Making Progress

The carpenters arrived with the stock for the railings and posts on the front porch. The original posts were split and looked like hell. The new posts are clean, pre-primed (to save time on painting) and will look so much better than the originals. Also, new railings and ballusters will make this place look a lot better than it did before. I can not imagine trying to get someone to buy a big old house with a porch with no railings, rickety stairs, and a cracked floor.

Thus far, the project costs are in line with my estimates, although pre-primed posts and stock costs about three times as much as regular pressure treated wood.

Boring, but stay with me. The dynamite stories follow.