The Blue-Collar Diet

Monday, June 27, 2005

It’s Four Already?

We discovered some water damage at the top of the existing garage structure last week. Once the sheeting was removed, we found a rotted joist at the top, so the pending question was how much more of the structural components were faulty.

This afternoon, my gringo coworker and I started working on tearing out the area of the water penetration to assess the true damage. We got to bust out drywall, knock down studs and remove exterior sheeting. It was great. Both of us agree that tearing up someone else’s work is kind of entertaining. It’s also a nice way to vent some stress and frustration.

After we had destroyed a couple of walls and tore a couple more down to the studs, it became apparent that the top plate of one of the garage walls needs to be replaced. The board was so rotten you could just crumble it with your hands. I’m pretty sure we found the source of the water leaking from the outlets in the garage ceiling.

We were so into continuing our path of productive destruction that we had no idea how much time had progressed. We were shocked when one of the other guys on the crew had to come around and tell us it was time to roll up. I guess the old saying about time flying when you’re having fun carries some truth.

I weighed in at 175 pounds this evening. Happy Monday.

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