Thursday, June 28, 2012

And on a different topic...

For, like three years we've had a gnarly cut-off little roof thing over the back door, and when it rains, it pours down your neck. We pulled the old porch roof off because it was ugly, falling down, and just plain wrong. Plus you couldn't have a screen door because there wasn't enough clearance - annoying.

The plan was to make a prettier overhang that goes with the house, allows the screen door (we bought at auction for $15!) to open, and is more symmetrical with respect to the door.

Obviously, we've been putting this job off. It didn't sound real exciting and it sucks to cut into a roof. So we decided to actually hire help - a local guy who had good references, was willing to have us help, and was really nice to work with. He also totally appreciated the mid-morning iced coffee & donuts, so we like that.

It's amazing what you can get done with hired help! A total jump start...he's done here, having only billed us for a few hours, and we will finish the rest out all bungalow-y. Maybe we can get off our arses and get it done-ish this weekend?





2 comments:

Bungalow13 said...

wow, that looks awesome! We found evidence that our house used to have something very similar at some point in time-probably torn off when they added aluminum siding. Very inspiring. Guess something else to add to our to-do list.
Skye @ Rose City Bungalow 1913

Becca@Grout Cleaning Melbourne said...

There are times that we can fixed our home problem on our own, but it is better if we can hire a true carpenter to repair our house.