MAINTENANCE
MAINTENANCE REPORTING PROCESS
ABOUT
The Maintenance Department's role is to provide
quality services which ensure safe living environments to all individuals we support and to provide safe Agency work environments.
“Enhance Maintenance Efficiency within the Agency”
The Maintenance Department’s goal for 2024-2025 is to enhance efficiency within the Agency. This will improve communication between the Maintenance team, the Living team, and the AIR team. By streamlining operations through daily, weekly, and monthly scheduling in our “BlueFolder” program, we ensure everyone is aligned on maintenance tasks.
This fall, we will be distributing toolboxes to all living locations. These toolboxes will contain a basic tool set for everyday small fixes.
Additionally, we will continue to update the Maintenance section of the website monthly, providing knowledge and tips on various household maintenance topics.
GOAL
October
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As the summer months draw to a close, it's essential to prepare your home for the cooler weather ahead. Here are some key maintenance tips to ensure a smooth transition into fall:
1. Shut Off Hose Bibs: To prevent water lines from freezing and cracking, turn off the internal shut-off valves for your hose bibs. These valves are typically located in the furnace room or in the ceiling near the exterior hose bibs.
2. Prepare Lawnmowers for Winter: Drain the gasoline from your lawnmower before storing it for the winter. This practice helps prevent grime buildup in the gas tank and carburetor, ensuring your mower starts easily in the spring.
3. Store Hoses and Sprinklers: Now is a good time to store any hoses and sprinklers to protect them from the elements.
4. Maintain Your Yard: Keep your yard tidy by raking fallen leaves as needed. Utilize your city-provided organic waste bin for disposal. Alternatively, you can purchase brown yard waste bags at local retailers such as Home Depot, Home Hardware, and Canadian Tire. Once filled, these bags can be taken to any local yard waste station for disposal.
By following these tips, you can help protect your home and garden during the upcoming colder months
Green pickup dates are currently as follows and occur on a different day than your black/blue bin pickup.
Click the link below to find out more about your green bin and how you can best utilize it!
https://www.lethbridge.ca/waste-recycling/composting-and-green-carts/
Emergency Maintenance Handbook:
As a Maintenance Team our main objective is to assist our staff and individuals in building maintenance and knowledge to help provide quality services and a comfortable well-maintained location. Having knowledge on how building emergency situations can occur and what the best solution to prevent and maintain, is a huge part in ensuring the safety of our Quest Community.
All programs and homes come equipped with an Emergency Maintenance Handbook unique to their location. These handbooks aim to assist and manage household maintenance emergencies in a stress-free experience. Please get familiar with this handbook and know its location within your work site. Both physical and digital copies are available at each program and home.
SEASONAL
With the warm weather upon us, the Maintenance Department would like to provide some tips to help maintain your home during the spring/summer seasons!
Sidewalk salt and shovels should be placed back in storage. Summer equipment such as lawnmowers, hoses, sprinklers etc. should be brought out of storage in anticipation of the upcoming months!
Who doesn’t like the smell of a fresh cut lawn? In order to ensure your lawn stays healthy and green the best times to water it are early in the morning before that afternoon sun hits, this allows your lawn to absorb moisture that would otherwise get dried out and evaporate from the hot summer sun.
It is a good rule of thumb to try and water your lawn 2-3 times a week for roughly 30-45 at a time, of course this may depend on heat as well as rain. If your lawn starts to look brown and crispy that is a good indicator that it needs some love aka H2O.
The more often you cut your lawn the easier it will make maintenance in the long run, cutting through shorter grass is much better for your lawnmower and will create less effort on yourself as well. A good rule of thumb is to mow your lawn once a week!
Utilize the cities yard waste stations as well as your organic (green bin) to dispose of any yard waste you may create.
Yard waste stations:
West Depot: 296 Bridge Dr. W
North Depot: 2200 Stafford Dr. N
South Depot: 2665 28 Ave. S
Now that you have some helpful tips on how to keep your yard happy and healthy during the summer months it’s time to focus on you!
Grab a popsicle, turn on some music, stay safe and have fun!
MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT
