I had to make a run to Florida to take care of a couple of things with our new house, just made it back to VA this afternoon. The insurance company gave us a couple of weeks to correct a few minor issues and now seemed like the best time to deal with it.
There was a tree with huge entwined wisteria vine becoming overly familiar with the corner of our house, had to go. Before:
After:
You can’t really see the Wisteria but it’s there and it’s huge. Next time we are down I am going to put on the goalie mask, get out the chain saw and go Texas on it.
I also had to refasten the ridge vent was coming up on one end. The tree and the ridge vent were the only issues for the insurance company. After that I used a couple of tubes of roofing caulk to touch up any areas I could find that needed to be sealed.
Prior to all of this tree/roof stuff… (or along time ago in a community far far away)
Our house was actually vacant for a number of years and it is just outside the city water grid, so we have well water. Having sat vacant and therefore unused for so long, the well pump had lost it’s prime. I tried several times to re-prime the pump to no avail. In desperation I called our realtor and he had a plumber there in 30 minutes.
Mocking me:
John (not Joe) the plumber spent the better part of an hour showing me how to properly prime the well pump then he stuck around to purge the system. So having a plumber show up at the house in 30 minutes right at dinner time, fix the water, give me a class in pump priming, and stick around to make sure it’s working properly is going to cost…nothing. That’s right, nothing. I couldn’t believe it and after a bit of back-and-forth he finally took my offer, both of us were pretty happy I think!
Had to install a down spout:
Trim the shrubs:
Also changed the locks and a multitude of other things… Back to the boat tomorrow!!!