Scraped, sanded, and painted the rusty screen door. The door turned out to be in in worse condition than I thought it was. Prepping and painting the door took a lot longer than I expected it to.
DAY LXVII
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DAY LXII
Gale force winds. Rain. Are you kidding me? This crappy weather has been going on since before Christmas.
Worked on the deck all stinkin’ day. Still not done. Probably gonna run out of deck screws and lumber.
DAY LIX
I started working on the deck project around noon, and continued, making slow but steady progress, until I was thwarted by gale force winds and monsoon rains!
A couple of small trees in the yard blew down. Two fairly large papaya trees in the neighbor’s yard fell, a result of the saturated soil and the intense wind.
This weather is insane.
DAY LVII
Drove to Lowes Home Improvement Center to purchase supplies for the deck project. I am attempting to complete this project as inexpensively as possile, simply because I haven’t much money. I am using plain, stud-grade 2×4 lumber for the deck planking. I will be salvaging what I can from the old planking to shore up the rotted, termite-infested supports.
I removed the remainder of the deck planking and started reinforcing the most badly damaged support beams.