Casa de las Ratas 3/2/2002

Casa de las Ratas Week 5

March 2, 2002

One of the neighbors put out some rat poison as they are showing up everywhere very dead.
Above is one dead rat pictured trying to get into the Imodium bottle.
You can also see how the termites get into a piece of wood.

Friday 3/1/2002 we filled up the third 30 yard roll off bin and there is still one more to go to get rid of all the trash.
It never seems to end. One more roll off to go.
Saturday 3/2/2002 we continued prepping the front section of the roof for the tiles.

The Roof Rats continued getting the roof ready while some of the crew started painting. An area of the patio roof was left open to allow access to the rafter tails. After the tiles go up we won't be able to get to this area so we addressed this while we were able.

Here is Ricardo getting some paint on the rafter tails. I have chosen a deep blue accent color for them. I found the right color in a "Kid's Collection" Behr paint book. (Of course...)

This valley is almost ready for tiles. Some more flashing and stucco was applied. I don't know how Martin plans to get tiles under that rafter.

Vamos a ver....

	New white paint was rolled on about a foot down from the roof so that we won't have to get near the cap tiles with paint later when they are put on next week. That paint will be a huge moral boost.

The Rat Crew sure loved their Juan Pollo lunchie!

Here is Manny replacing bad timbers in the shower area.

Toto poses next to the new laundry area all framed in nice.

Those damn termites get in everywhere. Here they got into one piece of wood that the moulding was nailed to. Just the skin of the 1 x 1 remained. They had eaten the whole thing.

As soon as we get the trash heap away from the building, the termite tenting crew will be called in to tent the entire house and nuke the bugs.

In the meantime, we keep finding bad wood and replacing it. There is one major job to do next week where we will have to cut out a 6 foot section of the roof ridge board over the dining room and replace it from the inside. Should be fun...