AQUATHERMS - Rights, Safety and Water Quality

[Lakesrider]

Originally Posted by hazelnut

Good Luck, I really hope they just let you install the thermostats and timers without giving you any grief over it. Somehow I feel like they will raise an issue with it and not allow you to do it. I hope not.

I am pretty sure their insurance company is not going to let anyone touch their docks. You might offer to have a licensed electrician install them instead. But then they will most likely need to have the members vote on it as well, as it is going to affect their investments in the property should they fail and damage occur, insurance or not. So far as they are concerned it is not broken so why fix it. If it gets 'Fixed" and something happens who's head will roll in the Board of Directors of the association. Knowing the politics of associations....someones head will roll if the docks get damaged. Jus' saying.

My only solution for you, and it is a very simple one, is to call a Marine Company like Dive Winnipesaukee to come out and install a curtain to stop their circulators from affecting your docks. They look like an oil boom sort of thing. It is a pretty simple thing to do. Dive Winni does it all the time.

[HarborSide CHBay]

Originally Posted by Lakesrider

I am pretty sure their insurance company is not going to let anyone touch their docks. You might offer to have a licensed electrician install them instead. But then they will most likely need to have the members vote on it as well, as it is going to affect their investments in the property should they fail and damage occur, insurance or not. So far as they are concerned it is not broken so why fix it. If it gets 'Fixed" and something happens who's head will roll in the Board of Directors of the association. Knowing the politics of associations....someones head will roll if the docks get damaged. Jus' saying.

My only solution for you, and it is a very simple one, is to call a Marine Company like Dive Winnipesaukee to come out and install a curtain to stop their circulators from affecting your docks. They look like an oil boom sort of thing. It is a pretty simple thing to do. Dive Winni does it all the time.

lakesrider

THANK YOU.

I have never even heard of that product or solution. I'm very familiar and comfortable with Watermark for our waterfront and dock work, so I'll talk to them first as I am sure they are familiar with that product and Dive Winni. Again, thank you very much.

Also, I have been contacted by a town official from another lake and given a copy of the lake newsletter on proper operation of all deiciing devices. It is good.

Then I got another call for follow-up regarding the NH statute by a legislator who indicated that "public" to that person meant "other than the subject property owner" and if it needs to be clarifed the word "public" in the Statute should be changed. Asked for all of our pictures and videos. Very, very helpful. Plans on asking others in the various lakes regions in the state if these devices are impacting other abutters or the general recreational public.

So, winnipesaukee.com really was quite helpful in less than a whole day.

Thanks folks.

Wow.

[Pineedles]

I'll try to walk you through posting pictures, rather than posting links.

As you see I have clicked on "Reply", and I am brought to this screen that I am replying to your/or the last post. BTW, always use a title as it is not necessary with a response to a post, it is required for a PM "Personal Message", or Response.

Scroll down from the Message Area, and you will see a Blue title line that says, Attach Files and below it a button that says "Manage Attachments".

Click on this button and you will be brought to a screen that has a number of buttons, but you want to hit the button "Browse". I say that because I assume the picture you wish to post is on your computer. If this is true you will be given the opportunity find the picture file you wish to post.


When you find the picture, left click on it and then hit the upload button.

Hit the preview button and you will see your picture embedded within the message that you are posting.

If you are satisfied with your post, then hit submit and you are done.

Unfortunately, I have been using too big a picture to help me step you through the process. Whatever, my two labs always steal the show anyway.

Despite my mistake, try to keep pictures under a 1Mg.

Edited 1/14/11; I removed the picture by hitting Edit and then hitting manage attachments which popped up a screen that allowed me to remove the picture. It was just too big. There are free tools that can be used to resize pictures.

[ApS]

Originally Posted by HarborSide CHBay

Hopefully, the two pictures are worth a couple thousand words. The first is from 2004 and represents what our dock looked like since we've had one.

From your photo above, I understand the problem, as we have it too.

This is a similar situation to ours:



When winter ice is held away from shorelines by progressively-decreasing areas of solid ice, "Ice-Out" winds will drive tons of ice against "permanent" docks. It's no different than having the HMS Queen Mary adrift—and headed for our dock! Algae growth begins before Ice-Out, and we experienced Canada Geese appearing at our dock—for the first time in over a half-century.

Along my shore, there are so many new homes with circulators—and so little solid ice—I may just save a bundle, and cancel my aquatherm guy!