Somebody once told me that maintaining a house was like being pecked to death by a pack of ducks. There's rarely any big, major disaster but there are always little, niggling problems. The work is never done as there is always one more thing to do. For example, with the winds we've had recently, we've had several shakes on our roof blow loose so that Carolyn has had to get on the roof and nail them back down.
The wind has also been responsible for the damage to our carport gate. It was fine until we started actually wanting the thing to be securely fastened. Then the wood just wouldn't stand up to the pressure on it.
Fortunately, our neighbor gave us several uprights from the fence between us that he replaced last year. To use them for the gate all I have to do is cut about 15 inches off the bottom and nail it to the backing two by fours. I put the hardware back on and it works so much better. Now I've got to find out where the paint is and see if I can make the new boards feel at home.
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