feeling is mutual-- the blog!

6/08/2008

All the recent storms have really caused havoc with our basement. The dehumidifier is working overtime but there's no stopping the water that seeps up from the cracks in the floor. As soon as I wipe it away, a fresh line of water oozes through. Whatever. You win nature. We cannot tame you.
Our dehumidifier is fantastic though. I don't know how we managed without it (probably by not having a leaky dank basement). Having the magical power to glean water from the air is quite the power to possess when you have to turn off the water for a few days. But then that is a story that I've taken oaths never to retell.

The storms have also done a real number on our exterior paint. Just one more reason to make repainting a priority. BUT if it hadn't been for terrible paint jobs and high winds, then we may never have realized our front porch's full potential. Under the layers and layers of various shades of green latex paint we had a red porch and didn't even know it! Break out the pressure washers!

So far we've gone through two pressure washers. We started out with a 1200 PSI unit which kind of tickled a little. We then upgraded to 1500 PSI, which worked considerably better.. but still, I don't want to be standing out there for a month cleaning one square at a time. This next weekend we'll be breakin' out the big guns with the most powerful pressure washer Home Depot's rental department has to offer! The kind that can take off a finger!

Labels: diy, house, restoration

posted at 12:49 PM

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1 Comments:

did all the green paint come off? We wanna see some after pictures :)

By Anonymous, at 7/24/2008 12:21 PM