dieselsmoke1
Platinum Member
Taking a break from my weekend project, thought some of you may get a chuckle reading about it. Let's begin with:
Problem A: Water running off the roof was splattering up the foundation and walls with mulch and clay. This was before I bordered the whole place with crushed brick. Ugly mess resulting in
Solution A: Install Gutters. Problem solved, however resulted in
Problem B: Gutters stopping up with leaves. Cleaning out gutters ain't no fun, resulting in
Solution B: Add gutter helmets. Problem solved, however now we have
Problem C: Blackbirds determine the openings at the ends of the gutter helmets wouold make a great place to raise a family. Yeah the instructions said to close off the ends but what do they know. At least for the moment this was more an aggravation than a problem, as a good rain would send them flushing. However it did bring on
Problem D: A blacksnake detects the baby birds and shimmies up between the corner post and downspout for a tasty meal. After getting his belly full, Mr blacksnake decided to catch some rays and enjoy the view by stcking his head plus 8" out of the end of the gutter. When the Bride walked around the corner and looked up, this immediately led to
Serious Freaking Problem E: EEEEEEEEEEEK!!! EDDDIE!!!! Which brings us to
Problem F: My butt on a 24' ladder with drill, tin snips and pop rivets closing off a dozen gutter ends. I hope Solution F closes this one out. I'm tired of fighting with it.
Problem A: Water running off the roof was splattering up the foundation and walls with mulch and clay. This was before I bordered the whole place with crushed brick. Ugly mess resulting in
Solution A: Install Gutters. Problem solved, however resulted in
Problem B: Gutters stopping up with leaves. Cleaning out gutters ain't no fun, resulting in
Solution B: Add gutter helmets. Problem solved, however now we have
Problem C: Blackbirds determine the openings at the ends of the gutter helmets wouold make a great place to raise a family. Yeah the instructions said to close off the ends but what do they know. At least for the moment this was more an aggravation than a problem, as a good rain would send them flushing. However it did bring on
Problem D: A blacksnake detects the baby birds and shimmies up between the corner post and downspout for a tasty meal. After getting his belly full, Mr blacksnake decided to catch some rays and enjoy the view by stcking his head plus 8" out of the end of the gutter. When the Bride walked around the corner and looked up, this immediately led to
Serious Freaking Problem E: EEEEEEEEEEEK!!! EDDDIE!!!! Which brings us to
Problem F: My butt on a 24' ladder with drill, tin snips and pop rivets closing off a dozen gutter ends. I hope Solution F closes this one out. I'm tired of fighting with it.
