Before this drifts too far down on the forum, I want to extend my sincere thanks to everyone who posted their comments, suggestions, ideas, or just encouragement over the past 6-8 months. It was very much appreciated, and was one of the things that made the project more enjoyable for me. There were several times throughout the course of this project that a solution or detail came straight from a member of this forum.
I probably don't have to tell you all this, but there were more than a few times that I questioned our sanity in doing this. There were so many unforeseen issues to deal with, and many that were known about beforehand were underestimated. But....... once we had the old garage torn down there was nothing else that could be done except build a new one.
It's good to have all the major destruction behind us now, and to finally be getting the yard back into a state where it doesn't look so............... damaged. All of the piles of debris that had accumulated are gone now, thank goodness. We can finally keep the inside of our house clean(er) again without all the dirt and dust just immediately covering everything.
There's still a lot of work to do though, and I'll try to keep this updated often enough that it doesn't automatically close. Especially if I do something noteworthy in the RV bay. I have a lot of ideas and plans for that area, but I'm not sure how quickly I can make them happen.
I also need to spend some time this winter working on the camper. The lower side panels at the rear of the camper (sometimes called the "skirts") need to be replaced. The wood behind the filon has been getting soft down at the bottom edge for the past few years, and is now to the point that the edge trim screws are falling out. I bought the panels from Lance about 3 years ago, but just haven't been able to make myself tear into it during camping season to replace them. Now that I have a place to work out of the weather, I should be able to get started after Thanksgiving. I did do one thing about a year ago that might help the new panels last a little longer: I covered all the raw wood and luan with several coats of spar urethane. We'll see how that works out. I may start a new topic to document that rebuild.
Again, thank you to all who posted. Thank you also to those who just followed along. The number of views this topic has received is amazing to me, and is an indication that it was apparently of interest to many more than just those that posted comments. That was my goal all along...... to keep you all entertained! :B
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