Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Rain, Rain Go Away . . .


My parents built a sun room on the back of the house, and after several months of construction it's finished . . . except the roof leaks!  We discovered the leaking problem for the first time last month.  Krista felt a drop while we were sitting out there one evening, and soon pots and trash bags were gathered as we began noticing more drops.  The next morning the carpet was saturated.  A couple trips to the roof later and we thought the problem was solved.  Not quite.

My Dad came up with a temporary fix for the current leaky problem.

Quite brilliant, actually.


 With the help of Steven, my Dad got a really long piece of plastic and, with heavy duty tape, taped it around the beam where the drops collect.


 And the plastic was taped so a downward slope was created,


 allowing for the drops to collect and pour from a single spot . . .


 . . . into a single pot.

(No more laying out multiple pots and baking sheets over plastic bags.)



On another note, who needs an umbrella when you've got a snazzy baseball cap?  BTW, this is one of my favorite hats, and it speaks truth :0)

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