23 June 2015

Started raining hard overnight and continued into daylight hours… scaring away the goose, again.  During one mid-morning deluge the water coming off the roof valley was hitting the ground 6 feet from the house corner.  (Yeah, I know, who in his right mind goes out to measure something like that during a downpour?)  Tackled the accumulated list of indoor chores. Moved all the scrap used but good Zip System^® sheathing out of the garage (will be used to panel the inside of the Utility Room) preparatory to sealing the garage floor this coming weekend.  Unpacked, installed, then Type A labeled all the window screens, confirming that we got what was ordered… and that we can remember where each screen goes when we go to install them again next spring / summer.  Removed the ugly transom light over the garage people door and took it to Desabrais Glass to have a new one fabricated without the grilles.  Removing that window would have been easy if ThermaTru hadn’t used Geosel^® to seal the window to the frame.  And speaking of Geosel^®, used up all the rest on hand sealing about 75% the seam between the exterior wall sill plates and the subfloor on the house main level.  Sun came out just after noon, so Marty & Merry came up to help me survey elevations on the path between our abodes so that I can make some improvements there per Merry’s long-standing request.  The Lapidii’s take on the 5068 French door was that it looks “undernourished”.  Marty also helped me survey the leach field, which confirmed what my eye was saying, i.e., the north ends of the dispersion trenches will be about 2 feet further underground than the south ends.  Confirmed with Tyler and Jimmy that this will not be a problem so long as, per the design, the trenches themselves are level.