My last post said I had three things left to do:
- facade
- digging/concrete
- shingles.
Since then, I've added two things to the list:
- apply primer to both sides of roof
- square up pier hole.
I've done both of the new items, and I'm done with the digging (I hate shovels), including getting everything leveled. The places where I was digging had a lot of loose dirt, so today I went out with the hose and thoroughly soaked all the dirt so that I won't get any surprises after I put the posts in concrete. Once that is dry (hopefully tomorrow) I'll put the posts in the concrete (should only take a few minutes - it is fence post concrete and you don't have to mix it - just dump it in the post holes, and then fill with water. It dries in less than an hour).
I have the facade also almost done, but the fit is a little snug and I need to do a little wood working to get it so it opens smoothly. I figure a hour or two, depending upon how far I have to disassemble before I can remove wood.
That leaves just the shingles. I have the felt paper, shingles, and drip guards so all I have to do is put them on. I think it will take about 24 shingles, which hopefully won't be too bad.
In order to make sure that after leveling all sides were below ground level to prevent a river from running through the Dogservatory, I put boards between the posts. I've tried to describe it, and it was hard so I took a picture. Adding these boards seems like it will keep it much drier inside, but required me to do a bunch more digging.
Here is the what I dug. You can see the post holes in the corners and the trenches for the boards described above connecting them. This picture was taken after I soaked everything, so you can see that it is still wet.
- facade
- digging/concrete
- shingles.
Since then, I've added two things to the list:
- apply primer to both sides of roof
- square up pier hole.
I've done both of the new items, and I'm done with the digging (I hate shovels), including getting everything leveled. The places where I was digging had a lot of loose dirt, so today I went out with the hose and thoroughly soaked all the dirt so that I won't get any surprises after I put the posts in concrete. Once that is dry (hopefully tomorrow) I'll put the posts in the concrete (should only take a few minutes - it is fence post concrete and you don't have to mix it - just dump it in the post holes, and then fill with water. It dries in less than an hour).
I have the facade also almost done, but the fit is a little snug and I need to do a little wood working to get it so it opens smoothly. I figure a hour or two, depending upon how far I have to disassemble before I can remove wood.
That leaves just the shingles. I have the felt paper, shingles, and drip guards so all I have to do is put them on. I think it will take about 24 shingles, which hopefully won't be too bad.
In order to make sure that after leveling all sides were below ground level to prevent a river from running through the Dogservatory, I put boards between the posts. I've tried to describe it, and it was hard so I took a picture. Adding these boards seems like it will keep it much drier inside, but required me to do a bunch more digging.
Here is the what I dug. You can see the post holes in the corners and the trenches for the boards described above connecting them. This picture was taken after I soaked everything, so you can see that it is still wet.
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