[Hank70SS]

So in the other post I mentioned I'd been busy. Still waiting for Charlie to come back and trim the new i-beam and face boards in aluminum. He has a full time job doing maintenance and renovations in several office complexes so I have to wait until he has a free weekend.

In the meantime I threw some siding up, first pic. That's the end of the roof that comes from the shed and ties into the deck above. It was partially covered with T1-11 and some other boards. Then some 1x3 along the top and some 1x6 along the house side. Ripped off the 1x's and covered it all in siding. It was a little busy looking, actually shitty looking with all the different boards up there. The shed doors are T1-11 and this siding looks like T1-11. Same siding I put on the house wall inside the upstairs deck. Still need to hook the wiring to the shed back up. Maybe I'll just run 220 out there. Need to redo the conduit too. Instead of running it up the edge of the brick they ran it up 2' from the corner then over to the edge. I still have to paint the siding, it comes primed.

2nd pic, I put some of that siding above the door awhile ago. The way it was made you scratch your head trying to figure out what they were thinking. The wood came down from the joists above, flush with bricks. Then in to the header above the door, then down, then back out flush with the bricks, then down behind the top of the storm door? It also leaked in between the storm doors and french doors. Found that out when rinsing all the dirt and crude out. Anyway, ripped out the mess they made, sealed it up, stuffed it with insulation and covered it with siding.

I was still trying to figure out what to do with wall we built. Lynda suggested using the same siding instead of adding yet another type of wood or siding so I did. 3rd pic She had a good idea, I think it turned out good.

Also had to move the cable for the dog run. It was wrapped around one of the old posts before the beam was replaced. I want the new beams wrapped and don't want to strap a cable around it so I drilled a hole through the beam and bolted an eye bolt to it. 4th pic.

Lynda said "Maybe you could put a couple hooks at the other end so I can hang some plants." Sure dear, I like standing on a ladder, drilling overhead through a 3/8" thick steel beam with a shower of metal shavings raining down on me. Anyway, I put 2 hooks at the other end, 5th pic.

I tack welded the nuts for the eye bolt and hooks to the beam. When Charlie comes to wrap it I can take them down then punch a hole through the aluminum and put them back up. I need to finish putting up furring strips on the bottom of the 2nd story deck. After the i-beam is wrapped I'll cover the bottom of the deck with flat aluminum or vinyl panels. Like what's on the bottom of the roof between the shed and deck.

Okay, gotta go work on the Chevelle now.