When I say fencing I don't mean the kind with swords, that would be too much fun. No I mean the 6' dog-eared wooden fence kind. The $8 per linear foot kind. And yes, that's if you do it yourself (which I am for obvious reasons). That doesn't include gates. Did I mention my lot is 100' wide? So yeah, this is me bitching.
Izzy needs a lot more space to run around when we aren't home, so our immediate project is the fence, but the sheetrock is a close second. I previously did a preliminary layout with measurements in order to estimate the cost. Today Jenny and I put stakes at the corners (there are more than 4) and ran string lines to get an idea of how it will look and how much space there will be. It looks pretty good and Izzy took a few laps to try out the space. Next step involves purchasing materials and setting posts. I'll let you know how that goes.
Back to the den... When the den was added to the house, the way they tied the old roof to the new roof does not allow access to the attic space over the den (a considerable area). After conferring with David (my boss) I elected to put a small access panel to the attic in the den. In order to do this I will have to do quite a bit of framing work with the ceiling joists. I already removed the necessary ceiling tiles to view the area in question. I am going to wait to do the framing work until after we get the fence done, since that is a bit more pressing right now. As soon as the fence is done, it's back to the den to get the job fully underway. We have quite a few activities scattered over the coming weekends and football season is quickly approaching. I need to focus in order to make decent progress.
The other backyard operation is cleaning out the swale (small ditch) in my backyard. I did some work in there two weekends ago and again this morning. It's almost done. Since the swale won't be included in the fenced area, I feel the need to clean it up a bit before we hide it. We are probably going to go to our friends' house, Michael and Sarah's, this afternoon to let Izzy play with their lab Loki. I hope it goes well :/ It did last time.
Hope to update again soon!
