Re: Disinfecting CommonHouse
From: Chuck Harrison (cfharrgmail.com)
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 09:37:24 -0700 (PDT)
For many purposes bleach is fine. We use it diluted 1:20 on surfaces. A
gallon of bleach goes a long way.


On Tue, Mar 31, 2020, 6:45 AM R Philip Dowds alt addr via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> Like some other communities, our common house is part of an
> apartment-style building, and provides access to residential apartments.
> So closing it 100% is not an option.  Instead, we’ve got new guidelines
> (not commands, but strong suggestions) that visitation to the common house
> by non-residents be greatly curtailed.  Common meals and guest room usage
> have been cancelled.  As of this writing, the common house (where my wife
> and I live) is pretty much a ghost town.  Even so, twice a day we disinfect
> selective routes and surfaces in the commons.  Based on evidence and
> experience so far, we have not yet made a plan for commercial-grade
> disinfection once the crisis has passed.
>
> For the moment, we’ve cobbled together adequate supplies of alcohol and
> store-bought “99.9%” disinfectant products.  However, all stores shelves in
> Cambridge seem empty of such supplies, and we’re a bit surprised to see
> that the supply chain is very slow in recovering.  Maybe the re-stock of
> every plausible product is being diverted into the hospitals.  In a few
> years, we’re going to have some really great books written about all this
> ...
>
> Thanks,
> Philip Dowds
> Cornerstone Cohousing
> Cambridge, MA
> On Mar 31, 2020, 9:18 AM -0400, Ruth J Hirsch <heidinys [at] earthlink.net>,
> wrote:
> > Dear Neighbors Across the Miles!
> >
> > A couple weeks ago, as this was cascading we, here at Cantines Island,
> met outside in av big circle so we could be 6 ft apart from one another. We
> then suspended community meals.
> > This last week we decided—now via a Zoom mtg— to lock the CH with the
> key readily available. Simpler to know the kids aren’t running i & o.
> >
> > While this is not happening anytime soon— and so as I write this it is
> perhaps self resolving: I was asked to see what you might be doing to
> eventually disinfect your CommonHouse. Of course, as I write it becomes
> clear that having been fallow for weeks there may be no need for concern.
> We have all read that the virus dies after various times, all will have
> elapsed once we re-inhabit.
> >
> > That said, two questions: any other group still thinking abt
> disinfecting your CH when the time comes?
> > And,have you a recipe for disinfectant, surface disinfectant using
> ingredients that may still be obtained?
> > Wishing you and your loved ones Moments of Peace, Joy and Delight,
> > May it ripple out,
> > Ruth Hirsch
> > Cantines Island, Saugerties, NYS
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > PS: I have an intermittent e-mail glitch. If you write and do not hear
> back from me shortly, please call me or please re-send. Thank you, Ruth
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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