Preparing for Balcony Power Wash

We weren’t sure why it was even necessary. We got a notice a week or so ago from the condo newsletter that the balconies and sidewalks were going to be power washed. That meant that you would need to clear off as much as possible from the balcony. There are a lot of balconies that are empty. But for people who live here all year around there is at least some furniture. And for people like us who like to have a bit more of the outdoors there are planters and flower pots. So we were warned that if you want to preserve your plants and flowers because of the chemicals that are used, they would need to be brought in or covered. Because our flowers are in coco lined window boxes that are hung from the back of the chairs with zip ties, we needed to be creative about how to cover them. The last thing I wanted to do was have to remove them and put them in the house. Luckily we got a large roll of plastic during the pandemic that has come in to good use for a variety if things. We used the plastic to lay on the floor in the foyer to place the groceries and clean them before bringing them in to the kitchen. So we cut three pieces of plastic and wrapped them around the flowers. But before we did that we needed to find some sticks to hold the plastic so it wouldn’t fall down on the taller flowers. We found some sticks on our walk in the neighborhood. So we got everything ready on Sunday afternoon because the work was supposed to start in Monday. I didn’t have a good feeling about it to begin with. And my feelings were confirmed when notice was sent out yesterday that the work was going to be delayed until further notice. So today the plastic was removed along with the sticks and put away for whenever the next time is scheduled. I’m not looking forward to doing this again.