Upcoming Repairs
REPAIRS
-Unit #4 is experiencing leaks in the roof. Moisture is accumulating in the southeast corner of the ceiling in the south bedroom. Not urgent since it will probably not rain again until winter.
-The city of Torrance has a mandatory Seismic Retrofit Ordinance. I believe that our building is required to have an extensive earthquake retrofit - although they have not contacted us yet. The retrofit would also enable us to have affordable earthquake insurance to protect our investments. $5 per square foot average estimate. $15,135? Could be more - could be less, depending on what exactly needs to be done.
-replace gas lines in garages and to the gas meter (funds are ear-marked in our Reserves account). Jim Connely (plumber) estimates it’ll be a year or 2 before we’ll need to replace the lines. $8000 set aside in Reserves Account.
-replace the short community gas line that runs from the meter to the wall - (Medium priority)
-Jim Connolly has discovered that ALL of our water pipes (not drain pipes) are "red" copper piping rather than "blue" piping. Red copper piping is much too thin to be used for water pipes and is now against code. He replaced the leaking main hot water line in our big garage. But ALL of our water pipes will need to be replaced, and should be watched carefully. (Medium priority)
-make the mow strip look nice
-replace more water lines (LOW priority)
-replace sidewalks in courtyard (LOW priority)
-replace big gate in big garage (LOW priority)
-possible additional roof repairs
Repairs Needed to Paint the Building
-stucco repairs (scaffolding possibly needed)
-refinish the stucco (scaffolding needed)
-replace/repair downspouts
-replace and seal all of the the fascia around the top of the entire building (scaffolding needed)
Replace some of the wood trim that has been eaten by termites
Above repairs need to happen BEFORE we can paint our building
-paint the building (scaffolding needed)
