For the past few years, our front steps have been falling apart. Literally crumbling - little pieces (and sometimes big chunks) of cement and brick and blue stone would just break off and land in the grass or mulch. And the iron rails detached from the top step a long time ago, so we constantly remind the kids and their friends to not lean against them (I was sure that one day, one little friend or another was going to land in the holly bush). We've even had landscapers and masonry contractors voluntarily stop by our house and leave their cards or brochures "in case we were interested in replacing those front steps" - why, is there a problem?
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Watch out for that left side!
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Well, we can't exactly do all this work to the house and leave the front steps like that. Bob's guys started a few days ago - they demoed our tired old existing steps first. Note: when Jack Hammer shows up on the job site, you know it's going to be loud.
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| Julio on the job |
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The new steps will be a little wider, giving us all a little more elbow room on the way in and out
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Here are the new and improved steps, at the end of today - looking good! They also redid some of the cement at the foot of the steps and walkway.
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| Just need to add some railings, and a coat of paint |
Oh, and what's that on the front of the house next to those fabulous new steps?! Byron and Erbin started putting up the Hardie plank siding today. Really exciting to see some color over that Tyvek!
While all of that was going on, they also started cutting the openings for the windows, as well as the pull-down attic door in the garage.
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| Check out the new windows in the garage behind Tim - ready to go in this week! |
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