Thursday, April 25, 2019

Weather stripping, and more contractors to add to my collection

Since it's gotten nice out, suddenly all my attention is turned toward the outside of the house.
I partially blame the prednisone.
Last fall I removed all the screens from the house. A little while back I scrubbed them all. Last night I got in a roll of weather stripping, so I figured I'd start re-stripping the screens while waiting for the driveway sealer contractor to show up for a quote.
The weather stripping in these windows is so shot that in many cases there is literally no fuzz left - leaving behind a brittle little strip in the channel that is a devil to try to get out.
Well, when you're using your trusty pocket knife to try to extract it. I'm sure there's purpose made tools for this job, but a pocket knife was what I had.
Because the fuzz was gone, I had to guess the depth when ordering new stripping.
Guessing is bad, kids.
Don't guess if you can measure.
I have a roll of .25, but I figure I need to get something closer to .35 or more to make it meet adequately.
Not only is the stripping shot on the screens, but also on the window sash themselves.

I'm thinking it might be time for those purpose-made tools and a few more rolls of stripping.

A little after 3:30 the third of the driveway sealers showed up and gave me a quote. So far they are coming in at $530, $800, and $825. It needs to be done before next winter, but maybe not immediately. I looked into doing it myself, but even with expensive as it is I think it will be well worth it considering how long the driveway is.

I've started to get some interest from landscapers about the cost to get rid of two large piles of yard debris/reclaim the front right flowerbed and lawn. First quote will come this Saturday.
So exciting.
Dandelions are bee food, and that mean spring.


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