The Foundation...

Had my neighbor attack my basement and retaining walls while I was at work yesterday. Turns out, 2 gallons of Dry Lock are not enough.

It was enough though to complete a first coat.

So I'll be picking up another three gallons for a second coat and the missed areas, like...the back sides of the retaining walls.

The basement windows and storm door also need stripping, caulking, and painting. 
And that window to the left no one mentioned...
I'll be picking up the piece f 24"x 16" glass for that on my home tonight.

Mold and to do

It has been a while since I posted anything, This is because it's been a while since I did anything.

The doors need replacing as do half the windows.

In the meantime they will be getting re-caulked and painted. before that though, The foundation and retaining walls need cleaning, scraping and painting. That is the next project. 

The house was covered in an algae or mold, This year it hit every house n the area, coating the house in a greenish-blackish slime coat. That has been removed from the north and west walls where it was worst. 

New fixture.

Stepped outside yesterday

While I was at work yesterday Nat showed up at the house and went to work in the yard. The wooded area on the south end of the property has been the leaf dump area for years, the past few though not so much. The bittersweet has hit an epidemic proportion. The trees have been killed by it and more are under attack. Those the little vines run everywhere and where two run together more follow and the grow a single skin. over and over this happens until the vines have a tree bark look and are as thick as young trees. but unlike young trees, these grow like snakes wrapping around everything, and where they touch the ground the shoot out roots to grapple with other things like rocks, debris, other vines and more trees. 

Well, Nat went to work on them and by the time I came home at 6pm she had a large area cleared out, but still the vines are everywhere you walk and the few trees she left standing need to come down also, but their size makes it difficult.

I do wish she had taken some "before" photographs, because the difference is impressive and the amount of work she did, outstanding.

Bathroom sink and Vinyl

Had a plugged sink and a totally pieced together drain system in the bathroom. The drain mechanism was 1-1/4" plastic, with glued together pieces to adapt to the 1-1/2 inch metal pipe. I cut the old section out and went looking for a new 1-1/2" set up. No one local had it so I went to piece meal mode. I put it together and ended up with, well, a sieve, it leaked everywhere.  I was cussing up a blue streak and getting ready to clear the plog by using a 38, but Doug came over and saved the day. He crawled under the sink, removed all I had done, and started over. He also got the sink line unplugged. So no drips and no stoppage. 

he then went up into the south room and applied the vinyl he made me, it came out fantastic, well... the sheet-rock wall doesn't help much because it isn't actually flat. But I love the decal work.
He made it five feet long and I am thinking about adding a vinyl of apes and a headlight after it, or model names or the HD shield. I haven't quite made up my mind yet. 

To think, It's only been since March 9th

South room #2 floor ...Floor

Started last Friday, This laminate is Not Pergo, it was displayed in store with the Pergo but was actually Home Depots brand, "Home Decorator". It does not go together smoothly like Pergo, or Lowes store brand "Project Source". This laminate does not slide and lock smoothly, in fact we bent an installing tool and damaged quite a few board trying to drive these pieces to lock. It is designed to lift over a ridge and drop lock in place, more often than not it would drive through the lock ridge and the surface finish would lift while tapping the boards in place. We finally finished the floor last night around 9pm, except for the half round molding which needs to go around the wall areas, and a couple tiny fill in pieces because of closet cuts.