s meeting room. Social hour and Italian buffet starting at 6:00
followed by business meeting at 7:00
marymul43@yahoo.com, or Steve Susman, stevesusman@comcast.net, for our catering order
see you there!!
PM. To attend the Social Hour, please RSVP to Mary Mulholland,
Linda McCashion’s unit (H-101). We will read “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. This is the 2009
“ONE BOOK, ONE DENVER” selection. The book should create a great discussion
be there to join us. Please RSVP to Linda at 303-940-7224.
the very successful September
food and neighborhood fellowship.
Annual Picnic. About seventy people attended and all seemed to enjoy the
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Motors. However, at Pelican Pointe, we elect our own directors. At our Annual Homeowners Meeting, on
November 19, 2009, we will elect two directors for our five-person Board. One present director, Marcia
Helfant, will be running for her second three-year term, consistent with our Bylaws. Any homeowner may
also submit his/her candidacy, provided
November 9. I plan to mail our packet for that Meeting to all homeowners and residents on or about October
15. If you are a candidate, you may (but aren't required to) submit to me a one-page "bio" sketch of yourself,
emphasizing your qualifications for and vision of this position. I will include it in that packet.
gate leading from the driveway. Most of these are in dire need of re-staining. Your Board has arranged for a
professional painter to re-stain your gate for $40. This entails removing the gate from its moorings (so as not
to stain the painted siding and trim with the spray gun); staining both sides of the gate, as well as its interior
support members; and re-attaching the gate. If your gate needs new or repaired hardware, that will be slightly
extra. These gates are over ten years old; most have never been treated. Our Rules
on each homeowner. Please contact me if you wish to have this service performed.
will soon begin again to offer the installation of a porch-light timer in your unit. About three dozen residents
have already benefited from this program. These lights provide a measure of safety for you as well as for your
neighbors. Randy Turner, skilled installer, once again will provide the timer and installation for a flat $50,
assuming that enough persons sign up.
replace unobtrusively your porch light switch. No new face-plate is necessary. Contact me to reserve your
place in this successful program.
benefited from its references to recommended vendors and service-providers. In our upcoming Annual
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persons or firms whom you have utilized and heartily recommend.
challenging. At Pelican Pointe, he'd probably have trouble with our western (Canal) pedestrian gate locks.
Randy Turner and I are searching for a practical replacement for these non-functioning ones. We are seeking
a mechanical replacement (preferable to electronic, which requires batteries) with a lever instead of a knob.
Few models are offered to fit our needs, but we are close to homing in on a suitable selection. If a new inside-
outside lock set is installed and works well there, the Board
pedestrian gates. Meanwhile, take the extra steps and use the gate at Bldg. T.
tiles suffer all year from snow, ice, water, sun --
these tiles. Currently, we are re-grouting many of them, especially on the top "row," to preserve their
attractiveness. The cinderblock-stucco walls there, to which the tiles are attached, also have suffered over the
years. We are refurbishing them
onto our driveway dead-ends. This enables everyone to have access to his/her overhead garage door [so you
can go to work, earn money, and pay your HOA dues, your mortgage, and for decadent chocolate truffles
from Godiva]. Bushes at that dead-end will suffer beneath that heavy load. Therefore, Sonny is modestly
revising our landscaping at selected dead-ends in our complex, so that such snow piles will primarily rest on
gravel. Some of our dead-end bushes are being moved to spare them from this fate.
lights; their webs are a mess in our mail kiosks. We are adopting a more aggressive program to rid those
areas of the creepy-crawlies which might devour your mail [including your lottery-winning check] before you
reach your townhome. Next spring, when we are painting the "second half" of Pelican Pointe, we will also be
painting those kiosks and our guardhouse.
says "It's only a game" when their team is winning. There are no new sins; the old ones just get more publicity.
time friend of mine just passed away accidentally of carbon monoxide poisoning in his home. It was so tragic
and so unnecessary! So this is just another reminder to go to
and purchase and install a carbon monoxide sensor for your condo unit. We do not want any accidental
tragedies here in Pelican Pointe!!!!!
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at 303/832-6052).
W-103.
255-2255 or bobmorgan54@comcast.net
and C-103.
If you want your unit to appear in this space, contact Bob Morgan by the 24th
p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Lighthouse Clubhouse. We hope to see you there!!
Linda Corry, President
Mary Mulholland, Vice President
Steve Susman
Denver, CO 80247-6528
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Marcia Helfant
Cell Phone:
E-mail: stevesusman@comcast.net
303-668-2747
Bob Morgan,
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