New York Renovator

It’s Done!

Posted on28. Jul, 2007 by Mrs. Mecomber.

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Our drywell project is completed! We sweated it out on one of the hottest days of the summer to finish it. I’ll keep the narrative brief, with photos:
Below: Filling with rocks.

We elimated our “rock pile” with this project. Our rock pile was a collection of various rocks, bricks, broken asphalt, and broken cinder blocks, all [...]

A Smashing Job

Posted on23. Jul, 2007 by Mrs. Mecomber.

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Today we progressed more on our drywell project. The hardest of the project is behind us!
Last week, I bought a very large plastic garbage barrel (I could not find a regular rain barrel) and drilled a 4-inch hole in the bottom side.

The kids laid about a foot’s depth of rocks at the bottom of our [...]

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Buried Treasure

Posted on26. Jun, 2007 by Mrs. Mecomber.

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We are digging a hole outside the house, in an inside corner where two exterior walls meet. The corner is a juncture where two very steep gable roofs meet. During a rainfall, thousands of gallons of water come rushing down the roof right into this inside corner. My old stone foundation can’t handle it anymore, [...]