Projects

I did the ‘call before you dig’ (or now they call it ‘click before you dig’) and hung up my permit notices.  I marked the proposed fence line with marker paint.

Of course, this line will likely change, depending on the utility location markers when they come to mark, the tenant(s), Floyd’s advice, and my ongoing vision for the place.  It will change the rear entrance pathway for the guys in the house and the rear tenant’s entrance.

I’m still a little undecided on where the fence should be.  Originally, I envisioned a motorized sliding gate, keeping vehicles inside the fence line.

The neighbour down the alley has this fence.  It looks like it has been disused for some time.

This project will likely prove to be too complicated and costly.  So best go with an ordinary fence inside the property with the vehicles outside.

I haven’t done much work on 520 for a while because I’m waiting for the ‘call before you dig’ people to do their inspections.  They will flag the area for all utilities (gas, electricity, cable, phone, water, sewer).  Until that happens, I wait.  Until then, I marked the area where the fence will be constructed.

I have a feeling that, under the gazebo, there is a septic tank.  Just a feeling.  There’s all manner of other junk buried back there.

I was thinking of a title to give this.

We dug a hole to put the gravel and sand that will hold the concrete pads for the walkway.  What on earth do you call that?

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It never ends!  More concrete, wood, and other building materials are gathering up.  Time for a dump run.

To put up a fence, we have to create a walkway from the house to the rear.  This means digging up earth, roots, rocks, foreign junk, and whatever else is in the way.  Paving stones will be put in and will lead to the rear parking.

Holy crap, are there a lot of roots!

We’ve flagged it off and will try again another day.