[I know today is the 7th, marking the two-year, one-month anniversary of the beating. I am making an effort to minimize this to myself.]
It went without a hitch. The Architectural Review Committee (an adjunct of the Board of Directors), made-up of residents from Ashburn Village, was entirely supportive. Even offering suggestions to improve upon our design. I’m thankful for this group of people who volunteer their time to benefit the residents and community.
I suspect I would be reporting differently if this were the decision of the Homeowners’ office (HOA). These are paid employees that might or might not live in our development. As I understand it, most don’t.
By all indications, the project will begin next week. From what I can gather, this is a two or three day project. The concrete will need a couple of days to set-up for foot traffic. It actually takes a month for the concrete to completely harden so that we could get a vehicle on it without damaging it.
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I now have something I need to resolve. How do I remove snow from such a massive area? A snow blower is obviously the answer, but these are expensive. An electrical model is much cheaper and I could probably make it work. But, given the sheer size of a removal, a gas-powered unit might be my only practical choice.But, I’ll probably sacrifice practicality for savings.
I’ll need to look into these. If anyone locally is selling one (electric or gas), please contact me.
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Glad the concrete project was approved! Please let us know if you ever need snow shoveling, etc. as we are happy to pitch in….
So glad all went as desired. Prayers continue that the way is paved smoothly to meet all of Ryan’s needs!
So far things are being accomplished. My prayers continue for Ryan and his family
Ken, it was great to get the opportunity to go out with you last night. I love how until a couple years ago we hadn’t seen each other in 20+ years and we just naturally picked things up like we see each other every day. Good times, indeed. Thanks for the laughs and I look forward to helping you with future Ryan’s Rally projects!
We didn’t miss a beat.
That’s the sign of a true friendship.
Ken, Dad B here. as you know we are from snow country here in Northwestern Pa. I’ve been around the block quite a few times I,ve had gas snow blowers ( big ones too). my advice get a good electric snow blower. “reason”, you have to go with the whims, gas, oil, and most of all could get hard to start and if it stalls out on you on a hill and you can’t get it started you have a problem. Electric just plug it in and maybe make more passes but in the end much, much easier to deal with. Sue can tell you about the snows we get and you know we have 250 feet of driveway to take care of. but I have a plow on my tractor so i’m all right.
Yep… all great points!
Ken ,Glad work will start soon and hope the weather holds out..Things going in right direction ,thank goodness… Thinking of you today.. Hoping you work out something for removing snow and ice Give Ryan a hug from me Love Gail
We have a snow removal company whose price is quite reasonable. They will give you either a good price or no cost to you at all. Ken, I don’t see you having to worry about snow and ice removal. Ryan’s Rally and Prayer Warriors — do your thing — let the vigil begin! We can do this!
you can add heating elements to the concrete so the snow will just melt. not sure on the cost. but essentially they place either heating coils within the concrete like a heated bathroom floor. not sure on the cost. i just did a quick google search for ‘heated concrete sidewalk’ and got plenty of results.
i’m not sure on the install or operating costs, but i’m going to guess its close to a snow blower if you consider gas and upkeep. plus snow blowers don’t help with the ice we get around here. so you will have to add in ice melt to that cost. and it sounds like the wear and tear on your body might be a factor. can you really afford to spend an hour outside away from ryan pushing a 200-300 pound machine around?
I was actually considering this!
Not to be a negative but just so you’re informed: be careful when considering heating coils in the concrete. Sometimes when heavy objects (eg, chick magnet) over them, they can damage the coils causing them not to work. This would result in expensive repairs AND you would still be back at square 1 with needing a snowblower. I hope it all works out, I’m sure it will!