30 inch deep trench thru shale.



Installing 26" wide sheets of PVC corrugated roofing material 8' long. Thick stock. Water barrier for channels on shale.



Ground contour covered with 50 year rubber roofing membrane. For surface water running off of the upper yard and some roof water.



Covering with flagstone and pine bark nuggets.

I know - I'm sick of showing you the projects too, cause I know ya'll just want it DONE! Me too. Believe me. This is one of those periods in a lifetime that you will NOT want to revisit. Ya just have to get to the other side. Kelly and I are completely fried, but we just have to finish. Here's one more attempt to close out the list here.

Gary

Somehow I pictured Club Med with more palm trees.

Lon

One small step for Garyman.....one giant leap for Airgunningkind!
I heard a saying like that somewhere....keep up the good work Gary
Regards
Neil

This is impressive to see, but when you where on the roof i was nervous. Nice to see that it is all working out and will soon come to an end. Soon you will be making metal art work again.

Gary, you need to add to your skills resume, water management engineer. You certainly have the experience to justify the title.

Will

Don't you just love projects where you spend an entire day (or two, or three...) of back-breaking labor just to get back to where it ought to have been in the first place? Hour upon hour with a shovel and pick-axe, tons of dirt and stone lifted and shifted and moved, and when you get finished you have...

Ta-da!

A perfectly ordinary looking walkway.

Ah, if they only knew...

Hi Guys,

Thanks Much. Sean, you are right - it's like auto body repair ... the only way anybody sees anything is if you do a lousy job! Do a good job of repair and it looks original. This is very similar. Just some flags and pine nuggets - nothing to see here. Don't do it and the whole corner of the basement is wet and moldy.

Lon - My bags went to Club Med, I was redirected to BPN, the palms were sent to BPS.

Neil - R U sure you don't need a pool boy? I don't eat much. Just shrimp on Wed. Nite ...

Don - I sure hope you are correct. And this is done soon. We're pretty frayed around the edges now. Gonna take several rolls of tape to patch. Haha.

Will - "Hydro-R-Us" ... . Ya live long enough, you have to learn some things.

I put in for a raise for ya Gary !YOU have been doing a great job on that rental house . Hehe Hey by the way the frayed look is back and kids are paying good money to look disheveled ! I went for that look back in April and my wife says I look marvelous

Thanks
Kurt

Great all around Kurt!

I can use the raise!!

And it's great that I'm such a mess that I'm cool!!! Do you have that wild look in your eye too? Gee - I had a "selfie" I just snapped. But once again, photobucket is unresponsive ....

Gary

A test. Loading pics remotely, to the forum data base ... hummmmm

Gary,

I see the pink flags. How many times did you hit your head during that project??

Scott

What?

Who?

Not many .....

Haha.

Scott,
I forgot to tell you .....
You may recall that, before we went south the last time - I redid the staircase from kitchen to second floor back hallway. Remember the plaster was all delaminated. The fix went great. It's tight as a drum. The stair tread paint cured well while we were away. The original handrail on that staircase (considered the back stairs) and was made of iron pipe. I had to take it down for plaster access - and we scraped and painted it. It was hanging in the shop. What I forgot to describe is how that ten foot length of iron pipe rings like a bell if you slam your head into it just right! Really cool sound .... no ... really ....



Haha

Gary

A few minutes' work, and everything is fresh and new.

Hey - the basement is actually drying. And I suited up and treated the surface mold issue with a bleach solution. Almost time to hang pictures on the basement walls and set out the doilies. Hehe.

Gary

Looks Great!

Scott