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Finished tearing out
the wood stairway, then took shovel in hand and did some terrain modification
so that Kate & Dan (and their guests) will still have a reasonably walkable
pathway to the dock. Had hoped to
salvage much of the 5/4x6x3 decking from the stairway for use in the wooden
walkway that is this summer’s main project.
Unfortunately, that decking mostly came out in chunks and pieces, so
will be bonfire fodder. I did salvage 24
good 2x6x8’s… which I don’t need. Also
put into the recycle bin 16 pounds of nails that were holding the stairway
together. Spent some quality time with
Perry’s power planer and my sanders fixing the hack jobs previously done to the
woodshed’s south doorway doors. The
southern door came out great; now closes exactly as it should. Previous attacks with the Skilsaw left the
northern door a ¼″ too short. Grumble,
bitch, moan… So cut a piece the right
thickness (fingers crossed) and glued it back onto the bottom of the door. Given how poorly the Liquid Nails
construction adhesive performed during the door latch placement fiasco, left
this repair clamped and curing overnight.
Moved on to the cool sanctity of the lower level man cave, where my
hammer drill easily bored ten holes in the east wall. Epoxy glued ½″ x 10″ and 12″ galvanized
J-bolts into those holes to make brackets for suspending all of my ladders and
the extendable scaffolding. Heaven
forbid that any ladder of mine should have to lean up against a wall…
