We have had a pile of tree stumps sitting in the yard since we did our first big clean up, so today we borrowed a dump truck from work and finally got them out to the woods. We still have quite a few stumps to dig out but that is for another day :-)
We have a mason coming tomorrow to reinforce the rear wall and chimney in the shop. Initially, we noticed the chimney was separating from the building and were planning on tearing it down and rebuilding a new one, but our mason found that it was actually the rear wall that was leaning away from the chimney. The plan is to add two support pillars to the back wall and reconnect the chimney. I will post updated photos tomorrow!
Anyways, in order to install these new support pillars we had to rip out the back wall of the paint booth, so that was our main goal for today. The paint booth's drywall had become moldy and gross because of the roof leak so it had to come out either way.
Day 1 at the paint booth
Drywall down, just insulation left
Finally down to the concrete block!
While the boys were cleaning out the paint booth, I kept busy hauling dump truck loads and doing other small jobs. I took the door off the outhouse today to save the hardware because the lean-to it's in is being torn down soon.
Here is a photo of our lovely outhouse
Up close
The lean-to
Awesome mis-matched roof with whole timbers!
I am a little sad about it because its a neat old building, made from whole round trees. Unfortunately it hasn't been well maintained and has a lot of rot that compromises it's structural integrity. It's also in a bad spot - right behind the house.
So... bye bye shed. But on a positive note, check out all that awesome lumber I will have for crafts!!
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