The problem with tearing down an old storage building is that you probably built it in the first place because you needed it. You probably needed it because you have too much stuff to keep in the house.
That means when it starts to fall apart because of too many years of exposure to the elements, you have to build a new one right away to take its place. This is because your stuff is now sitting in the yard covered with a tarp. The problem with tarps is they leak.
The problem with building anything is that no matter how long you think it is going to take, it will take twice as long. That is, if you’re lucky. If you aren’t lucky, it will take three times as long. And cost twice as much.
I just did all of these things. And the problem with that is the normal fall things I usually do when it is still warm and balmy – like cleaning the gutters and raking the leaves – got put on hold while I tore down the old building, covered my stuff with a leaky tarp, and built a new building.
And now, of course, the weather has turned ugly, my gutters remain chock-full of leaves and gunk, my yard is a mess with the orts of construction, and my leaves sit in a thick, cozy blanket over just about everything.
It’s supposed to snow sometime this week. Trust me, I don’t rake leaves in the snow.
The good news is, my stuff is now in the new building where it will stay dry all winter. The bad news is, by spring I won’t remember what most of it is.
And my leaves will still need raking.