Last week we finished the sheet rock in the main dining hall and Monday brought a flood. I was ready to head into town Monday morning but Trey came by and said ‘It’s raining, do you need anything from town?’ I was quite aware of the fact that it was raining but what he really meant was ‘The river crossing is probably washed out and you may be stuck here for a while’. We told him we could always use milk. I’m new to this area and I didn’t realize that heavy rain means you stay home. That’s crazy to a curb and gutter boy. They even sent the kids home early from school. You see, there is a lot of people like us around here who live a fair distance from a paved road and have to ford a few creeks before reaching their residence. Those creeks rise and you can’t get home. If the kids and teachers can’t get home, they have to spend the night together when they really didn’t want to spend the day together in the first place. Heavy rain = free time, but it was good because I was able to get my taxes done. I called Trey and asked him to get some coffee too.
Tuesday we went in and everyone on the sheet rock crew had a flood story. Ray said he let a sow pig go from a trap he had by the river because it just seemed cruel and unusual to leave it in the trap to drown. Personally, I think shooting the pig, dragging it to higher ground, gutting it and throwing it on the pit might seem unusual to some, but it’s certainly not cruel…it’s dinner!
As I mentioned earlier, we have a slope problem in the back as all of the dirt moves towards the building. We had pulled most of the old wood off the exterior in the back and as you can guess, we had a water situation inside the building. It just came right on in the walls. There were a few drip spots in the sheet rock, but we believe that may have been from the turbine vents on the roof. An emergency call was made to the dirt guy (since we haven’t seen him in a couple of weeks) and he came out and pulled some dirt from the walls and made a little improvement on the slope situation. A temporary fix, I guess he’ll be back to finish later.
Tuesday we went in and everyone on the sheet rock crew had a flood story. Ray said he let a sow pig go from a trap he had by the river because it just seemed cruel and unusual to leave it in the trap to drown. Personally, I think shooting the pig, dragging it to higher ground, gutting it and throwing it on the pit might seem unusual to some, but it’s certainly not cruel…it’s dinner!
As I mentioned earlier, we have a slope problem in the back as all of the dirt moves towards the building. We had pulled most of the old wood off the exterior in the back and as you can guess, we had a water situation inside the building. It just came right on in the walls. There were a few drip spots in the sheet rock, but we believe that may have been from the turbine vents on the roof. An emergency call was made to the dirt guy (since we haven’t seen him in a couple of weeks) and he came out and pulled some dirt from the walls and made a little improvement on the slope situation. A temporary fix, I guess he’ll be back to finish later.
We wrapped the cedar beams to protect them from the texture spray, put a door in the side, tore out a window and vacuumed up some water. Our Hardie Plank siding arrived yesterday, so we’ll start putting that up this week too. We’re expecting more rain tomorrow and Friday so Trey and I wrapped the turbine vents in plastic and we’ll see if things stay dry. The turbine vents will be removed soon.
I hear thunder.
1 comment:
Looking good, JC! Love the stories, there great. Russ showed me the blog this morning and we had a good chuckle. On our break of course! BTW...The problem is not the screws but the person using the screw driver....You don't know nutin bout no sheenry!
Take Care and good luck!
BB
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