My Old House
Issues and Events involving our Home in Independence, Missouri
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I finally found the time to snap a photo of our new, finished front steps! The previous steps were a safety hazard.
Yeah, they “jog” a little bit as they reach the street, but that’s because the city came in and did their tiny part at the bottom of the photo FIRST… and our concrete guys simply poured right up to it.
-= Dave =-
Greetings All!
Just wanted to post that yesterday, Wednesday the 15th, was a day that I had personally long been waiting for: we had a concrete contractor tear out the slowly-crumbling steps out in front, bordering the street. Plus, I had him replace about 16 feet of concrete walkway “above” those steps, as that concrete was starting to show signs of erosion.
We basically have a drainage issue that we have to deal with. Water comes off the roof, down the south-side down-spouts, and into a nice little concrete drainage trench that borders the sidewalk that wraps around the south and east sides of our house. However, the drainage trench seems to end up going nowhere. And the concrete where it ends has …
Boy, I’ve got the “spring bug” big-time!
Forget the indoors home improvement for a while… I’m going outside!
Last week, I spent a good deal of time doing gardening-related work. I decided to create one new flower bed this year: a butterfly garden. I figured if my wife and I each create one new bed or project per year, we’ll have a huge beautiful garden in no time!
To start with, I went outside to the bay window that juts out from the dining room. I then stuck a stake in the ground and tied one end of some string to it. Then I measured out somewhere between 8 and 10 feet of string… and on the other end, attached a can of white spray …
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