-Maintenance F. A. Q.-
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Regular maintenance for appliances - fridge defrosting, for example
Sink
- Sinks become clogged from common use resulting in oil and food build up in the pipes.
- Common Problems and Solutions
- If the sink is not draining you can use unclogging products like: Digest it, Drano, Boiling water.
- Snaking the Drain (Video)
- If still not draining remove the P-Trap (see photo) and clean out the pipe.
Toilets
Doors
Water Heater
Resetting GFCI outlets
Ants/Fleas/Rats/Pests
Fridge
Bedroom door locks
Keypad locks
Regular maintenance for appliances - fridge defrosting, for example
Internet
- On campus
- Wifi is provided by campus if there are problems on campus co-ops go to IT of campus (530) 754-HELP (4357)
- Website to file tickets (But it hardly works)
- University owns modem (provide internet and has wire)
- We own the router
- Off campus
- SCHA is not part of the wifi for off campus housing (they are not named on the account) it is a house issue. Off Campus Co-opers can call their internet provider and should budget for Wifi and associated equipment in their house board charges.
Lighting
Tripped breakers
- So funny thing, the best thing to do with electrical is not to do electrical unless you are totally confident in it. If not call a specialist!
- A breaker box is a thing, it is very useful because it stops fires and can be used to turn the power off in a room, like if you need to do some electrical work in that room.
- When you overload a breaker (have a million things in a powerstrip) the breaker will trip. This will look like a red light on the breaker switch. To fix just turn off then on again.
- Good Safety tips
- More in depth info
- Outdoor electrical
Soundproofing
- DIY soundproofing, doors
- https://soundproofliving.com/how-to-soundproof-a-door/
- https://www.tmsoundproofing.com/How-To-Soundproof-a-Door.html
- https://aquietrefuge.com/soundproof-doorway/
- Main takeaways
- Door sweep
- Weather stripping
- Blanket
- Other DIY
- Industrial Soundproofing
Thermostat
- Extremely Cheesy Video with good tips below
- More tips https://www.yellowpages.ca/tips/4-tips-for-thermostat-maintenance/
- How it works and follow ups: https://www.explainthatstuff.com/thermostats.html
- Digital thermostat: https://www.aireserv.com/about/blog/2018/december/how-to-reset-a-digital-thermostat/