Good morning all. This is the DailyKos Ssturday morning Home Repair Blog. I am your host James, also known as exlrrp.
this is where the DailyKos community comes to talk about Home repair, Remodeling, building and any other related (and unrelated) topics
This will have to be one of those "the dog ate my homework" type of diaries today, I really haven't done anything this week except put a new gutter on our barn. The old gutter was rusted through and was installed wrong to start with, so the barn floor had this river running through it.
Well, you couldn't see this from my room, so I didn't get to it for a little while (say 5 years) but due to prodding/incentives from mrs exlrrp, who keeps her horses in there, finally broke down and did the job.
I ran down to our local Hardware to get the stuff: 2 10' lengths of gutter, downspout scupper, 1 length of downspout, couple of 90s and splices----its a really cool ol place where all the town tradesmen go. Its even got a wood stove and rocking chairs, like an old timme general store. I'm lucky to have this place--its also a lumber yard--the next thing (a Home Depot) is 24 miles away. I buy here whatever I can, because I like to shop local and they know me here. It's a great resource, theyy almost always hhave just what I want.
With that, I'm going to open this up for general discussion. Our group is made up of everyone from construction professionals and other knowledgeable people so feel free to ask questions or make comments about home repair, remodeling, or any kind of building.