The Good Banter Thread

[j.w]

Thanks for envying our property..........is that the proper way to thank you back for saying that The gapping is cuz it's a wood shed and the wood needs to breath. Guess I failed to mention that in the post. I just thought you could read my mind like Haro says he can :razz: It's really nice here Lou when the sun shines and it warms up, it's just those killer long gray cloudy/rainy days that get us down here. Guess w/o all that rain it would not be so green and pretty. Today was gorgeous and Sunday they say it will be in the 70's,yay!
Hubby just came in and said he finished gooping the roofing down and he has it all clamped down tight so nothing can mess w/ it. Now it should dry nicely in the warm dry temps we are having. Next we either paint it or fill it w/ all that wood we cut down over winter and paint it later. We need to get that wood as it's still piled up in piles over where we cut it.

 

[CountryEscape]

JW, why didn't you move the shed before you built it, to save that tree? Looks like a nice tree next to the shed, but I agree, I would not want it swaying in the wind and bumping the shed and causing damage. Very nice looking shed, you and your hubby did a superb job on it. So, I'm still not clear, what was the goopy stuff used for? To hold down the black tar paper? Cause around here, you put down the tar paper (maybe what you are using is the heavier thick tar stuff ...) and nail it down, then add the shingles over it. The tar paper acts as a water barrier under the shingles.
Tell your hubby to get a paint sprayer, and he can have that shed painted in a jiffy! But, if you put the wood in there first, it will be striped. Just hang some cheap plastic on the inside and spray away.

 

[sissy]

yeh the wood has to breathe before she burns it up and she will have jailbird wood next .Death to wood . :razz:

 

[Big Lou]

That tree is gonna have to be cut.......

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Instead of cutting the tree down raise the tree's canopy on the shed side. This allows you to keep the tree and prevent its branches from touching the roof. A good tree is a terrible thing to lose. ( happy tree smile )

 

[sissy]

I sorta like the tree there but it does look really close .Shade for the wood .cool wood :razz:

 

[HARO]

Thanks for envying our property..........is that the proper way to thank you back for saying that The gapping is cuz it's a wood shed and the wood needs to breath. Guess I failed to mention that in the post. I just thought you could read my mind like Haro says he can :razz: It's really nice here Lou when the sun shines and it warms up, it's just those killer long gray cloudy/rainy days that get us down here. Guess w/o all that rain it would not be so green and pretty. Today was gorgeous and Sunday they say it will be in the 70's,yay!
Hubby just came in and said he finished gooping the roofing down and he has it all clamped down tight so nothing can mess w/ it. Now it should dry nicely in the warm dry temps we are having. Next we either paint it or fill it w/ all that wood we cut down over winter and paint it later. We need to get that wood as it's still piled up in piles over where we cut it.

I knew you were going to say that! :wave:
John

 

[Big Lou]

Hopefully our backyard redo will be completed by next Christmas.

 

[CountryEscape]

Wow, that's a very long time, Lou! Are you going to do it in stages, that's why it's going to take so long? I'm still anxious for pics. You haven't started a new thread yet, have you?

 

[sissy]

sometimes better to do in stages as you see things getting done you can always rethink things you see that will not work ,but you thought they would .

 

[j.w]

CE I would have cut the tree down before we built the wood shed but I guess the man does it his way. The tree can't stay there Lou cuz the trunk is too close to the shed. It will blow in the wind and tree will move but shed will not so crash, boom, bang theory! We have a lot of those trees and this one will just become a member of the firewood club inside the shed.
CE first he put the plywood on the roof, then he nailed down black paper and then he put some nails and goop to hold down the rolled roofing on a few corners and when all that was cut and placed he added more black goop under all the edges of the rolled roofing to hold it all in place and think he nailed it more also. Now he has clamps all around the edges so it will dry nicely and stay in place while doing so. That's my version of the story anyways.

CHRISTMAS.............Lou?

 

[sissy]

plus the tree will get bigger and get even harder to cut down a shame though gave your hubby shade as he was doing the roof .

 

[Big Lou]

Wow, that's a very long time, Lou! Are you going to do it in stages, that's why it's going to take so long? I'm still anxious for pics. You haven't started a new thread yet, have you?

I was exaggerating ladies because the contractor is taking so long. On average they are here 1.5 days a week. That equates to 0 days some weeks. Two to three others. Very frustrating to say the least.

STATUS

FINISHED - south and west property line beds, behind the pond bed, pond stone rearranged, side neighbor cedar fence, front of pond bed, corner cedar trellis on northeast corner of pond deck, main deck stabilization (unsuccessful).

PARTIALLY FINISHED - north side of pond planting/back ledge stone, curved bed running along both little deck and walkway, driveway/walkway corner bed, corner of house tree/boulder bed, 5 of 8 trees trimmed.

NOT STARTED - Cathy's special lily bed, 4 small areas of St. Augustine sod, stone border around mawmaw's lily bed, French drain along fence, walkway entrance from driveway pergola, driveway sanding, driveway staining, garage door painting, natural fertilizing, replace dead rose.

 

[MitchM]

I must say j.w., that's a nice looking wood drying shed.

Lou, are there any pictures of your landscaping project?

 

[Big Lou]

I must say j.w., that's a nice looking wood drying shed.

Lou, are there any pictures of your landscaping project?

Waiting for the job is complete. Thanks for the interest.

 

[j.w]

Thanks Mitch.......we now have 2 wood sheds and I think that is enough. Should have built the 1st one bigger. Live and learn.

Geeze Lou I hope you haven't paid these workers much till they finish the job. Maybe it the heat there that's getting them down? I see it's almost 7pm there now and 75*! We hit mid 60's and it felt so good while out riding our bicycles today.

Hey they found a dead body in the grocery store parking lot not far from us http://www.komonews.com/news/local/...car-at-Arlington-grocery-store-200537781.html and also the guy across the road from us........we call him Santa Claus was stabbed by another male in his house the other day........I think it was his son who comes to visit who stabbed him. Santa is prolly in his 80's and can't hear much. His wife was found outside by police hiding as she was so scared she would be next. They took the stabber off to jail and don't know Santa's condition. What's going on around here? I thought we lived in a nice quiet area out in the country.