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LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 21 Jul

This afternoon we recently change tarpaulin on our tent. The old one had withered and with holes on them. we don't have leaks no more. But one of or roof gutters got replaced, thanks to our neighbor construction workers. During...

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Signing Off 4/25/20

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222302) • United States 25 Apr 20

Well, I'm done for the day. Our nice neighbor across the street cut our grass last week (with the help of his son); and today he cleaned out our gutters. His son got rid of the excess leaves and c##p on the deck. Our neighbor...

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Signing Off 4/19/20

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222302) • United States 19 Apr 20

Hope you had a good day today. Our awesome neighbor cut our grass and is going to clean out our gutters. He doesn't charge us very much; and for that we are very grateful. Tomorrow (I think) I will be starting a new...

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Rain...

Stacey @xstitcher (39032) • Petaluma, California 27 Nov 19

It rained here this evening. I thought this morning when I went out to walk Angel that they sky was overcast/rainy looking, but the air didn't feel humid/muggy. Guess it decided to rain, anyway. We could use it. I hope that...

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Phew !

Stacey @xstitcher (39032) • Petaluma, California 17 Nov 19

This afternoon a couple of gentlemen came by from church to clean my gutters, as when the neighbor had to cut down a tree in my backyard recently he told me the gutters were clogged. Both the men who came were in their...

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Good Night, myLot !

Stacey @xstitcher (39032) • Petaluma, California 16 Nov 19

I am tired, and ready for bed ! Tomorrow a couple of guys from church are supposed to come and clean the gutters at my house. I hope to get some more work done on the story I've been writing. It's going much more smoothly...

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Home Repair Update 10/26/19

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222302) • United States 26 Oct 19

Nothing much going on. The brush hoggers have completed a second cutting of the yard. They said no extra charge; so we shall see. My husband needs to call the contractor to empty out the house now that he's decided on one. I'm...

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Home Repair Update 9/23/19

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222302) • United States 23 Sep 19

The roofers called and said that they need access to electricity on Wednesday; so my husband will run an extension from the garage. They will be completing the roofing job and cleaning the gutters in about 2 to 2-1/2 days; so...

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Home Repair Update 9/19/19

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222302) • United States 19 Sep 19

We should receive the updated bid on the roof by the end of the day. The contractor will be cleaning out and inspecting the gutters at no charge in addition to doing the roof. It's a high, steep roof; and what is really needed...

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Update on the House 8/30/19

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222302) • United States 30 Aug 19

We now have three bids on replacing the roof. The lowest one is $3,000 less than the highest bid. 90% of the contractors I have picked from the BBB (Better Business Bureau) listings and have an A+ rating; and some are BBB...

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Contractor/House Update 8/27/19

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222302) • United States 27 Aug 19

The waterproofing guy met with my husband yesterday and told him to get the gutters cleaned out and the water in the room off the garage dry up. Well, we've tried that before; but OK. He said if that doesn't work we need to have...

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Oh gosh it rained again

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 29 May 19

Good thing I checked the gutters before hand. But that doesn't guarantee the rear tenant won't have leaks. It didn't last long though. We still had leaks but not worst than the last time. But at least we don't experience floods...

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Every gutter for himself

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 27 May 19

We had unexpected strong rain yesterday and some parts of the kitchen were leaking. Then my tenant was having flood water on the side wall. I went up and pick out leaves and dirt from the gutters. Later that day, some of the...

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What are they doing?

me @dfollin (27267) • United States 19 Apr 19

Yesterday morning when I raised my dining room blind there was orange lines painted on the ground outside my window. And I couldn't remember what the orange stood for, my husband had told me those codes, but I have...

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Two hands, three bandaids

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 18 Mar 16

I wrote recently that "It's always something," about doing needed chores including some drainage gutter cleaning along the roof line. I am glad we have a one story house. Even so, I had to climb to the third from the top rung of...

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problems with gutters

savypat @savypat (20216) • United States 17 Jul 12

This may be the wrong question for this group, but I wonder if anyone has solved the problem of rain gutters having to be cleaned several times a year. Hubby and I aare just getting to old to climb the ladder and clean these...

inventions and ideas

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We just had a bit of Home Improvement(drains,gutter,an roof)...a bit

LetranKnight25 @LetranKnight25 (33117) • Philippines 1 Aug 10

I know it's not that interesting to talked about but it's something that my mom hadn't done in YEARS.. ever since she got that money that my dad left over in the bank while he was here in the Phils. she decided to have several...

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How Often do you Clean your Gutters of Leaves?

jennybianca @jennybianca (12912) • Australia 1 Feb 10

For those of you who have a different kind of housing to me, gutters are around the whole edge of our roofs. They are there to catch rain run off. So if you have a 4 bedroom house, you have a lot of gutter around the roof. I...

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gutters

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Someone stole my downspout from the outside of my garage!

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 25 Nov 09

I had a dog emergency yesterday and while Cookie was sleeping I went outside to pace around and worry. I noticed that the plastic downspout extension was out of place and walked over to the garage only to see that someone had torn...

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Finally !!

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 28 Aug 07

Actually this is a bit old but I haven't gotten around to writing about it & decided now was as good of a time as any. Awhile back I decided we needed gutters (rainspouts) around the front of the house and the side. We had gutters...

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