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Saturday, 06 February 2010 12:39 |
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After shoveling out your front steps, driveway and your car, the last thing you might want to do is shovel more snow. However an unusually heavy snowfall presents a danger to your deck that you should be aware of. For the safety of your deck, you might want to break out the shovel for one more job.
Snow can weigh anywhere from about 7 pounds per cubic foot for big fluffy flakes to over 20 pounds per cubic foot for wet, packed, or drifted snow. On average, snow weighs about 15 pounds per cubic foot. For the decks in Mount Air, two feet of snow accumulation can mean about 6,000 pounds of weight on your deck. That's equivalent to about 40 people or 2½ compact cars.
For safety reasons, everyone should take the precaution of clearing the snow from their deck. For home with older decks, this is much more important since most older decks only have support columns on the front of the deck and are only bolted to the house on the back. |
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Last Updated on Saturday, 06 February 2010 14:38 |
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 20:54 |
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With the winter storms on the way, you might wonder about removing the 16"-26" of snow when it arrives.
The association has a contract with Emery Snow Removal for plowing services of the community-owned streets. The service is automatic; once accumulation reaches 2 inches, Emery dispatches their plows to begin their routes. As we've seen with previous snows, we can expect to see multiple passes during a storm. Emery applies a sand/salt mixture on the roads to prevent icing.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 06 February 2010 14:38 |
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Welcome to the New Website |
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Written by Webmaster
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Thursday, 21 January 2010 00:00 |
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Welcome to the new, redesigned Mount Air website! We're glad that you stopped in.
The new website is designed to be more infomative and easier to use for all homeowners and tenants. Since a website is only useful if it contains valuable and current information, we've also worked to make it easier to add new information. We hope that you like the changes!
Over the coming weeks, information will be added as we bring information over from the old website as well as adding new materials. For now, the old website is still available at http://www.mountair.org/oldsite.
Please contact
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if there is anything you would like to see moved sooner, or if you have questions or recommendations about the new website. |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 28 January 2010 22:49 |
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Saturday, 02 January 2010 00:00 |
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Happy New Year!
With the new year comes new parking passes. The new, 2010 parking passes will be effective on March 31, 2010.
Mount Air parking passes are issued on an annual basis and must be requested by completing a 2010 Vehicle Registration Form and mailing or faxing the completed form to Genus Realty. Registration were mailed to all homeowners on November 30, 2009 along with the first quarter 2010 HOA Assessment payment coupon. Click here to download a copy of the form in PDF format.
Attention Landlords: Please be sure to provide the Vehicle Registration Form to your tenants.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 28 January 2010 22:56 |
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Saturday, 23 January 2010 00:00 |
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The community trash pickup fees have increased due to residents dumping construction materials, furniture, and appliances in the common areas or leaving it for the routine trash pickup. The community trash pickup is intended for regular household trash and yard waste like grass clippings, leaves, brush and branches. Other materials are not covered and cost the entire community extra when improperly placed for pickup. Last year, these items cost the community over $3,000 in special collection charges.
To dispose of unusual materials such as construction materials, furniture, appliances, paints, etc, you may either contact Nightingale Trucking (703) 360-6634 to arrange and pay for a special pickup. You may also take the materials to the I-95 Citizen's Recycling and Disposal Facility for disposal. The disposal fees are extremely low. A pickup truck load is usually charged at around $9. Appliances (washing machine, refrigerator, dishwasher, etc) are $2 each. A full schedule of fees can be found on here on the Fairfax County website.
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Last Updated on Friday, 29 January 2010 11:11 |
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