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2022-03-04: Time to install the mailbox
Mar 4, 2022
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Permalink What am I looking at here? So the city wouldn’t let me install the mailbox without it having an engineered “break”. The idea was that if a car hit it, it should break off - versus breaking the car. I guess that makes sense :/ So we cut the mailbox post in half, and used a piece of (heavily drilled) wood. The joint is a few inches off the ground, so if a vehicle hits it, it’ll break right at this joint and the box will go flying (and the vehicle will be mostly spared, that’s the idea anyway :) Read more...
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2022-03-03: Finally got around to the gutters...
Mar 3, 2022
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So I fixed all the gutters “properly”, only this little piece of crap evidently had a pinhole leak. I guess this means I wanted to go back to the box store sigh.
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2022-02-28: Woke up this morning to a flooded garage
Feb 28, 2022
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Permalink What the hell This morning I went to my office in the garage, and found the first ~4 feet by the door flooded. Luckily my office has poly, 2" of XPS and two layers of plywood on top of that, so it’s totally dry - but what the crap man :/ Four of the gutters terminate only a couple inches from the house (and some are actually below grade). Read more...
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2022-02-27: Time to move the chickens into their new home!
Feb 27, 2022
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Glad this is done (only it’s not)
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2022-02-26: Time for hardware cloth on the run
Feb 26, 2022
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Roof doing the job
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2022-02-20: Asphalt skirt went in
Feb 20, 2022
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Looking solid Also finished the trim on the coop
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2022-02-18: Time to play
Feb 18, 2022
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2022-02-17: Welcome to the family, Robin
Feb 17, 2022
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Brother and I having a difficult day :/
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2022-02-15: Another hard day :/
Feb 15, 2022
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2022-02-11: Researching assisted living options
Feb 11, 2022
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This was a hard day 😥