Finally, finally, the waterlogged door trim got dry enough yesterday that I could put the spar varnish on it and protect it from the winter weather! I hope we can get the deck and step done too, but they ARE YellaWood and treated, so they'd be ok...
You may remember this view...we tried fans, heaters, time...and finally the latter was enough. It stayed wet from June to about a week ago, and this is November. (I think this photo was from July...it still looked like that in October!) It would look dry in the afternoon, sometimes, but by morning it would have attracted moisture again...eeep! Mark said it had gotten waterlogged in his chickenhouse...and we used it WHY?? Featured in our OOops Page, above. Recycling is great, but ya gotta use good stuff. I figure those boards cost about $3-$4 each, new...we probably used that much electricity trying to dry it.
Ah well. Done now...
And here's our usual visitor, Pepi, inside looking out, watching me work...spoiled any, you think?
Glad the lumber finally dried before winter. Love your little visitor. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rita, me too (both)! When it was still dry several mornings in a row, I figured the time was right!
ReplyDeleteYa-a-a-y. And about time...That Pepi is a cutie and she has your number-- "If I just keep showing up maybe I can talk her into adopting me."
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Thank goodness for that! I don't think you'd have used that board if you'd known it had already been waterlogged. Hopefully, this is the last of the problems with wetness. Pepi knows a good thing when she sees one.
ReplyDeleteOh, of course we wouldn't! I was not a happy camper. I'm all for recycling, but things have to be SOUND to work...
ReplyDeleteAnd Annie, I agree! But I know where Pepi lives, he just visits the whole neighborhood!
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