The cement board siding cutter arrived.
It should make cutting the siding pieces to the right length much easier, so I’m told.
Allan
shed siding continues
The shed siding is almost compete. The doors and surrounding areas are left.
The rear suite gate hinges are installed. I’m not sure if this is ideal or otherwise as I have never used this type of hinge. As well, the post is pulled one way but doesn’t have any opposing, stabilizing pull.
siding swap
Siding was taken from the rear building to side the shed. New siding will be put on the rear building.
Pretty small building. We might have enough siding. Hard to say as there was no siding on the south side of the rear building.
Now, none of the rear building has any siding.
Senville heat pump not working
Something got screwed up. I believe the wires were crossed when the Senville heat pump was installed. We were careful to not mix up the wires, but things got crossed. Now, the dang thing won’t fire up.
I’ll have to test connectivity from both terminals – start and end.
wild flowers, fruit trees, and shrubs
Some of the wild flower seeds must have been what Sandra has identified as “wild lettuce”. They grow like trees! Now my fruit trees are inundated by what amounts to giant weeds. I’ll have to pull some.
Some of the shrubs in the front, next to the sidewalk, have died off. I pulled four dead shrubs and kept two that were half-dead. I’ll have to trim them sometime. In the mean time, I watered the two new shrubs. I hope they take.
wild flower garden
The wild flower garden has filled in with various colours.
Unfortunately, some of it is just wild weeds. … But what is a “weed”, anyway?
rear deck pickets
The rear tenant wants a little privacy. To that end, we’re adding pickets to the rear deck which will create a visual barrier between the two areas. They still have to be cut to the appropriate height (i.e. the tallest point not rotted away!), power washed, and stained.
posts and pads
The fence posts are painted now, in Tremclad black, ready for holes to be drilled for rails. Four new pads are now installed, gravel and sand underneath.
Next: move the shed out of the house’s rear walkway, drill the holes, exchange the bolts (should have 5″, not 4″), and put up the rails.
Tremclad black
I took a wire wheel to the steel fence posts to remove the surface rust. I could have painted right over the rust with Tremclad paint, according to others around me, but, according to the directions on the can, this is a no-no. Take the rust off first!
fence post cement
We’re mixing cement today, putting in the last (hopefully) fence posts.
All went well enough except the last post – too many roots. The hole was in the wrong place because the roots pushed pushed the power auger off to one side.
Now what? Next time I’ll cut the roots off as far down as I can and complete the job.