Task List for Closing the Cabin in the Fall ... listed in order
| Task | Visiting | Annual Shutdown | Reverse Task
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| Turn off Stove Burners | 1 | 1 | |
| Shut off outside gas tank | 2 | 2 | |
| Shut off air conditioner | 3 | 3 | |
| Put air conditioner in bunk room | na | 4 | 19 |
| Lock ALL windows… including BEDROOMS | 4 | 5 | |
| Vacumn | 5 | 6 | |
| Unplug ALL EXCEPT Refrigerator | 6 | 7 | |
| Turn off Hot Water… switch in main bedroom closet | 7 | 8 | 17 |
| Turn off Water … main inlet pipe in cellar | 8 | Leave open for Annual | |
| Put TV in bunk room | na | 9 | |
| Clorox Clean microwave | na | 10 | |
| Clorox Clean toilet bowls - up & down | na | 11 | |
| Wipe down counters & sinks w/ Clorox cleaner | na | 12 | |
| Outside furniture, hoses to cellar | na | 13 | |
| Empty outdoor grill ash to fire pit and put grill in cellar | na | 14 | |
| Last chance to use bathroom or wash up | na | 15 | |
| Shut off water at curbstop OUTSIDE downstairs cellar back entrance | na | 16 | 16 |
| Flush upstairs toilet, add antifreeze to bowl and back | na | 17 | |
| Open Faucets AND Add antifreeze to upstairs bathroom sink | na | 18 | 15 |
| Open Faucet AND Add antifreeze to kitchen sink | na | 19 | 14 |
| Flush downstairs toilet, add antifreeze to bowl and back | na | 20 | |
| Attach hose to hot water heater drain and run outside toward Klingers cabin to get below level of water heater. Hang hose up in tree temporarily above level. Go back to hot water heater, detach hose, and fill with gallon jugs from step 17. Let flow down hill, but it won't go past where the hose goes up in tree. Reattach hose to bottom of hot water heater tank and open tank valve. Go back down hill and let hose down to ground... water will start flowing and drain tank. | na | 21 | |
| Open three draincocks on three shower water valves (Hot, Cold, Mix) | na | 22 | 13 |
| Unscrew two drainplugs on downstairs bathroom hot and cold sink inlet pipes | na | 23 | 12 |
| Open outside faucet (outside wall behind downstairs toilet) | na | 24 | 11 |
| Open draincock on yellow handled valve at main incoming water line near floor | na | 25 | 10 |
| Open draincock on yellow handled valve in ceiling pipe near door to bathroom | na | 26 | 9 |
| Open draincocks to cellar valves leading to outside bathroom… 1 above cellar door from bathroom, the other just to the right | na | 27 | 8 |
| Open draincocks on TWO valves leading to Hot and Cold clothes washer hoses | na | 28 | 7 |
| Open TWO faucets leading to Hot and Cold clothes washer hoses… make sure hoses are disconnected from washer | na | 29 | 6 |
| Open draincock on valve above cellar window | na | 30 | 5 |
| Open draincocks on TWO yellow handled valves on top of hot water heater | na | 31 | 4 |
| Empty upstairs fridge, unplug, prop open doors | na | 32 | 18 |
| Empty downstairs fridge, unplug, prop open doors | na | 33 | |
| Hot water heater should be drained… disconnect hose, leave valve OPEN, roll up hose, draining water, and put in basement. | na | 34 | 3 |
| Turn off cellar lights | na | 35 | |
| Put Lawn Mower in bathroom | na | 36 | |
| Padlock outside bathroom door | 9 | 37 | |
| Pack ALL CANNED & BOTTLED GOODS and load in car to go home (They'll freeze & break) | na | 38 | |
| Put MANGER CABIN sign in cabin | na | 39 | 2 |
| Turn off all lights | 10 | 40 | |
| Pull circuit fuses from main electric box in bedroom | na | 41 | 1 |
| TAKE TRASH & LIMITED SHELF LIFE ITEMS WITH YOU | 11 | 42 | |
| Pull down shades on main door | 12 | 43 | |
| Make sure main door is locked | 13 | 44 | |
| Make sure aluminum door is closed | 14 | 45 |