As we were sitting eating lunch on the front portico we noticed the vines were starting to regrow around three of the Osage Orange trees in the front of the Mooreland House. We figured we better tackle them before they got any worse. It is also kind of satisfying to do some weed removal. This time we pulled them out by the roots so they won’t be back for a while.
Month: March 2021
Ready for the rain
We got some synthetic felt in place where we wound up removing all the slate. It shouldn’t leak. This was one of the remaining leaks that we really wanted fixed. Not exactly the way we planned to fix it before the rain but… you gots to do what you gots to do.
Roof surprise
We decided to go ahead and patch some holes in the slate roof on one of the dormers. It was the next biggest leak and that is the order we have been tackling them. The three red circles on the first picture are where the holes appeared to be. The second picture is how much slate we had to take off before we found some good slates. If you look close, you will see they are all gone. It isn’t supposed to rain tomorrow so we will be able to get some synthetic felt on before it does.
We added a post
Of course, for those of you that follow this blog, you already know the things that are going to come out on YouTube. We hope that this video will answer some questions that couldn’t be answered in a few words with pictures. It feels good to get some of this stuff done so we can finally get the permanent roof on this ole gal.
Got rid of another tub
We got the smallest flat roof dried in. This was the biggest leak that was left. Other than carriage porch, this was the last part of the roofs that needed to be rebuilt. Slowly we are getting there.
New framing and decking
We had to build some new framing so we would have something to attach replacement decking to. We went out to the scrap pile and found some of the old lumber to use for the decking. It won’t be seen but it was needed to match the thickness of the existing decking. They just don’t make it like they used to.
Dismantling the smallest flat roof
We removed the temporary deck and the box gutter from around the smallest flat roof area. We can now get in there and replace the roof decking and put some kind of roof back on. We put some captions on some of the pictures to explain what you are seeing. Hope it helps. =)
Small piece of crown molding removed. 
Lots of wood debris inside the bottom crown molding. 
The gap in the brick where there used to be a 1×6 piece of wood. 
Cross section of the cut box gutter with about 1/2 inch of tar. 
This area will get new decking 
The tub that filled up in the Maid’s room was right below this.
Smallest flat roof
It is now time to move outside and tackle the little trapazoid shaped flat roof that was put in temporarily a few months back. Since we now have a fixed brick corner we know what to do here to make it permanent. We pulled back the synthetic felt and began the deconstruction. This whole area will have to come apart in order to fix it the way it should be.
Area we are working on. 
There will be no more tar when we put this back together.
New video!
Good morning! Today’s video is the beginning of the process to repair the brick wall we have been working on the past few weeks. It makes a lot more sense to see it on the videos than for me to explain it on the blog posts.
First completed brick repair!
We got the wall put back together! It takes a little longer when you can’t get to the top or back of the wall you are building but… we made it work. Now all the bricks are solid and this wall will last another 100 years. It feels good to do permanent fixes! Just in case you can’t tell, the before pictures are the ones on the left.
Mooreland House 