📄 areas/exterior-and-yard.md
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Exterior & yard
- Kind: outdoor
- Where: garage + yard
- Status: healthy
The facts
- Lawn mower: Honda HRX217 self-propelled, bought 2020 — takes SAE 10W-30, spark plug BPR5ES
- Snow blower: Ariens Deluxe 24 two-stage, bought 2019 — mixes nothing, straight gas, shear pins are spares
- Deck: pressure-treated, ~12x16, last stained fall 2024
- Serial / details: mower deck sticker + blower plate photos not yet taken
Supplies & consumables
- Mower oil (10W-30): qty on hand 1 quart · last stocked 2026-04-01
- Snow-blower shear pins: qty on hand 4 · last stocked 2025-12-05
- Deck stain (Behr, "Cedar Naturaltone"): qty on hand 0 · last stocked UNKNOWN
Where things live
- Gas can (for mower + blower): garage, back corner on the shelf — never in the house
- Mower + snow blower: garage, along the right wall
- Deck stain + brushes: basement storage (see the basement page)
- Hose + sprinkler: side of the garage on the reel
Care schedule
- Mower oil change + blade sharpen (start of season): every 12 months · last done 2026-04-01 · next due 2027-04-01
- Snow blower fuel-stabilize + check (before winter): every 12 months · last done 2025-11-20 · next due 2026-11-20
- Restain the deck: every 24 months · last done 2024-09-15 · next due 2026-09-15
Open items
- Deck restain is coming up this fall (due 2026-09-15). Not urgent, but the south rail is graying. No stain on hand.
Attachments
Log
- 2026-04-01 — Mower spring service: oil change, sharpened the blade, fresh gas. Runs great. By: self · Cost: —
- 2025-11-20 — Snow blower ready for winter: stabilized the gas, greased the auger, spare shear pins on
the shelf. By: self · Cost: —