Returned on Thanksgiving day from Hawaii.
While there, I did a little (very little – the chipper jammed) clearing of limbs and branches in the lower section near the shed/cabin. Most of the clearing took place next to and below the shed. I cleared an area for my compost toilet.
Set a pallet there to rest the toilet on, and built a wooden box with the toilet seat on top. In the box, I set a 5 gallon bucket. Next to the wooden box is a bucket of leaves to use as cover over the waste dropped into the bucket. I took most of the limbs/branches from around the south side of the shed and used them to construct a screen/wall around the toilet/pallet. This serves two purposes – it provides a bit of privacy and clears up the are of downed branches.
I used the chainsaw to cut three or four branches that were protruding towards the neighbor Lorenzo’s house.
I also finished the last of the rafters on the shed roof and installed the last of the roof sheathing boards on the overhang.
I picked up two rolls of rolled roofing and one of 30 lb felt. I used the 30 lb felt to continue the tarpaper down over the sheathing boards I installed, and then used the rolled roofing to cover the shed roof. Two rolls – 2 squares – finished three of the four triangles. Need to purchase one more roll.
I also worked some more on the walls. I took off the corrugated roofing that I had tacked horizontally to the shed to enclose it from two sides. I cut it and installed it vertically from the corner to the door opening, overlapping the panels as necessary. I then cut some panels 40″ wide and used them stacked horizontally to enclose the doorways.
I worked on the pathway going from the upper section to the lower area by creating some steps using rocks as step risers
and backfilling the flat tread areas with sand from the beach area.
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