Aug 3
We feel Smoky is transitioned into his new home now He comes downstairs and sits outside but keeps the door handy for now. He'll be good. Best place for him for sure. So we left Lorin's about 10:30 and stopped in Spruce Grove for supplies at Superstore and Home Depot. Food and building supplies, that's how we roll right now. Rolled into PGR about 2:30 and unloaded everything and got organized. I worked on garage stuff and Leslie did all the laundry. We get help tomorrow so we are going to wait and get at the garage again tomorrow.
Aug 4
I made some calls earlier this week and actually found a pro roofer that was willing to work on the long weekend and he is coming tomorrow to do the shingles and roof vent. Awesome. I hate shingles. So today we have to finish the few pieces on the roof and install the window. Also we have to get the roof edge installed so that when "Jeff" gets here tomorrow he can get right at the tar paper and shingles. Of course with Ryan & Ashtyn here to help us things moved along quickly and we had time to go check out the Seba Beach Regatta parade!
Our fave pub here in Seba
It's an RV blog right??
Shriner carts are a parade staple
We're having fun! Holding Margaret a little weird
Loved this truck! Sounded great too
After the parade we all sat down for a great spaghetti dinner that Les had made. Great day and we are ready for the roofer!
Aug 5
I drove out to the highway to meet Jeff, our roofer, and show him the way to our site. He got here at 7:30 to get set up and started shooting nails at 8:07 am. We warned our neighbours that we would be making noise early on the long weekend Sunday morning. There is lots of building going on here so nobody cared.
Not his best side but he rocks!
I'm sure the shingles would have taken Ryan and I a couple days and it's 30C in the afternoon so it would have been awful. Jeff was done and cleaned up every scrap of garbage and was ready to be paid by noon!! Four hours for 15 bundles and a ridge vent!! Come on! That's money well spent. Leslie and I started installing the man door but had to take a run to the lumber yard for some ridge shingles. Jeff was almost done when we got back. I carried the ridge shingles to the bottom of the ladder and he ran back up and finished the ridge vent. He works weekends for cash so if anyone needs a roofer I have his number. We were super happy with his work. After he left Leslie and I got the door installed. Took longer than I thought because "somebody" made the opening too tall The framer is not as good as the roofer.
We have a door and a window!
Aug 6
We have to make the east wall of the garage 45 minute fire rated with non vented soffits because we are 42" from our property line. If we had gone 48" we would be okay but we're already fairly close to the trailer on the other side. Pie shaped lot so you do what you can right? In order to make code we have to install 5/8" Type X drywall on the outside of the wall sheathing. Let me tell you those sheets of 5/8" are heavy. I set up a 2x4 along the bottom of the wall and we were able to stand the sheets on it prior to screwing them on. The carrying from the shed to the wall was harder than actually placing them but of course we got er' done.
Drywall on, now Tyvek and siding.
It was a really smoky day from the BC fires. Leslie has mild asthma and really has trouble breathing in this stuff She had a N95 mask on for part of the day but it's so hot her glasses would fog from sweat and breathing in the mask. Enough for today. Our neighbours, Lynn and Andre, are here from St Albert for one night so let's have a couple drinks with them. They're great neighbours and they are getting a shed and a larger storage unit built on their property next week so they are doing some prep work.
Hey buddy, happy hour?
Gotta have a Margaret picture
August 7
Another super smoky day and I have an appointment to drop off the truck for warranty repair on the rear diff. Finally get rid of the clunk noise in the back. Leslie picked me up in Stony Plain at 8am and we went for breakfast at Uptown Grill on main street. Then it was groceries, fuel and a trip to Evansburg to return some stuff from the garage. It was afternoon before we got home so we just finished the Tyvek over the drywall and stopped. Smoke makes your throat sore, gee thanks BC ! (Joking of course, it's a terrible fire year)
Aug 8
Great, another smoke and heat warning again today. 32C forecast for the afternoon. We're working on soffits today and got a great tip from another neighbour, Bert. He noticed I was cutting soffit with my grinder and a zip disk, so he came over and suggested turning my skill saw blade around backwards. What a difference that makes! I had heard of doing the same thing but figured the grinder worked pretty good. You need hearing and eye protection but nice smooth cuts and goes quicker. Thanks Bert.
Soffit and fascia on this side done, in the shade
In the afternoon I got a call from Stony Plain Chrysler that my truck is ready to go. Perfect we want a break from this anyway. We drove to Stony and had a couple other stops. Leslie found a hair salon and booked an appointment so she looks good for the wedding on the 25th and we had a stop at the pharmacy.
Aug 9
Finished up the soffit and installed fascia tin. So smoky and hot that we don't want to be outside. Enough of this already. Can somebody change the wind direction? We jumped in the truck and drove to a little place called Tomahawk just south of Seba. They have propane and cold beer so we enjoyed the a/c and a nice drive to get both of those items. Leslie got a soft ice cream which even though I am lactose intolerant I stole a bit of it.
Aug 10
We had just two more fascia pieces left to do on the back of the garage so we got right at it and finished that easily enough. We had marked the chalk line for the siding starter strip and decided to take a short break. After a little pause I told Les I wanted to install the new mudflap that I was given at Chrysler. Luckily they had a single one exactly like the one on my truck that had torn off. It was just sitting under their stairs with dust on it so they gave it to me! Bonus day. So all the other bolts/screws lined up except one that needed a hole drilled and a new bolt installed. Yeah you know where this is going. I actually came back to the garage and grabbed a 1x4 block and said to Leslie "I'll put this behind the mudflap so I don't drill my hand". Somehow I managed to drill through the flap and the block fast enough to put a real nice cut in the top of my thumb!! Caution next pic is kinda gross....
See where the drill bit hit ?
Well that sucker bled quite a bit and looked worse than it really was. It seemed deep so we went to the hospital in Stony to see if it needed a stitch. After a short 2.5 hour wait in ER (gggrrrr) the doctor had a look and said no to stitches but yes to a tetanus shot because I have no idea when the last one was. Now we have hurry to Leslie's hair appointment downtown and she is in her work clothes and had no real chance to get cleaned up and we're starving. Quick stop at McDonalds and pin it downtown. Only a couple minutes late but all good. So with a small bandage on my thumb I head home to get the siding corner posts on. Of course it wasn't long and Leslie texted that she was done. Not a productive day! Back to Stony Plain I go but it was worth it, Leslie looks great!
Nice huh ?
When we got back it was too late to start anything else so we made supper and relaxed. Tomorrow is another day. The smoke is bad again.
The tee box is 500 yards away, can't see it :(
Aug 11
So with a great hair day for Les and a good bandage on my thumb we got back at the siding. I got the last corner post done while Leslie put up siding on the wall.
First one is the tough one
Going good
The garage door is delayed at the factory. Busy season for garage doors obviously. It's supposed to start raining tonight so we are hanging a tarp over the opening, I bought a brown one just like the door will be.
Almost looks like a garage door
It's getting late in the day and we want to take a load of stuff to the dump so it's time to shut down for today. As Leslie was putting some stuff in the firepit she noticed some movement in the trees behind our lot. She caught my attention quietly and we both walked to the back fence and stood within 10 feet of a deer happily eating grass and leaves behind our lot. She didn't even care we were there and we could talk normally. It was pretty cool.
Not too concerned about us
We were right about the rain. It started after we got back from the dump. Good night for supper and a movie, ahhh.
Aug 12
The rain is coming down hard, it's officially a day off. Yay! We had a great slow morning and made arrangements to meet our buddy Barry in Spruce Grove for lunch. We left early so we could stop at Rona and pick up some lights and look around. It was a great lunch and it's been a while since we've seen Barry. After lunch we stopped at Home Depot to just have a look and ended up buying some electrical stuff. Hate those stores lol. Back at home we decided to try an Instant Pot curry recipe. It was okay and we have leftovers that's for sure! Looking for better weather tomorrow so back at the build. Stay tuned, almost done !
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