I have found all sorts of things in crawl spaces. Dead rats are very common. As are the skeletons of cats, dogs, birds and mice----and even snakes. I have seen live raccoons, snakes, rats, and mice. There is always the spiders and wood destroying insects----termites, carpenter ants, moisture a
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11/30/2010
Light in the Woods (A children’s story for adult children) Springtime Henry loved the woods. It was springtime----and everything was waking up---even Henry. His journeys to the woods were a constant source of amusement, discovery and refuge. Henry had not always lived in the country and the unf
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11/28/2010
As soon as I got out of the car, the barking started. Cujo was more or less behind the fence on the neighbor’s property, but years of attacking the fence had taken its toll. I was not very confident the rickety hodgepodge of “fencing” would keep the beast at bay for the duration of the inspecti
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11/26/2010
Luck! Yup, when all else fails you gotta hang a lucky horseshoe, or you could be in a whole lot of trouble. One of the things that many homeowners like to mess with on their own is electrical components. I think this comes from Lego’s, Erector Sets and Mr. Potato Head-----or other such play sys
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11/24/2010
Improper flashings haunt most homes. The basic principle of all exterior cladding of a home is fairly simple: All materials, as they change type or function, shall have a means of overlapping the materials below them. It is all about gravity, and making gravity work for us instead of against us.
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11/22/2010
Those of you that saw the movie, “Summer of 42,” you may be thinking the title of this post is going to places----other than where it is going----and that is a nice thought too! Dp,ryo,rd s ,odd od sd yppf sd s ,o;r/ zog upi fp mpy yjoml yjsy odd p upi str mpy [suomh syyrmyopm/ The other day I
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11/20/2010
I need help! (Well this is not “actually” true----but for the sake of this post let’s pretend.) Yes, I freely admit it. I am doing my best to maintain my blog here on activerain, but find I can no longer keep up with both my blog here, and my new blog on my own WordPress website. I am doing di
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11/18/2010
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