Most of 2010 was spent on making past-due home repairs.
Date: 12/11/2010
Size: 130 items
Murphy's law puts 4 sprinkler lines running directly in front of vent screw cap. Must dig under to lower sprinkler lines.
Date: 11/01/2010
Views: 1575
Five hours required with the small air chisel to make a hole in the 4" thick concrete.
Date: 11/01/2010
Views: 1725
Vent pipe attached and run, dirt back-filled, concrete hole patched, stone work replaced and flower bed created.
Date: 11/23/2010
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Date: 11/23/2010
Views: 1623
Another coat or two of Sickens. Never too much. Best to keep coating until the logs look nearly plastic. Fill all cracks with stain until it runs out.
Date: 11/23/2010
Views: 1571
Looks almost new.
Date: 11/23/2010
Views: 1701
Rebuild range vent attachment to vent pipe that counter top installers destroyed during their granite installation.
Date: 11/24/2010
Views: 1600
Cut new cedar frames, coat with same 3 coat Sickens formula, and nail up around windows. The windows are sealed behind frames; frames only deco.
Date: 11/24/2010
Views: 1886
'm going to call this wall finished. I see no flaws worth concern at this point.
Date: 11/24/2010
Views: 1605
The five minutes or so admiration is all that comes from weeks of long and very hard work. The wall is restored and better than most people could or would have done. I smile anyway.
Date: 11/24/2010
Views: 1615
Time to hit the corner on the garage that needs new logs.