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| When Beavers Go Horribly Wrong |
29 degrees/cloudy/calm winds
Pentoga Road
More about the beavers in a bit.
Today was all about completing the shed around the outside wood furnace that heats the shop.
The Blazer needs new injectors and after sitting outside in temperatures registering in the low teens, it refused to start. To the rescue, we took Jambo's car and trailer to town so I could purchase several 4x8 sheets of OSB (particle) board.
Thanks Mike!
The rest of the day was spent fixing and building.
First things first. The duct work on the furnace was stretched to the limit, so much so that there was a bit of a gap between the plenum and fitting.
A quarter of an inch separated the two connections. There was nothing to do but connect them using flashing with rivets.
Construction began next. It all went fairly smoothly, but took more time than anticipated.
With Sargie's help, the shed was finished on three and a half sides by late afternoon.
I purposely kept the front open to allow for ventilation and to keep excess heat from building and becoming a fire hazard.
Several sandbags were left over from building the pond filters and I wasn't sure what to do with them until today.
When the snow melted last spring, water settled under the furnace, so much so, that I had to raise the heavy monster and place a brick under each corner.
Sargie and I took a quick ride to town, stopping by one of our local lakes on the way home.
The beavers have certainly been busy.
Several trees had been gnawed through and were lying either in the lake or the parking lot.
Sargie's back at the eye clinic on Thursday and I'll be the librarian at Florence Elementary for the day. Since the munchkins will be dressed in their Halloween garb and most likely, charged from eating too much candy and sugar, I'm seriously wondering how much learning will really happen.
On Thursday, we not only learn, we make fun memories!
After all, a man's work is never done.
So are the tales from Pentoga Road...
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