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" Home maintenance manifesto Burlington. $132,900. Gorgeous 2 plus bdrm, condo, nearly new/large kitchen with ceramics, huge 1ivjng/c1ining rms., laundry insuite, 2 bathrooms, all upgrade light fixtures, plush heavily upgraded broadloom thru-out. Shows beautifully! Super convenient location. Call COLLEEN or JOYCE PICKETT 338-9000 or 847-0446. Georgian townhome - luxury appointments thru-out. tgt private rear yard, walk to shopping, schools & par s,.greai hwy. access for commuting. Offers ceramic..t/p, main floor family room, eat-in kitchen, 5 pc. ensuite bath, cen. air, white & grey decor f/o and TCe, gall JOYCE or COLLEEN Pl K TT 338-9000 or (tii-iii/_,',"",,!,,)::,:.!,)...-,-.," $" ---7 it 8llirtPji"" . . I" . L! llllllllllllllllIlll is} _ Wt 'sir-l SOLD SOLD J264 HART CRESCENT WEDGEWOOD CREEK $169,900 POWER OF SALE nn' Cat COLLEEN Ot JOYCE PICKETY 338 9000 Ot 647-0446. JOYCE or COLLEEN POCKET! 338-9000 0! It doesn't seem so long ago that we took the car in every thousand miles Water, oil, acid, and air levels had to be constantly monitored or else it would let off steam, seize up, go dead, or quietly go flat, in that order. I can remember when the family car needed constant attention, usually from the owner. If it wasn't provided, there was a penalty. 1270 GAINSBOROUGH #89 DESIRABLE LOCATION ASTEAj65,900 HBSLAMBETH RD MAINTENANCE How many times have you taken an appliance in for repairs and been told it would be cheaper to simply buy a new one? Either the faulty part cannot be purchased separately (i.e. it comes only as part of a much larger assem- bled unit) or even if they can get the small part, the labor involved in replacing it is more than the price of a new appliance. None of the above, however, should be taken as blanket dismissal of your responsibility to perform some regular maintenance on certain items around your own home. carpet covered with dust and hair. It would normally gobble up the debris, but it cannot face another morsel and must decline. Many of our appliances - like the car - require little or no maintenance. They are built to make it on their own without complaint. In fact, when they do stumble. it often means the junk pile because of the manner in which they are assembled. Vacuums are a case in point. They seem to be maintenance free, but they do require that the bag be replaced regularly. Granted, not every time they are used. but there's the rub - when? What a sorry sight it is to see a con- stipated vacuum being forced across a for a lube and oil change. Now the dealers like to see you every 12,000 km, but even when those lax intervals are stretched to 25,000, it is not the end of the world to miss one. MM/1t0Ff3, PLUS Cl DBESSED FOR SUCCESS SPRINGIIME FRESH i; .3] 'atraua'1chaluit, ttttd Lech 5' mticem fenced aiden , 'lt?d'NlG8tsle 5439300 FRESH AS SPRING um t00ft'TaWiiit ""i'amw .a" Fa, V’ -"------....-.-- t N ' V V , Tr J-m,,., C f - ' 1;,” I , , HARM 8198 If it weren't for fire departments coming to our rescue in the matter of smoke alarms, we would have to solve that maintenance riddle. They tell everyone at daylight saving time change-over to check the batteries in their smoke detectors. What an elegant solution. The same slow build-up of impuri- ties takes place inside a water filter with a carbon filter. The change is imperceptible from the outside, so you need some kind of time interval reminder (they are called calendars) that you can mark six months, or a year, down the road. BMW When you think of that huge colony of bacteria that is living in the nearly solid mass of hair and dust that has built up on the filters, you know it is time to call duct busters because now the ducts are getting coated. Refrigerators are so quiet and effi- cient that they can suffer a lot of neglect due to dust build-up on the evaporator coils (underneath or behind) that carry the coolant so it can (See "Think" RE 34) We notice little change because of decreased air flow or temperature, but it is happening and the efficiency of the furnace is affected. The air filters in the furnace can suffer the same embarrassment because they are out of sight, out of mind, and silently go about their chores trapping dust until they are gorged. HISHED TBADmQN/SIMPLE it I ut" ous rounasm SUN! CO Val ilail'/t,'i'i'fiitiiFl'irls'il'ia',o'3tti,'lvi'i SBACIQUS EBEEHOLDIM A00RABLEdUTOMABLE PRIVATE HAVIN E! "iidiiu"ii'iiiWit" mE'FWcI'S" mm: Pdl "iiir'lihit WS ple