our front storm door had no closer on it and the interior door did not latch tightly, consequently, the cat could let itself in... He would jump up and pull the knob on the storm door and it would just open itself and then he would head-butt the interior door until it popped open as well... he was pretty good at that, unfortunately, he was careless and always left the doors wide open... dang cat...
so, I installed a closer on the storm door, which was no easy feat because both the frame and the door were shredded from previous closer installations, got it on tho... I also installed a stop chain to hopefully prevent shredding of this installation... The door is too "heavy" for Emma now tho... :( will work on the closer pressure to see if I can balance it for Emma strength and the cats determination... I also jimmied the latch plate for the interior door so that it now latches tightly.
I added a piece of wood to a wiggly front step so it did not bounce every time it was stepped on...
I installed a digital thermostat to replace the old faulty mercury dial... before, we had it set at 74 to keep the house at 68, lots of wasted energy... the coil was weak and did not hold position causing the furnace to go on and off at very short intervals... The new digital one is set at 70 and the house is at 70, hmmm, nice... :)
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