All I wanted was new gutters...

[silverranger]

Looking good

[Sgt Beavis]

Gutter guy was out today. Finally done. The gutter saga ends.. Looks great.

There was on section of guttering that was 69ft by itself. This is one more argument for a 2 story home..

[TorchRedStang]

Wow! That looks like a lot of work but it turned out great! Makes me feel extra lazy for not knocking out the little projects I have. We had to do 320 ft of gutters and I went and talked to one of the crews that were putting gutters on a new house behind me (they are building like crazy). They did a great job and were fast and I got it done for $900 cash. If anyone needs the info I can track it down. The other quotes I got were $1600 and $2200 and several other companies either wouldn't call me back or never showed up for a quote.

[Sgt Beavis]

Woohoo! I got everything done yesterday. Just waiting on my new gutters..



I'm really happy how the repairs on the porch turned out. But now that it is done, I think I want to redo the entire thing. The wife and I are thinking of taking all these columns down changing the design from whatever it is now to more of an Acadian style

[Sgt Beavis]

Another day, more water damage discovered..

At first I thought this was just surface rot. I was going to clean it out an apply wood epoxy but upon closer inspection I found this damage. Fortunately this is not a structural piece so it was easy to pull out and replace. The problem was the previous guttering which wasn't draining and allowing water to back up over the boards which were not protected by any fascia wood. I also need to have another look at the flashing to make sure it's doing its job..

[Sgt Beavis]

some more progress..

[mstng86]

So what created all that moisture? Did the gutters collect water behind them?

[Sgt Beavis]

Ronnie Carrol?

Nah, his name is Eddie Jarrett..

[Swamp Donkey]

What a dick. I'll throw rocks at him next time he drives by screwing around on his side-by-side, being super-busy and all..

I won't recommend him in the future.

[black2002ls]

I guess Jon (U.S. Gutters) never got back to you?

He called me back, said he was super busy, and would get me a quote bit it would be a couple of weeks. That was some time ago..

[Swamp Donkey]

Who is doing the gutters? Are you getting a good price?

I guess Jon (U.S. Gutters) never got back to you?

[fordracing19]

My gutter guy is also an off duty fireman..

Ronnie Carrol?

Awesome.

[Sgt Beavis]

Old houses rock, regardless of the work involved. My backyard and neighbors yards make it look like I live in a forest. You're not going to get that these days with new construction. They just bulldoze everything. DFW may not have mountains, but the right neighborhood can still get you close to nature.

Yup... This is my back yard.. Keep in mind you can only see about half of it here:



Here is my boulder wall from the other end of the yard.

[Sean88gt]

Old houses rock, regardless of the work involved. My backyard and neighbors yards make it look like I live in a forest. You're not going to get that these days with new construction. They just bulldoze everything. DFW may not have mountains, but the right neighborhood can still get you close to nature.

I really dug NW Arlington, unfortunately we weren't able to find anything there. Even the places we found were gone as soon as they were posted. We're waiting to hear back on a place in NW Ft. Worth, around Azle. I'll end up be 7 miles from campus. Beats the shit out of my commute now.

But you're absolutely correct. Like a friend of mine said "New neighborhood streets are named after the nature and trees that were obliterated by the developers."