joys of home ownership

[mckitterick]

...since the last installment, I went outside and tied- and staked-down the newly restored carport to help prevent it from flopping around as it had before. Also cleared the gutters on the garage and the house. For those of you who know me well, you'll be aware that climbing onto the roof of the house and clearing the gutters 20 feet above the cement patio out back is worthy of cheer.

Also cleared off the front patio (oak trees around the house lose leaves all winter, sigh) and bricked the area around the A/C unit to prevent mud-splash during rain storms.

Also, if you're a home-owner and do not own one of those fabulous gutter-scoopers, rush out right now and get yourself one! Makes scooping out that mucky leaf-goo soooo much nicer.

Best,
Chris

Comments

[astein142.livejournal.com]

The term "fabulous gutter scooper" intrigues me... more info, please?

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Sure! I got mine from Home Depot, but I see that Sprawl-Mart has them, too. They're like flexible little shovels with long scoops that conform to the shape of your gutters and allow easy scooping and tossing of gutter-goo. Mine cost about four bucks.

[starstraf.livejournal.com]

Humm, Gutter cleaning this shows how to make one out of half gallon jug

I had jack put up gutter screens and that seems to do a good job - a few times a year I spray the roof down and such - once in a while I have Jack come over to clean them up because I do not climb ladders

[astein142.livejournal.com]

I keep trying to convince Mike to buy a ladder -- but the fool just keeps climbing out onto the roof through an upstairs window. Sigh.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Yowza! I use an 8-foot ladder to get onto my roof on the shorter, front side... but climbing out a window onto the roof? Um, perhaps you should delete this in case your insurance agent checks....

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