Wow... it's been a while

A lot of things have happened since the last time I posted... Let's try summing it up. I pressure washed and stained the deck, built shelves in the cellar to hold our Rubbermaid storage containers. I know... It's still not organized, but it's a hell of a lot better.














After that, I started converting a closet we have into a half bath. We don't use it and it's 10'x4' so it will make a nice addition to the house. I haven't done much yet, I've just started; You can see here I'm still in the process of taking down the drywall.



















After that, I started some serious projects. My father in law dropped off a 50hp Kubota and a backhoe so I decided to work on a new drainage system so we can hopefully avoid that pesky water problem in the spring the previous owners lied about. Here's a picture of the back yard, and if you look close you can see the spray paint on the lawn we put down to mark where everything will be done.














Here's a picture you can see I'm connecting a drainage line to a window well. There were 8 separate lines that connected to the main drainage line running to the street. We connected 3 window wells, 3 gutter down spouts, the new driveway and the retaining wall. We used up nearly 300' of 4" perforated pipe. If you look close in the first picture you can see an old pipe in the ground I'm assuming was left there from when this house was converted to city sewer back in 1978. Good thing I didn't pull too hard on the controls when the backhoe caught on that!!

























Since I had all the equipment here, it was easy to dig a little hole in the front yard. After a few hours of digging, driving around to get a tree and replacing the sod we pulled up we now have a new ash tree in the front yard. Hopefully this baby will give us a little shade in the spring