When we had the Mooreland House totally exposed, along came a big rain storm. It is amazing how much rain gets funneled from the roof, to the portico, and then onto the front window sill. We knew it might rain but we didn’t count on the huge amount of water coming out of the downspout pipe. The floor in this room was already mostly destroyed by water. We don’t think we added any destruction. Remember you can share the blog post or the video. It is exciting to be headed in the right direction for once.

We were able to remake the two missing stones in the front column. Frank made templates out of cardboard and then cut them with the grinder. He used a rock hammer to face the stones. They seem to match fairly well.

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We got the window pillars set and plumb on the column. We got the stones in up to the point of where we have 2 missing. Not to fear. We have planned for this and bought a trailer full of Bedford stone. Next Frank gets to try his hands at shaping stones.

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Well, hurricane Ida paid Kentucky a visit yesterday so we did things that didn’t involve the Mooreland House. She stayed fairly dry and the rain is gone now. The pillars that frame the windows are now back in place. It is much easier to keep them in position with the forms that we built in the windows. For perspective, the top of the pillars are about 27 feet above the ground.

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