Feeling Accomplished, in Small Ways

Feeling accomplished, in small ways, these days.

Finally replaced the three cracked/broken panes in the front door. Only took two trips to the glass place (measure thrice, cut twice) and one to the hardware store. Chipping away at 80-year-old window glazing was tough going, but once all that was done, slipping in the plexi (no more cracked glass from door-slamming), positioning the pins, and slapping on the glazing went fast. Milady the artist did the final smoothing-out of the glazing. Looks great.

I always wonder why it takes me so long to get around to these handyman projects, then when I get into something like that, I realize, oh, yeah! Took two afternoons.

Then, several days ago, the slow, long-ignored drip in the old kitchen sink turned into a steady dribble. I really didn't want to get into it, because if I mess up, we have no kitchen sink and have to wait for a plumber. I mentioned the front door was 80 years old? Yeah, that's the newer part of the house. This sink was in the older part. But, finally, for the second time in twenty years I got out the tools and successfully replaced the washers on the spigots and the faucet. Turned out to be pretty quick easy, after all. Also patched the crack in the horizontal running from spigot to faucet. Everything's tight, no leaks or drips. Yay!

So, today I get to go up to the roof and see if it's dried out enough around that leak, on the old part, where the three peaks meet. This house was in bad shape when we moved back here 21 years ago, and the roof was leaking badly in many places. Now it's time to have the roof done again. But I just need to patch the one spot for now, hoping that will be enough to hold 'til Spring.

Glazing and faucets I've done before. Roof repair, not. Any suggestions on material to patch it? Cement roof with whatchacallit roof felt on top of that.

Hm. This looks kinda long. Sorry. Now to catch up on the fifty comments made while I wrote this!...