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Tear down of our old rotted front porch has commenced.
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This is the part I’m more than happy to have my husband do.
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It keeps him busy and there’s no finesse or fine tuning required.
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Of course once he starts… he looks around and thinks about replacing more than just the decking.
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And as with any project at our house…
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Rotted wood we never knew about is discovered.
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He was hoping he wouldn’t have to replace the frame underneath…
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But so much of it is bad he’ll have to.
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Sigh…
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River's world..... 
Oh my! It’s never easy but it keeps him busy and happy in his retirement.
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This looks like a fun project.
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I hope you’re pushing the sarcasm button.
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This is my wife all over! 😀
(Especially the photo of spying other work that “must” be done.)
Since she retired in October, she’s been non-stop, painting this; sanding that; demolishing this (usually when I’m at work so she can present a ‘fait a complis’ when I come home!) and re-building that.
(Does your husband tidy up after him? My Missus don’t … that’s my job apparently. 😉 😀 😀 )
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Actually, yes. He’s a pretty clean worker…
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Hey, at least he hasn’t touched the rhodies yet!
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Not yet…
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Been there with projects like this, great in the end, but anxiety-producing in the process.
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Is he saving the old nails in the Cool Whip container? I was 18 before I learned that you could buy nails in the hardware store. I spent a lot of hours straightening old nails.
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Not so much saving them, more like carefully recycling metal.
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Sigh is right…seems like the norm with your house
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Oh wow, with the hubs literally in the porch for scale, why don’t y’all just get rid of it? It’s really narrow so you can’t use it can you?
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We stand out there and watch sunsets, and I hang flower baskets on the poles… that’s about it. But the house is cut out for it and the roof overhangs too far to just rip it out.
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