Weather proofed one side of the glass teepee!
I went into the bedroom to find my shoes and found the running shoes, stepped outside to shake out the grit and stood looking around for the container of birdseed I'd left out for the birds and the raccoon yesterday.
I looked at the ladder, the long heavy ladder up against the house and wondered how I was going to move it to the glass teepee.
I began by sliding it sideways, letting it down to lean on the birdfeeder post. Eventually I had it down and carried it over to the lane. It's one of those one step at a time, I can do this, it's not impossible.
I got it there! A ladder that is way too heavy for me. My back didn't even get messed up!
I hoisted it up vertically and then inched it across until it was where I wanted the base to be when I leaned it up against the tepee.
I also needed to lift it up a few rungs. Humm. That was harder, holding it vertical and raising one of the halves until it latched. It's a long way between steps. Did you know that? It was a lot more lifting to get it up to the next level to latch than I'd anticipated. It seemed to go on forever.
But I persevered. I can do difficult things.
Once it was in place against the apex of the tipi, I studied the wall. a few broken windows and some open areas.
I have a stash of windows, naturally. I brought a few over, then got about carrying one up and setting it atop the last one. Later I brought out the screwdriver drill and put screws in to hold beneath them, to give them more support on their bases. Where possible, I screwed into the poles to keep them from tipping sideways. These are metal framed windows which I can't screw into the poles themselves. It's better this way, too as they won't break if the tipi shifts at all.
I used the christmas light cords outside of the windows to keep them from blowing off.
I know, it's hardly built to code! hahaha.
After 1.5 hours work, I've got this whole side closed in so the rain and snow can't get in. I even replaced the deer hide with windows.
It's very good. I want to run some wood strapping across to keep them in place, but they overlap at the poles, on account of being trapezoid holes the windows are covering. (trapezoid: a four-sided polygon having exactly one pair of parallel sides.)
I have now finished that side. I used a couple dozen screws in the process. It looks pretty good. I slammed the door, or just let it drop, a few times and things rattled but nothing could fall. Excellent.
The next side to deal with is inaccessible because of the stack of wood. I'll have to see about doing it from the inside. That's hard with such a long ladder. I'll go in there and have a look later!
Yippee, I accomplished a great work!
I looked at the ladder, the long heavy ladder up against the house and wondered how I was going to move it to the glass teepee.
I began by sliding it sideways, letting it down to lean on the birdfeeder post. Eventually I had it down and carried it over to the lane. It's one of those one step at a time, I can do this, it's not impossible.
I got it there! A ladder that is way too heavy for me. My back didn't even get messed up!
I hoisted it up vertically and then inched it across until it was where I wanted the base to be when I leaned it up against the tepee.
I also needed to lift it up a few rungs. Humm. That was harder, holding it vertical and raising one of the halves until it latched. It's a long way between steps. Did you know that? It was a lot more lifting to get it up to the next level to latch than I'd anticipated. It seemed to go on forever.
But I persevered. I can do difficult things.
Once it was in place against the apex of the tipi, I studied the wall. a few broken windows and some open areas.
I have a stash of windows, naturally. I brought a few over, then got about carrying one up and setting it atop the last one. Later I brought out the screwdriver drill and put screws in to hold beneath them, to give them more support on their bases. Where possible, I screwed into the poles to keep them from tipping sideways. These are metal framed windows which I can't screw into the poles themselves. It's better this way, too as they won't break if the tipi shifts at all.
I used the christmas light cords outside of the windows to keep them from blowing off.
I know, it's hardly built to code! hahaha.
After 1.5 hours work, I've got this whole side closed in so the rain and snow can't get in. I even replaced the deer hide with windows.
It's very good. I want to run some wood strapping across to keep them in place, but they overlap at the poles, on account of being trapezoid holes the windows are covering. (trapezoid: a four-sided polygon having exactly one pair of parallel sides.)
I have now finished that side. I used a couple dozen screws in the process. It looks pretty good. I slammed the door, or just let it drop, a few times and things rattled but nothing could fall. Excellent.
The next side to deal with is inaccessible because of the stack of wood. I'll have to see about doing it from the inside. That's hard with such a long ladder. I'll go in there and have a look later!
Yippee, I accomplished a great work!