The Project . . .

Exterior / Garage

Original exterior / garage:

Front yard/house - faces east

Back yard - NE and SE corners

Back yard - SW and NW corners

converted garage, attic access

remaining 'garage' area

mid-November, 2008:
Shed in back yard torn down.

shed dismantled

November 20, 2008:
Removed bush at corner of garage, fill dirt spread as needed.

bush uprooted	holes filled in front yard
holes filled at entry	holes filled along south wall

January 18, 2009: French drain


	Aug 17, 2023

Currently the drain pipe ends at the house edge, and there's just a shallow ditch beyond to drain the water away. The original plan was to continue the piping out into the backyard and end it in an underground gravel chamber, but this seems to be working fine the way it is.

Windows:
(replaced end of August, 2009)

original windows

new windows


front room interior	another view	exterior closeup

front bedroom interior

new front bedroom

front bedroom exterior

original windows

new windows


master bedroom	master bath	corner of living room

		discards
by back door	kitchen	discards
		flipped open

Improving "curb appeal":

old siding, door, mailbox, light, house #s
11-5-09: siding removed	11-5-09: siding removed
11-7-09: new front door	11-10-09: ready for new siding
11-13-09: new siding installed	new outlet, mail box, house #s
11-13-09: garage doors removed	11-15-09: siding painted
mid-Nov: Eaves/fascia covered	Close-up of garage corner
Thanksgiving: fiberglass front door stained	early February - snow makes everything pretty
early July, 2010: porch light finally installed (CFL bulb, dark-skies compliant)


early August, 2010: gables covered




Aug. 8, 2010 - Finished repainting curb numbers

Dec '10-Jan '11 - Replaced old meter & disconnect

New chimney rain cap	New car for driveway
	vent for pellet stove insert
December 28, 2011

January 1, 2012

March 22, 2012

April 11-13, 2012:
New sewer line for kitchen drains

cutting concrete

jackhammered sidewalks

removed broken concrete

digging trenches

trench digger video (3.2MB - click to play)


April 19-20: new sidewalk

5-16-12: painting doors

June - interior of garage

2013: back fence trees

The hackberries kept dropping huge limbs during storms.
So I had them all cut down in December, 2013.
brush pile	remainder of log pile

2017: roof stuff

hail storm Jan 21	3-16: wanted a new roof before installing solar panels; thanks to the hail storm, insurance paid for it!
	3-21: installed solar panels on the west side

April 11, 2018:
removed back wire fence (that was falling over)

January 2021: side door to garage replaced

Feb 3, 2021
installed a permanent LED 'nightlight'
so the garage won't be pitch black, since
none of the doors have windows.

Fence removal:

March 25, 2017	April 14, 2018

The wooden fence gradually fell apart. Sections on the north side went first (2020), & I tore down the north-side gates in 2021. The south fence was newer but the much-repaired south-east section finally fell apart in the fall of 2022, so Dad & I took down the remaining fence then.

Remaining tasks:

Gutters
Replace fence
Landscaping
Organize garage / wall racks to hang stuff
Bamboo barrier? (see below)

	notes from phone conversation with bamboo guru in Houston
bamboo reached the yard in spring of 2021

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Last updated: August 17, 2023