Close, oh, so close! Today! Yes, TODAY! They are finishing the roof on our lovely Victorian cottage. Through the end of last week we had the bang, crash, and rat-a-tat-tat of the nail guns attaching shingles… all day long. No more snow slides. We now use snow and water guard shingles all along six feet…

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Please indulge me… Off house topic… but one of my favorite fascinations… especially this time of year! I could drive my poor husband bonkers with my daily countdown but, Scott, in his imperturbable way, nods, acknowledges, and immediately forgets what I just said… I do know we are two weeks past Summer Solstice, but I…

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The surprises keep coming… Now one side of one of our dormers is rotted out. Part of one side of one of our chimneys needs masonry work and the chimney cap repaired. And we did not have one layer of plywood on some sections of the house, but two layers… doing this causes irregular heights…

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