TIMBER!!!!!!!!!!!

 It was determined that the two trees in the center of the yard were bad and rotting. We've had a couple of branches come down and hit the shed. We rented a lift and chainsaw and with the help of Kevin's parents took out a large ash and a maple tree. We managed not to hit the neighbor's garage and the shed only went crunch once more. No injuries and the trees got taken down to an at least manageable level. 

 The town will have some branches to pick up this week.

Start of Day

 Extending the arm. 

Another pile that'll need to get sorted.

 Views of the yard and roof from the tippy top of the lift extension. Kevin went full extension for these.

Our roof looks really cool from above

Crawl Space Calamity

  After the wall collapse, we had to move everything to the other side of the basement and it's been a slow process cleaning everything up. We had to prep the water pipes to make sure they don't freeze this year. In order to get to the crawl space things had to be cleaned up. Kevin did a lot of grunt work on this one.

This is the furnace intake. It also shows the waterline of what had flooded into the basement.

Three buckets of dirt dumped from the basement.

standing water still in the weight case

 CLEAN! The pink insulation is going into the crawl space.

 Crawl Space entrance. It's a tight fit!

Ready to work

Step 1: Spray Foam

Step 2: Pink Insulation

Not the easiest to maneuver with the insulation in the hole 

Step 3: Wrap the pipes with heat tape and insulation

Out of the Hole

Step On Up

After changing the door we had a big hole under it and that didn't help keep water from seeping to the basement.

 These are the old steps. They were falling apart and easily thrown around, which probably didn't help them stay together.

 Some left over plywood was a great source for filling the underside.

 Base one

 Step one done

 Base two

 Step Two Done

 These new steps are MUCH heavier than the old ones so they aren't going to be tossed around at all.

 It's going to take some getting used to not having to step up into the house. The gap used to be about six inches and now it's less than half an inch.

 LOOK! GUTTER! YAY!

Kevin worked really hard and managed to level out and clear the other side of the house.

 Bird feeders in front of the windows so the cats can watch the birds.

 Made use of that round cistern cover that we had found in the yard and made it a base for the birdbath. Covered it with the remaining rocks, but it's there.