The Historic District

The long shot up the lawn to the front of the house is stunning!

When I hear "on the bias", I think at a 45-degre angle. So, diagonally.

Gothichome wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 11:39 am Jenn, all those wires hanging by the panel scare me, good thing the professionals know we’re they go.

When we rewired our house, the electrician labelled each cable at the panel end by writing on the jacket with a Sharpie. I did the same when I wired the attic.

The ones with markings have straight sides. The unmarked ones all have a pair of "keys" along one side. When you pair up the keys on two adjacent pavers, they lock together. Like so: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLXoSS_7ywOQsEF_Og2E1iVr8uW9pfK7BSdXaY1jRR-GrXuywwYP-eSutIb81ufoMveTMdfb2G6o...

A few of the brick have markings, but most do not. For the ones that have them, the markings are on one end of the brick rather than the face or top of the paver. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLWLU-qNoTwqElLWh5U-nOXjEGvG-CMCHzfJL_tYiEUjTbEfoPMsuM7pjs1_XRUBBEvOGZrwDzyqgZ5y3goY7gH9oDSkXqm-...

The roof trusses were delivered late last week and foundation excavation for the addition is scheduled to start next week. Therefore I spent quite a bit of time over the weekend getting ready. Mostly transplanting various shrubs and perennials from where the excavation will be happening. I also move...

This weekend's bounty. Black Raspberries have started to ripen. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLWgrG-2q_R8xyxVyJD25NiCGhwh6bVCBUGknwgck5R4fjWvz3e2WG9cdKZBVjNgAJ7i5uHfErsGH7lzT-cG2hhjGbGzynMprwuAqmjT4g1EECzcqrfyR4R_Ig1lQRs8iXbDcP4L8AZ_xsxmZxc5LHGq=w705-h939-no?authuser=0 As have the bluebe...

What Gothichome said. A furring strip or chunk of 1x2 will work well in your situation. Cut it so that it extends a couple of inches beyond each side of your hole. Fish it into the hole, position it so that it runs across the hole inside the wall cavity, and attach it to the existing blueboard on ea...

Just so it doesn't go to my head, todays specimens include: mortuus est iuniperus https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLW2RVoyMGNg-bi9QCJfiVdHPn8IjJ3H6HfB3nS_JhNkF9vy65hO0uaShkkBBinyJOfzv2LU7DEgJKaZ_l--veEY_0KBJYu6hACXV0JUxtt5hxLUSMwmv1734IBtAlK0Apla_EjzLGzZfzti0LG-aAO0=w1252-h939-no?authuser=0...

That is *so* cool!