[Summit] Sewer Work -- advice

Janet Dean jdean at bryant.edu
Sat Jun 2 14:46:56 UTC 2012 

The folks working on the street are nothing but nice.  However, you should be prepared for a huge amount of dust and dirt in an outside of your house and delays getting into and out of your driveway.

A note of forewarning:  if you have a tankless water heater, you may be in for some cold showers.  We had a tankless heater put in in December at considerable cost.  It has never worked great, but with the lower water pressure we get about 90 seconds of hot water before it shuts off.  The installer has been back twice and has now advised us that we just need to wait until the pressure is back to normal to see if there's an issue with the unit.
Janet
8th St.
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Today's Topics:

   1. Blue Bin Recycling (Paul Wilde)
   2. Re: Blue Bin Recycling (anna highsmith)
   3. Re: Blue Bin Recycling (Greg Gerritt)
   4. Sewer Work -- advice from those of you who have been      affected
      (Gayle Gifford)
   5. Re: Sewer Work -- advice from those of you who have been
      affected (John Bazik)
   6. Re: Sewer Work -- advice from those of you who have been
      affected (barfootjim)
   7. Re: Sewer Work -- advice from those of you who have been
      affected (Anneliese Greenier)


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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 14:44:26 -0400
From: Paul Wilde <zenyente at gmail.com>
To: Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
Subject: [Summit] Blue Bin Recycling
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Hey everyone,

Does anyone remember the date when we can start putting all # plastics into
the blue bin?   I vaguely remember it being in June.

Thanks,
Paul
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 14:50:22 -0400
From: anna highsmith <anna at occupant.org>
To: Paul Wilde <zenyente at gmail.com>
Cc: Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
Subject: Re: [Summit] Blue Bin Recycling
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Now! I am unaccountably excited about this, and realized I need a much
bigger bin now.

More details here:
<http://rirrc.org/recycletogetherri/>

Anna
Colonial Rd

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Paul Wilde <zenyente at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> Does anyone remember the date when we can start putting all # plastics into
> the blue bin? ? I vaguely remember it being in June.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:31:31 -0400
From: Greg Gerritt <gerritt at mindspring.com>
To: Paul Wilde <zenyente at gmail.com>,    Summit Neighborhood
        <Summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
Subject: Re: [Summit] Blue Bin Recycling
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NOW

From:  Paul Wilde <zenyente at gmail.com>
Date:  Fri, 1 Jun 2012 14:44:26 -0400
To:  Summit Neighborhood <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
Subject:  [Summit] Blue Bin Recycling

Hey everyone,

Does anyone remember the date when we can start putting all # plastics into
the blue bin?   I vaguely remember it being in June.

Thanks,
Paul
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 16:05:45 -0400
From: "Gayle Gifford" <gayle at ceffect.com>
To: <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
Subject: [Summit] Sewer Work -- advice from those of you who have been
        affected
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I came home a few days ago to find a contractor spray painting 9th Street
outside of our house. When I asked the spray painter when the work was going
to start, he shrugged and thought it might be next week. I asked if we were
going to get notice in advance, but he didn't really know.

For those of you who were able to make the meeting last week, what
arrangements have been made about providing residents with notice?

For those of you who live on side streets already affected, would you mind
sharing more details of the experience of what to expect -- beyond John
Bazik's posting about the heavy equipment and some personal conversation
about the loss of water pressure. Also, how long are the temporary hookups
in place?


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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 18:44:53 -0400
From: John Bazik <jsb at cs.brown.edu>
To: Gayle Gifford <gayle at ceffect.com>
Cc: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
Subject: Re: [Summit] Sewer Work -- advice from those of you who have
        been affected
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On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 04:05:45PM -0400, Gayle Gifford wrote:
> For those of you who were able to make the meeting last week, what
> arrangements have been made about providing residents with notice?

We got none.  They knocked on our door the morning they were putting
the water pipes in the street, but I was in the shower.  I had to ask
them to disconnect the pipes and let me pull my car out.

> For those of you who live on side streets already affected, would you mind
> sharing more details of the experience of what to expect -- beyond John
> Bazik's posting about the heavy equipment and some personal conversation
> about the loss of water pressure. Also, how long are the temporary hookups
> in place?

I don't remember when the bypass was set up, but it's been at least a
month, and they're not done digging yet.  At the meeting they said that
the bypass would stay up until a short time after construction is done, to
test the pipes and water quality.  They gave us a map of the neighborhood
with the streets color-coded based on which streets will be done and when.

Here's a tip for people who will get bypass water.  They connect your
incoming water supply to your garden hose valve, and disconnect your hose.
If you want to be able to water your lawn or garden, put a "y" valve
with separate shutoffs on it first.  I happened to have one.  Without my
asking, they were kind enough to leave the "y" in place so I can still use
my hose.  It's a pretty heavy hose they connect, so I'd stick with brass.

I have a storm drain, which they have not done yet.  But I've watched
them work on one down the street from me.  They remove the curbs and dig
a huge hole to replace the catch basin.  So much for my whining about
my landscaping.  I expect it will be pretty thoroughly trashed.

John



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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 19:05:04 -0400
From: barfootjim <barfootjim at gmail.com>
To: John Bazik <jsb at cs.brown.edu>
Cc: Neighborhood Summit <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
Subject: Re: [Summit] Sewer Work -- advice from those of you who have
        been    affected
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The fountain is on. I first saw it on at 4:30 Jun 1, 2012. Enjoy.
Keep your little ones out of it.





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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 09:10:29 -0400
From: Anneliese Greenier <anneliesegreenier at hotmail.com>
To: <jsb at cs.brown.edu>
Cc: "Summit Neighborhood Assoc." <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
Subject: Re: [Summit] Sewer Work -- advice from those of you who have
        been affected
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"


What happens when one doesn't have a garden hose valve in the front of the house to connect the incoming water supply to?
Anneliese



> Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 18:44:53 -0400
> From: jsb at cs.brown.edu
> To: gayle at ceffect.com
> CC: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Sewer Work -- advice from those of you who have been affected
>
> On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 04:05:45PM -0400, Gayle Gifford wrote:
> > For those of you who were able to make the meeting last week, what
> > arrangements have been made about providing residents with notice?
>
> We got none. They knocked on our door the morning they were putting
> the water pipes in the street, but I was in the shower. I had to ask
> them to disconnect the pipes and let me pull my car out.
>
> > For those of you who live on side streets already affected, would you mind
> > sharing more details of the experience of what to expect -- beyond John
> > Bazik's posting about the heavy equipment and some personal conversation
> > about the loss of water pressure. Also, how long are the temporary hookups
> > in place?
>
> I don't remember when the bypass was set up, but it's been at least a
> month, and they're not done digging yet. At the meeting they said that
> the bypass would stay up until a short time after construction is done, to
> test the pipes and water quality. They gave us a map of the neighborhood
> with the streets color-coded based on which streets will be done and when.
>
> Here's a tip for people who will get bypass water. They connect your
> incoming water supply to your garden hose valve, and disconnect your hose.
> If you want to be able to water your lawn or garden, put a "y" valve
> with separate shutoffs on it first. I happened to have one. Without my
> asking, they were kind enough to leave the "y" in place so I can still use
> my hose. It's a pretty heavy hose they connect, so I'd stick with brass.
>
> I have a storm drain, which they have not done yet. But I've watched
> them work on one down the street from me. They remove the curbs and dig
> a huge hole to replace the catch basin. So much for my whining about
> my landscaping. I expect it will be pretty thoroughly trashed.
>
> John
>
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