We’ve had some torrential rain hereabouts lately, and on his way downstairs this morning, Lloyd discovered that the roof over the stairs is leaking. I had no idea what he was working on until I came upon his contraption construction.
Why go to all that trouble? See, the problem was that the leak was right above that post, so a bucket couldn’t be placed there. He fixed that with a complicated structure that consisted of: four boards, four screws, an upside-down plastic box, a wastebasket, and an anvil. I’m so amazed at his ingenuity.
Of course, paranoid me tied the anvil down with a bathroom robe belt so it wouldn’t be dislodged by the cats and kill one of us.
The kicker? I came home tonight and the leak had stopped, but the ceiling is soggy in other places. Hooray.
Oy. Roof leaks suck. Hope the fix is simple. Check your flashing.
Ditto, except I don’t know what flashing is. Nice catching contraption!
I’ll be interested to see the construct that holds the soggy ceiling up.
I believe it will involve lashing some cats together with belts.
I’m thinking by this morning that the leak has started again…as of last night we had received something like 3 inches of rain in 24 hours…and then it started raining again…
How do you say that Kitt? Oy? Oy.
You know, we came home at the end of the day and there was about a tablespoon worth of water in the trashcan. I think it must have something to do with what direction the wind is blowing or maybe the phase of the moon.
Our garage door broke yesterday and our brand new transmission is leaking. Must be that time of year.
And it’s Bethany’s birthday, right? Give her a big squeeze for me! (Unless I am way, way off on the date. You know my scattered memory.)
Very close. It’s Sunday. I’ll still give her a big squeeze from you today and Sunday!
Um, sorry Fanomeed, but the joke looked suspiciously like spam. If it was real, I apologize.
Is this a picture of the server that runs (ruins) LloydandLauren.com?
What is this? Brad is a gentlemanly gardener, and Lloyd is a dapper carpenter? I’m starting to feel underdressed.