Kitty WampusShed

My oldest son, Rusty, a carpenter by former trade and massive inclination, has agreed to help me on the Vortex. We put a new roof on the shed. Kind of looks like a Hobbit House Roof, but that is through NO fault of his! The walls were bowing out, the roof line looked like the back of an aged horse, but we perservered. We tried! We did, we tried to bring the walls back in line, using a huge strap that is used for securing trucker loads, but all it did was threaten to rip the studs out of the side walls when it was cinched up. We were smart enough to know when to quit. Some walls are just gonna be what they are gonna be.

Now it has a nice new metal roof. With Rusty's expertise, it was finished quickly. However, I almost slid off, got kind of stuck on top while sawing off a tree branch for "the sake of safety", I just couldn't get my aged legs to bend in the right way. But somehow I managed, swearing to use more common sense next time.

The roof looks kind of funny. All slopey, and skewhaw and all? But you know what? It will be waterproof and it's better to have a kittywampus shed than no shed at all.

Progress, However Slow

I continue on with the Vortex. I have actually completed the first fungicidal spraying, and have begun the second. It is every bit as unpleasant as I anticipated, but strangely satisfying to mark the progress. I have to don full battle gear, as I don't want to kill any lung or eye tissue. I have to continually pump up the sprayer containing the solution and hold a light up to see where I am actually spraying. I have popped the lightbulb twice now, by getting fungicidal mist on it's hot surface.

I should be done with the spraying by next weekend. Then, I need to wipe down all surfaces with a mold and mildew cleaner that I just ordered. This is some expensive stuff, I tell you! 32 oz of concentrate, and it cost $175.00! Unbelievable! But if I was hiring someone else to do this mold remediation, I am fairly sure that it would cost several thousand dollars. My business partner had someone approach her, knowing about the moldy condition of the house, and offer to do it "under the table" for ten grand! He used to be in the mold remediation business. He said his offer was about "half price".

Think of all the money I am saving. Think of how well people get paid to do this extremely unpleasant job! Think of how I will NEVER buy a moldy house again!