[Chat] mattress on 29th street-help removing

2012-11-30 Thread Dawna Cobb
Hi all: does anyone have a pick up or large SUV who can take a double bed mattress to Sisson Street? It has been lying on the sidewalk on 29th Street between Saint Paul and Lovegrove alley for quite some time. My car isnt big enough. I am able to help move it if someone has the right size

Re: [Chat] mattress on 29th street-help removing

2012-11-30 Thread Stephen J Gewirtz
Dawna, Call 311. With a mattress, there is a significant risk that there are bedbugs. For a while, the City was not picking up mattresses, but I recall reading that they now will do so. Let them deal with it. They are trained to deal with possibly infested upholstery. CVCBD also stopped

Re: [Chat] mattress on 29th street-help removing

2012-11-30 Thread Sharon L. Guida
All: Th e City has been pretty responsive whenever I call 311 for illegal trash or dumping pickup.  I always get the complaint number and, if the problem is not resolved timely, I call and send an  email  to Matt Bradby,  at CVCBD Sanitation at 410-467-4409 and m...@charlesvillage.org  ,

Re: [Chat] mattress on 29th street-help removing

2012-11-30 Thread Sharon L. Guida
Dawna: Of course, your idea for self-help is  easiest and simplest.  I wish I had a pickup truck to help you out,  but I do not.  Good luck and I hope you find one. Sharon L. Guida - Original Message - From: Sharon L. Guida guidah...@comcast.net To: The Charles Village Chat

Re: [Chat] mattress on 29th street-help removing

2012-11-30 Thread gary letteron
Dawna! I'll repeat what's already been said. Call the City (and follow Sharon's advice on that), but do not pick up the mattress and do not encourage a friend with a pickup truck to do it. The City has the proper bed-bug-proof equipment and clothing to deal with it. We don't. When

[Chat] Free PVC fittings and romex

2012-11-30 Thread gary letteron
Folks, I have 2 boxes of PVC fittings. which includes a few Ferncos. They're free to a good home. Additionally, I have a lot romex scraps, mostly 12-2 and 14-2, some are probably 10 - 20 feet, not in the box, not brand new. Again, free. If you think you want them, let me know and we'll