This page will be used by Fallstone homeowners to give advice and suggestions to their neighbors about improvements to their homes.  If you would like to make a suggestion, please click here to email it and it will be uploaded to the site.

Suggestion 1

A suggestion for Hollowstone residents who want to put Re-cycling out when appropriate.

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http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/dpwt/solidwaste/mailing_lists.asp

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Suggestion 2

Below is an email received from an owner at Fallstone:

"As I reported at the annual meeting, I was sitting upstairs in my bedroom at 11306 Morning Gate Drive and I detected an odor, as if something was burning.  I searched throughout the house but could not identify the source of the odor.  I knew it was coming from the main floor of my townhouse, but I couldn't determine what was the cause, as the odor was ambient throughout the main floor, including the living room, dining room, and kitchen.  I finally decided to call the fire department.  They went through every room of the house and could not determine the cause of the "burning" odor.  Finally, one of the fireman noticed that the light was out in one of the florescent lighting fixtures under my kitchen cabinets. The fireman detached the lighting fixture and inspected the ballast.  The ballast was extremely hot and partially melted. The ballast is a black box that acts as resistor to regulate the amount of voltage that is needed to light the florescent bulb.  These ballasts are over 12 years old and may beginning to fail and present a fire hazard, as they can get extremely hot when they fail.  It turns out that I also have another fixture where the light keeps going out and I think it also may be the ballast.  As a precaution, I plan to replace all the ballasts in my florescent fixtures.  I suggest that everyone else consider doing the same, especially, if the florescent light under the cabinets keep flickering on and off."

Suggestion 3

Have the plastic part on the builder-installed motor on each the pumps replaced with a metal part.

Suggestion 4

The refrigerator hose for the ice-makers should be changed to metal. This seems to be a common problem at Fallstone. Changing the component ahead of time could save other owners a lot of grief. (Flooding to floor below – dry wall replacement, etc.)

Suggestion 5

The rails in front of each home has brass fixtures that have either been painted black or have tarnished so bad that they look black.  It is recommended that owners take the fixtures to Strosnider's in Bethesda.  For $8 each, they will polished the fixtures and the brass duck on the water bib.  For more information, contact Aaron Purvis at 301-821-5346.