Fixing a Garage Wall

After a few years of working on other projects and bouncing ideas off of Brooke's dad, I finally decided to repair the garage wall. First step was taking off the bad siding.

Theo decided he wanted to be an eagle for halloween this year. I had to check that the wings I made fit him. I found a great tutorial online.

We harvested the tiny watermelon from our garden and then no one ate it. Come on. It was so cute.

First step was adding some metal trim coil to help shed water that gets through the fiber cement siding.

Whenever it rains or snow melts it leaks into our garage. In the winter our garage floor turns into an ice rink.

Next I put the first row of fiber cement siding as far down as possible. This was not as low as the original siding.

It was almost impossible to clean out the crack between the neighbor's blacktop and my garage wall. Someday they'll replace their parking pad and I'll make sure it's NOT against my garage.

After chatting with Brooke's dad I figured out how to get the next row flush.

Meadow and I had a date at the Children's Theater. It was a beautiful day for a bike ride.

Isn't that just called hanging out with your kid?

Not when it's one on one.

We saw Drawing Lessons. I thought this would be perfect for Meadow.

I took a break from working on the garage wall to watch the Packers game.

After the show we walked around MIA.

Meadow thought this painting looked like Theo.

Everything was taking a bit longer than anticipated. I wore a mask while cutting and drilling the pilot holes for the siding nails.

Once we paint it next summer it will look much better.

Last I added the paving sealer Akonaflex. Apparently Home Depot carries a black top version. Ah well.

A big raintsorm the next day made me nervous about the waterproofing, but over time it's been much, much better. No more puddles or really any water in the garage.

This year AMC has been playing all the Studio Ghibli movies. You know we had to go to see Kiki's Delivery Service.

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