Recycleing

Lest you think That Fuzz has just been laying around doing nothing, we thought it would be good to give an update on our homeimprovements. Those with good memories may remember when we were trying to get approved by the county. Among other things we had to install some porches at our 2 "means of egress".
This way all fine and good but while it satisfied the county, it did lack certain amenities such as a roof for example. It was rather inconvenient when trying to unlock the door in the rain. The Fuzz had been planning to take care of this inconvenience for a while now, but all the rain and snow was slowing things down a bit.
This weekend he finally got a shot at it. He had salvaged some lumber and tin from the old place and brought it out to the woods. It had lain here under 2 snowstorms and plenty of rain, but now it was time to drag it out.
At the top is a shot of the beginning of the work. Next is some of the work getting the posts ready for the assembly.
The Fuzz used the old technique of making multiple passes with a circular saw and then chiseling out the excess wood to form the joints. This is crude and effective, but hardly "Joinery".
The Fuzz was careful to plunb things up and here you can see some lag bolts being installed to strengthen the posts.
Despite all his hard work, as darkness gathered, the job was not quite finished.
The framing was finished, but only part of the tin.

With more rain, sleet and snow in the forecast, we really wanted to get this project finished up. So The Fuzz jumped right on it when he got back from work. And lastly, we have a look at the finished project.Now we'll see how well it turns the rain.