Once again, we arrived on Friday. We replaced the kitchen/dining room window on Friday. It gave us lots of trouble and took all day. It was cool and breezy, and we weren't able to complete the exterior trim until Saturday afternoon. Rick also repaired some soffit and fascia on the north side of the house while we had the ladder out and did a lot of work on electricity and lights on Saturday. The days are getting shorter, and lighting is needed in the morning and late afternoon. We now have operational lights and some operational electric plugs in the kitchen, living room, utility room, and master bedroom.
One of our biggest headaches and worries was also resolved on Saturday. The property came with a 70'+ tower with TV antennas at the top. It had been in place for probably at least 60 or 70 years. We hadn't quite figured out how we were going to handle it yet. Our new neighbor, Harold, saw a lot of movement in it during a wind event in the middle of last week. (We haven't been there yet when the wind was really blowing). There are several anchors on our property and on his property, and apparently some of the guide wires had been relocated to our carport area at some point and were rubbing and causing damage. He found a large, loose concrete anchor in our yard which was moving significantly when pulled. He was willing to take the tower down with his son's help with our permission. We agreed, and they were able to lie it down, mostly between trees, between the two houses on Saturday afternoon without incident! Once it was down, he noted that the guide wire that kept it from falling on our house from west and southwest winds only had 2/6 wires intact--the others had rubbed and broken. He took it apart and stacked it up behind our shed. We are relieved to have it down safely and very appreciative of good neighbors!
On Sunday, we sheet-rocked the hot water heater closet and started working on figuring out the electricity for wall sockets and figuring out sheetrock and baseboards in the master bedroom.
We've already purchased the two windows for the east wall of the living room (front of house) but are waiting for the connector piece to arrive. It could be a few more weeks. We'll hopefully order or find a window for the north wall of the utility room this week. We have more work on sheetrock and electricity for the master bedroom, 2nd bedroom, and living room. The mini-splits will also need to be installed soon since we could get cold weather at any time, but the sheetrock needs to be finished first.
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Looking good. Love the big window y’all installed Saturday.
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