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Discovery of the Damage, Demolishing old roof, & Rebuilding

I opened the shed door the other day, & discovered water on the floor.

I had just made a new shed door about a year ago.

I thought the wind had blown water in from under the door.

Then I noticed sawdust on the floor with drip marks coming from above.

I looked up, & saw some funny looking white stuff coating the ceiling up in the corner above the

door. The top plate of the wall studs also had piles of sawdust on it, & ants galore!

Right away I knew I had some work cut out for me.

  • GOOD OLD CARPENTER ANTS!
    A close up view!

    As long as There was so much damage, I decided to tear down, & rebuild the whole roof.


I also changed the roof to a gable end, instead of the old shanty style.

I tried the best I could to blend it into the Gazebo roof.

This project has taken quite a bit of my time, for past couple of weeks.

But all in all it's been kind of fun.
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Check out this slideshow progression of images Barb has taken.

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To be continued on the next installment in this series.*
 
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The Grand Finally! SKUNK TRAPPING!

While doing this remodeling job, every once in awhile we could smell a faint odor of Skunk.

When I was cleaning up the area, & picking up scrap chunks of wood, I discovered digging in an

area at the edge of the deck next to the shed entrance. I figured this must be from a Skunk.

So I dug out the Skunk trap I had made years ago, when we had a Skunk incident.

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First I had to repair the trap, because the tripping mechanism was broke.

I also had to make a new trap door.

I put a piece of plexiglass on the door, so I could see what I trapped.

I didn't want to transport a neighborhood cat out of town.

How would I explain that to the neighbors.




I set the trap with a piece of Polish sausage for bait, & the next morning the trap door was closed.

I peeked in the window, & there he was a freshly caught Skunk trying to scratch his way out.

A Game Warden told me that a Skunk cannot spray if he can't lift his tail, so I put the trap inside of

a black garbage bag, threw it in the back of the van, & went for a ride out of town.

When I opened the door with a long rope, He was a little timid about leaving his new home.






I'm sorry that I wasn't quick enough to get a picture of his departing the trap,

because I didn't want to be sprayed.

He ran into the woods about as fast as a Skunk can move.
 
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