Moving at our lightning pace, we’ve made some progress since we last touched on this in June. You remember when we brought the ceiling down, literally? After much stalling, some debate, then a bit less stalling and a lot more debate, finally some drinking of alcohol, followed by a quick peek at our current funds, [...]
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Take a good luck at the number of ladders in this photo! We were using them all. Well, the far right one was being used by the roofers, so that they were not going up and down a ladder while we were on it. The 3 images below clearly show the progress of the porch [...]
Found a touch of rot and some really shoddy repair work today. The only right thing to do is to strip it all back to where it is sound, and rebuild it. Here’s Kevin, who got stuck with the unenviable task of removing wood that really wasn’t more substantial than powder in places. Carpenter ants, [...]
A few minor issues in the middle of the week. If you noticed the blog was offline - a good friend of mine who registered this domain for me, changed his email addy, and didn’t get the renewal notices. It’s all good now. I’ve got a few misc pics to post, from a period of [...]
hmm, the score so far.
ants? check.
box elder bugs? check.
birds? check.
snakes? check.
asian lady bugs? check.
frogs? check.
squirrels? in the past yes. I’m not sure about now. Let’s climb a ladder and remove a piece of siding to look. oh ok, check.
This should be self explanatory, right?
‘Why?’ you ask. Don’t ask ‘why’, just accept that for some folks grocery bags are cheaper than rain gear…
Busbusbus !
