The 20 stackable blocks that I picked up the other day at Lowes just about finished the little wall at the bottom of the steps. I still need about 10 more, and that job will be finished. Most of the rain water that drains off the back half of the house, and the deck cover, will now run past the steps, instead of pooling in that area. I still have to put up 6 kick boards on the steps, paint the whole thing, and move on to the next project.
As water users go, Patty and I don't use a whole lot, but I decided quite some time ago, that saving a little bit of rainwater might not be a bad idea. I checked out all of the rain barrels on ebay, Amazon, and settled on the one pictured from WalMart.com. It holds 50 gallons, can be connected to a series of collectors, and will serve as a source of water for container plants at the front of the house. It came yesterday, and I quickly modified one of the front awning downspouts to drain into the top of the new rain collector. The timing might be just about perfect, as the weather forecast is for some rain this weekend.
As of yesterday afternoon, the revised engineered plans for the RV shade cover had not shown up in our PO Box. The last set of plans were sent priority mail, and if this updated set was sent the same way on Monday or Tuesday, they should be here today, or tomorrow. That will set up the next visit to the epicenter of bureaucratic absurdity!
When it's all done, maybe you can mosey up my way and tackle MY building permit!!! Hahahahahaha It's so bad here, I don't even want to enter their building!!
ReplyDeleteCan't be any worse than here. There should be a sign at the entrance to every county building permit office that reads......take 2 valium before entering!
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